Metro
Cover on October 25, 2004.
Type	Daily free newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Associated Newspapers
Editor	Kenny Campbell
Founded	1999
Political allegiance	Independent
Headquarters	Kensington, London
Website: http://www.metro.co.uk

Metro is the trading name of a free daily newspaper, published by Associated Newspapers (part of Daily Mail and General Trust) in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It is available from Monday to Friday each week on many public transport services across the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x766, 189 KB)Reduced resolution image of the newspaper cover for the October 25, 2004 Metro newspaper. ... is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Associated Newspapers is a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust and publishes five major UK newspaper titles; Daily Mail Mail on Sunday Evening Standard Ireland on Sunday Metro External links ANP Home ... For other uses, see Kensington (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The September 12, 2001 edition of the Palo Alto Daily News, one of the most successful free daily newspapers. ... Associated Newspapers is a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust and publishes five major UK newspaper titles; Daily Mail Mail on Sunday Evening Standard Ireland on Sunday Metro External links ANP Home ... Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT) is one of the UKs largest media companies and has interests in national and regional newspapers, television and radio. ...

The paper was launched in London in 1999, and can now be found in 14 UK urban centres. Localised editions are distributed in Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sussex, Sheffield, The East Midlands, Bristol and Bath. A Dublin version, launched in conjunction with Metro International and The Irish Times, began publications on 10 October 2005. It is part of the same media group as the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard, although in some areas, the paper operates as a franchise with a local newspaper publisher, rather than as a wholly owned concern. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the British city. ... For other places with the same name, see Brighton (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation) and Leeds City (disambiguation). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ... This article is about the English city. ... , Bath is a small city in Somerset, England most famous for its historic baths fed by three hot springs. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... For other newspapers with the same name, see Metro (newspaper). ... It has been suggested that Irish Times Trust be merged into this article or section. ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper and the oldest tabloid, first published in 1896. ... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is a British tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast England. ... Franchising (from the French for honesty or freedom[1]) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor authorizes proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, fees and a percentage of sales or profits. ...

In its first five years, it rocketed to over 1 million daily readers, making it the UK's fourth largest daily newspaper. It now prints approximately 1m copies daily, and officially has some 1.7m readers, as of September 2005. This high readership is due in part to the papers being left on seats on buses or London Underground trains, and then being picked up by the next person to use that seat. Due to its urban and mainly youthful audience, advertising receipts have been very healthy at a time when its older stablemate, the Evening Standard, had not been performing so well. 62% of readers are ABC1 (upper/middle class social grade), 78% are aged 15–44 and 64% are in work. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... Look up Underground in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. ... The NRS social grades are a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom. ...

The Metro concept comes from Sweden. Metro International, a different company, originally planned to launch in the UK but Associated Newspapers effectively beat them to it. Nevertheless, they have had plans to launch a rivalling free evening newspaper in London.[1]. As noted above, Metro International does co-operate with Associated Metro on the Dublin version of the newspaper, although it is Associated Metro which provides the content, and the Dublin Metro uses the Associated Metro logo, not the Metro International one. [2]. Similarly, Rupert Murdoch is said to have regretted missing the opportunity of launching his own London paper. However, News International, a UK subsidiary of Murdoch's News Corporation, launched a London-based newspaper in 2006 called thelondonpaper. For other newspapers with the same name, see Metro (newspaper). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Keith Rupert Murdoch AC, KCSG (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian born United States citizen who is a global media executive and is the controlling shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York. ... News International is a British newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and one of the worlds largest. ... thelondonpaper is the trading name of a free newspaper, published by NI Free Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International (who also own the companies which publish The Sun and The Times). ...

The newspaper was designed to be read in 20 minutes. The features section contains a mix of articles on travel, homes, style, health and so on, as well as extensive arts coverage and entertainment listings. The popular puzzles page contains the cartoon strips Nemi (by Lise Myhre), and This Life (by Rick Brookes), astrology readings by Wendy Bristow, and Sudoku. Previously, it featured a crossword (in place of the sudoku puzzle), David J. Bodycombe's Think Tank brainteasers and a Judge Dredd strip. This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Nemi: So you dont think playing hard to get will work after this? Nemi is a Norwegian comic strip, written and drawn by Lise Myhre. ... Lise Myhre (born 1 November 1975) is a Norwegian cartoonist. ... Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut (1888). ... This article is about the logic puzzle. ... A crossword is a word puzzle that normally takes the form of a square grid of black and white squares. ... David J. Bodycombe (born 1973) is a puzzle author and games consultant working in the UK, mainly on television and radio game shows (such as The Crystal Maze and X Marks the Spot), in newspapers (such as Metros Think Tank column) and many puzzle books. ... For the 1995 film, see Judge Dredd (film). ...

Criticism and accusations of political bias and hidden advertising

Metro claims it is different from most other UK newspapers because it takes a determinedly independent line on political reporting. However this is highly disputed if one examines its daily content and considers that Metro is owned by the same media group as the Daily Mail, which has a strong fiscally conservative, right wing bias. Metro's size and format follows that of UK tabloid newspapers rather than broadsheets with extremely large headlines, large photos and relatively short articles. Metro's editors make very clear choices on which topics it will emphasize on, which information it considers news, and what will be omitted. Comparisons of Metro with tabloids and broadsheets published on the same day will almost always results in Metro's content and style being very similiar to the tabloid. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper and the oldest tabloid, first published in 1896. ... Conservative may refer to: Conservatism, political philosophy A member of a Conservative Party Conservative extension, premise of deductive logic Conservativity theorem, mathematical proof of conservative extension Conservative Judaism britney spears Category: ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ...

Often throughout the year, the front page of Metro will feature alarmist media stories on illegal immigration, asylum seekers, large photos of accused (but often not yet convicted) criminals of various non-white ethnic minorities and overt bemoaning of any price increases in goods or services it claims will affect large numbers of people. Space for almost all (non UK related) international news is often limited to half a page within the newspaper and these items themselves are shortened to only a few sentences, while celebrity gossip often covers numerous pages. Metro also has an obsession with over emphasizing the amount of small local violent crime in Britain with its continuous daily articles covering individual cases of Antisocial behaviour, violent assault and murders, which are often covered in the minutest detail. Despite these daily alarmist headlines, often upon closer anaylsis of the actual articles, the reader will discover that the crime itself occured months or even years ago, and the article is instead detailing court or legal proceedings which are in still in course. Alarmism is the production of needless warnings. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by an individuals common disregard for social rules, norms, and cultural codes, as well as impulsive behavior, and indifference to the rights and feelings of others. ...

In addition to this Metro has been accused of producing advertising disguised as news articles especially in conjunction with upcoming films or new websites. An example of this came with the release of the latest James Bond film Casino Royale in which the newspapers published numerous "news articles" and 2 page "news spreads" on spies, spying, and spy gadgets. Also, in November of 2007 a full page "news" article was dedicated to the adult website youporn. Casino Royale can refer to: In fiction: Casino Royale (novel), the first James Bond novel by Ian Fleming. ... YouPorn is a free pornographic video sharing website, similar in format to YouTube. ...

External links

• Metro Café, online version of Associated Newspapers' Metro newspaper
• Hot off the Press, Steve Auckland, Metro MD discusses setting up the newspaper

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