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Metro is a daily free newspaper first launched in the London area in 1999. It claims to be the UK’s first urban national newspaper.

It currently (August 2011) claims to be distributed in 50 UK cities. However, its website only names 16 at present: Bath, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle and Sheffield. At its peak (November 2009) it was distributed in 18 towns and cities: Bradford, Coventry, Wolverhampton and York have been dropped from the list, while Leeds and Sheffield are the new additions.

There are currently 10 different editions, now named for regions rather than cities:

  • metrolondon
  • metroscot
  • metronorthwest
  • metroyorkshire
  • metromidlands
  • metronortheast
  • metroeastmidlands
  • metrosouthwest
  • metromerseyside
  • metrosouthwales

The main editorial offices are in London, but there’s also a Scotland office and regional offices for Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, the East Midlands, Liverpool and Cardiff.

It’s published by Associated Newspapers Ltd, the publishers of the Daily Mail and (until January 2009) the Evening Standard. However, it claims to take an independent approach towards news reporting.

In fact, there’s relatively little hard political or economic news in it. This is partly a consequence of the design; it’s intended to be read in 20 minutes, the length of a typical commuter journey. Much of each edition is given over to celebrity reporting, entertainment and sport. Its puzzles are also popular.

An e-edition’s also available on the website.

  • Address:
  • Metro
    Associated Newspapers Limited
    Northcliffe House
    2 Derry Street
    LONDON
    W8 5TT
  • Tel:
  • 020 7651 5200
  • Fax:
  • 020 7651 5342

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