Metro (Dutch newspaper)
Metro is a Dutch daily newspaper. This is it, this is a free newspaper which, in railway stations of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the Rotterdam metro stations, buses and trams, McDonald's, branches of the supermarket chain Super de Boer, 160 major post offices (including all in Amsterdam and Rotterdam) for flights of Martinair, trips from Stena Line and in some universities, schools and hospitals will be distributed.
The newspaper is published from Monday to Friday in tabloid format. Editorial seat is Amsterdam. Editor of the newspaper " Metro International ", a company based in Luxembourg company that publishes free newspapers worldwide and is controlled by the investment company Kinnevik the Swedish family Stenbeck. The circulation was 2008 553.021 (print ) and 106 719 ( e- paper ) copies in the first quarter. Editor in Chief 's Rutger Huizenga.
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History
Living in the Netherlands German journalist Falk Madeja made during a stay in Stockholm acquaintance with the original Swedish edition and then wanted for the Netherlands also such a newspaper. Madeja met the entrepreneur Bart Lubbers, the son of former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, who in turn brought the entrepreneur added Tiago Jurgens. Together the three made a business plan. The Swedish Metro had already plans to expand abroad and brought Madeja, Lubbers and Jurgens on boat that went with 50 % in the new newspaper, which was the Dutch edition of the Swedish parent issue now. In contrast to the parent issue, the Dutch edition should not be distributed in subway stations, but stations in the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. For this purpose an exclusive agreement has been concluded by 2007 had on hand, as the new competitor De Pers also received rights for distribution in the train stations. By 2004 metro was distributed exclusively in the stations.
On 21 June 1999, the first edition was published simultaneously with the competitors Sp! Ts, a similar project of Telegraaf Media Groep. Together with the Internet changing the free newspapers, the Dutch media landscape fundamentally. The requirements of traditional newspapers have since consistently decreased, so that the quasi- monopolist in the Dutch national quality newspapers PCM Uitgevers finally, decided to bring out your own Free newspaper called DAG early 2007, previously had the PCM Uitgevers newspaper de Volkskrant, a free weekly newspaper launched with a focus on the professional career. Since September 2003, also appeared a Saturday edition, but this was officially discontinued in August 2005, when the last edition was published in the previous month. Since October 2004 a separate Rotterdam edition, which was soon followed by an Amsterdam appears.
At least in terms of press historical significance and the support of the success of the Dutch edition has been unprecedented. However, it took until 2006 until at Metro International, a first -year profit was recorded. Madeja, Lubbers and Jurgens are now no longer involved in the newspaper.
Known and / or the newspaper formative editors and staff
Until his assassination in November 2004, the film director Theo van Gogh had a weekly column in the newspaper, in which he attacked Islam sharp. Not only van Gogh himself, but also the editorial office received due to the death threats. The former editor in chief Dijkgraaf called justifications of the policy, that studies concerning the safety of van Gogh and the newspapers were performed as " chatter ".
Out of respect for the place of van Gogh Van Gogh's column was continued for one year after his assassination as a blank space, to Ebru Umar, a friend of Van Gogh and also a critic of Islam, the column further led.
Previous Editors
Support development
Metro today
At Metro currently working for about 30 editors. The Internet edition includes an RSS feed. The print edition can be downloaded in the original layout as a PDF, the last 10 issues are available in this way in all editions.