Who reads the Metro?
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Who reads the Metro?
A unique audience Metro is the UK’s only urban national newspaper and as such allows advertisers to reach a unique and lucrative audience in the form of urbanites. Metro’s urbanite audience is defined as ABC1 adults aged 15 – 44 year old, who live in metropolitan areas.
What happened metro newspaper?
End of print edition Parent company Torstar Corp. announced on November 19, 2019, that StarMetro would be shut down due to a decline in print advertising and the increasing use of smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
Is Metro newspaper still being printed?
Metro, the UK’s most-read newspaper, is continuing to print throughout the coronavirus lockdown despite losing the majority of its readers: commuters who are staying at home.
Where is the Metro newspaper distributed?
Metro is distributed on public transport networks (trains, trams, buses and the London Underground) and high-traffic commuter zones throughout the UK, the majority of copies are picked up from Metro bins or racks.
Is the Metro a tabloid or broadsheet?
Metro’s size and format follows that of UK tabloid newspapers rather than broadsheets with extremely large headlines, large photos and relatively short articles.
Who is the editor of the Metro newspaper?
Ted Young
Ted Young (born 1961) is a British journalist and current editor of Metro.
Which UK papers are right-wing?
Tabloid newspapers
| Title | Days of publication | Political orientation |
|---|---|---|
| The Mail on Sunday | Sundays | Right-wing |
| Daily Express | Daily | |
| Sunday Express | Sundays | |
| The Sun | Daily |
Which British newspapers are left wing?
Weekly
- New Statesman – independent political and cultural magazine.
- The New Worker – from the New Communist Party of Britain.
- The Observer – centre-left mainstream newspaper published on Sundays.
- The Socialist – from the Socialist Party (England and Wales).
- Socialist Worker – from the Socialist Workers Party.
Is the i newspaper left or right-wing?
The i takes a political stance on the centre of the political spectrum, with many front-page headline articles being concerned with social issues and inequality – but it also claims to be politically balanced and to publish points of view from both left and right.
Who is the editor of Metro newspaper?
Founded in 1999, Metro is a free newspaper published in tabloid format in the United Kingdom by DMG Media (part of Daily Mail and General Trust). The Metro primarily covers entertainment and local news, but also occasionally politics. The current editor is Ted Young. Read our report on UK media and government.
Are mainstream newspapers left-wing or right-wing?
YouGov has now uncovered the Britons’ view on where mainstream national newspapers sit on the left-right political spectrum. Of the eight national newspapers we asked about, five were seen to be predominantly right-wing, whilst two were seen as predominantly left-wing.
Is the UK media ‘largely run by the right-wing’?
Just this week Owen Jones described the UK press as “largely run by a very small group of very right-wing media moguls who defend the status quo of which they are part. If you are on the Left and want to change society, the media will always come and get you”.
Who is the owner of the Metro?
The Metro is owned by DMG Media, which is a national newspaper and website publisher in the UK. It is a subsidiary of DMGT. The paper is funded through sponsored content and advertising.