Metro International S.A. increases circulation

Nordic Business Report, Jan 23, 2006

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-23 January 2006-Metro International S.A. increases circulation(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Swedish-controlled international newspaper group Metro International S.A. said on Monday (23 January) that it had increased its circulation and expanded its operations in Sweden, Spain and the Czech Republic. Metro's distribution in Sweden would be increased to cover 67 cities in 19 of the 21 counties in the country.

The circulation of the national edition has therefore increased by a further 50,000 daily copies, on top of the 130,000 copies previously distributed.

Metro has also been launched in an additional 15 cities across Spain, and now reaches 37 out of the country's 48 provincial capitals.

In the Czech Republic Metro has expanded outside the capital city of Prague with the launch of two new editions to cover the Bohemia and Moravia regions, and now reaches the eleven largest cities in the country.

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