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Metro launches national edition in Spain
20 October 2005
This new development follows the successful conversion last week of the Barcelona edition into a regional Catalonia edition, distributed in the cities of Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. By being the first to extend its coverage in Catalonia, Metro consolidates its leadership position in the free Catalan newspaper market.
Pelle Törnberg, CEO of Metro International, commented: "With the launch of the national edition in Spain, we demonstrate our confidence in the buoyant Spanish market. We are committed to offer our 1.8m daily readers with higher standards of quality and trustworthy news, while offering our advertising partners with a unique coverage of 67% of the Spanish population in more than 30 cities."
For further information, please visit www.metro.lu, email info@metro.lu or contact:
Pelle Törnberg, CEO tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 1300
Henrik Persson, Corporate Communications tel: +46 (0) 8 562 000 87
Metro is the largest and fastest growing international newspaper in the world. 58 daily Metro editions are published in 82 major cities in 19 countries in 18 languages across Europe, North & South America and Asia. Metro has a unique global reach - attracting a young, active, well-educated audience of more than 17 million daily readers and over 35 million weekly readers. Metro has an equal number of male and female readers and 70% are under the age of 45. Metro's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual rate of 47% since the launch of the first edition in 1995.
Metro International S.A. 'A' and 'B' shares are listed on the Stockholmsbörsen 'O-List' under the symbols MTROA and MTROB.
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