''Metro New York'' was a
free daily newspaper
Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at d ...
in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
.
Background
It was launched on May 5, 2004 by
Metro International
Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the ''Metro'' newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first news ...
.
''Metro New York'' was primarily distributed by "
hawkers" paid to station themselves in areas with high pedestrian traffic, who offer the free paper to anyone who passes by. In 2009, Metro International sold its US papers to a former executive.
In January 2020, the assets of ''Metro New York'' and ''Metro Philadelphia'' were acquired by Schneps Media, owner of ''AM New York''.
The New York papers were combined as ''
AM New York Metro
''AM New York Metro'' is a free daily newspaper that is published in New York City by Schneps Media. According to the company, the average Friday circulation in September 2013 was 335,900. When launched on October 10, 2003, ''AM New York'' was the ...
''.
See also
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List of New York City newspapers and magazines
This is a list of New York City newspapers and magazines.
Largest newspapers by circulation
Total circulation, as of March, 2013:
# ''The Wall Street Journal'' (2,834,000 daily)
# ''The New York Times'' (571,500 daily; 1,087,500 Sunday)
# ''New ...
References
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Free daily newspapers
Daily newspapers published in New York City
Publications established in 2004
Defunct newspapers published in New York (state)
Daily newspapers published in New York (state)
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