''Metro'' was an Italian

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 ...

published in

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History and profile

''Metro'' was originally published by

Metro International Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the freesheet newspaper ''Metro''. The company was founded by Per Andersson, and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcast ...

. Ten separate editions would eventually be produced for the cities of

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Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

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and

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

, with other special editions (''Metro Mag'', ''Metro Stadio'', ''Metro Week''). It was the most read free daily newspaper in

and

and one of the most read nationally. It was also one of two major free newspapers in Italy, the other being ''

Leggo is an Italian newspaper and was the first free daily newspaper published in Italy. History and profile was established by Caltagirone Editore, owned by Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, in 2001. It publishes 15 local editions for the cities o ...

''. In the period of 2001-2002 ''Metro'' had a circulation of 414,000 copies. In 2012 the circulation of the paper was 1,463,000 copies.Audi Press
Multiple reductions in its staff had been made since; in its last years, it only published a national edition and a Milan edition. It also featured the '' Get Fuzzy'' comic strip, translated into Italian. The Italian version of the newspaper was sold multiple times during its final years: it was acquired by New Media Enterprise, a company run by freelance journalist Salvatore Puzzo, in 2009; shortly afterward, it was sold to printer Mario Farina, who had also published another free daily newspaper, ''DNews''. The company ceased publication for three months before being reacquired by Puzzo in May 2020. On 23 December 2024, the newspaper and its website were discontinued; its final issue was published three days earlier.

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