Metro International is a Swedish media company.

Under the brand name Metro, it runs the world's largest chain of free newspapers, publishing and distributing 29 editions in 16 countries and in 14 languages. The company was started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group, and the first edition was published and distributed for the Stockholm Metro.

The newspaper is primarily distributed in metro systems, and locally the name may vary due to trademark issues. One example is the Hong Kong edition, which is called Metropolis Daily.

Cities with Metro Editions

Stockholm Prague Gothenburg Budapest Malmö Helsinki Santiago Philadelphia Toronto

Rome Milan Athens Warsaw Barcelona Boston Madrid Copenhagen Paris

Montreal Marseille Lyon Aarhus Seoul New York Toulouse Lille Bordeaux

Krakow Poznan Wroclaw Gdansk Gdynia Sopot Hong Kong Rotterdam (Note: Metro is distributed at major mainline railway stations in The Netherlands; the Rotterdam region has its own edition)

Note: Another freesheet called Metro is published in 12 areas around Britain by Associated Newspapers: see Metro (Associated Metro Limited). This is not related to Metro International. It is reported that Metro International has plans to launch a rival free evening newspaper in London [1] (http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,929049,00.html).

External links

• Metro International (http://www.metro.lu/) - Official site

zh:都市日報