Metro launches free newspaper in Ireland

Associated Newspapers Limited and Metro International are developing a free newspaper for Ireland in collaboration with the Irish Times.

Commuter newspapers are also gaining a foothold in Ireland. The publishers Associated Newspapers and Metro International launched
Monday in collaboration with the Irish Times under the title Metro
launched a free newspaper in Dublin. Metro
International initially holds 10 %, Associated Newspapers 90 % on
new project. In future, however, all three
company will hold 33.3 % of the share capital. Printed
Metro in the home of the Irish Times. Metro International is one of the
free newspaper is already represented in 18 countries worldwide. In
Great Britain came Associated Newspapers
the originally Swedish company before and launched in 1999
itself a commuter newspaper called Metro. Now the two are joining forces
Publishers against the domestic publisher Independent News and Media
(INM). The editor of the Dublin daily Evening Herald
also launched a free newspaper on Monday. It was actually intended as a
"Metro edition" of the Herald are to appear, reports the British
Guardian, but Associated Newspapers had used this name in court.
have it banned. The newspaper is therefore temporarily called Herald AM. INM
but intends to appeal against the court decision. The publisher believes
right, since the Herald already published a daily nightlife magazine called
metro.

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