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free daily newspapers Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at d ...

published around the world, organized by country.

Austria

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Österreich Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...

Belgium

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Metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

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Brazil

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Destak ''Destak'' is a Portuguese free daily newspaper that runs in Portugal and Brazil. In Portugal, it is distributed in Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra, and also other Portuguese cities. In Brazil, it is distributed in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasíli ...

Canada

* '' 24 Hours'' in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

* '' Métro'' in Montreal

Chile

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Publimetro Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the ''Metro'' newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first news ...

Colombia

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Croatia

* '' 24sata''

Denmark

Copenhagen

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MetroXpress Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the ''Metro'' newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first news ...

France

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Metronews Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the ''Metro'' newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first news ...

Hong Kong

Chinese

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am730 ''Am730'', is free daily Cantonese newspaper published in Hong Kong, the third with the prior two being ''Headline Daily'' and '' Metropolis Daily''. Shih Wing-ching, chairman of ''Centaline Holdings'', a property agency, is the founder of ...

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Headline Daily ''Headline Daily'' () was launched on 12 July 2005, by Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited and became the second free Chinese-language newspaper published officially in Hong Kong ('' Metro Daily'' being the first). The paper is only distributed o ...

'' * '' Lion Rock Daily'' * '' Metropolis Daily'' * ''

Sky Post The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

English

* '' The Standard''

Israel

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Israel Hayom ''Israel Hayom'' ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹם, lit=Israel Today) is an Israeli national Hebrew-language free daily newspaper. First published in 2007, ''Israel Hayom'' is Israel's most widely distributed newspaper. Owned by the fam ...

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Israel Post ''Israel Post'' ( he, ישראל פוסט), originally ''Metro Israel'', was an Israeli Hebrew-language free daily newspaper tat existed between 2007 and 2016. It was based on the concept of the ''Metro'' newspapers. Co-owned by Eli Azur (who o ...

Italy

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Leggo ''Leggo'' is an Italian newspaper and was the first free daily newspaper published in Italy. History and profile ''Leggo'' was established by Caltagirone Editore, owned by Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, in 2001. It publishes 15 local editions ...

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Malaysia

* '' theSun''

Netherlands

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Philippines

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Inquirer Libre ''Inquirer Libre'' is a free, bilingual (Filipino and English) tabloid published in the Philippines by the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' as a trimmed-down version of the newspaper for distribution on public transport. Established on November 19 ...

Portugal

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Russia

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The Moscow Times ''The Moscow Times'' is an independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking tourists and expatriates s ...

Serbia

* '' 24 sata''

Spain

* '' 20 minutos'' (whole Spain) - circulation > 1,500,000 units

Sweden

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SVT Nyheter Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national ...

'' * '' SR Nyheter''

Switzerland

French

* '' 20 minutes''

German

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Baslerstab The ''Baslerstab'' is a Swiss German-language free daily newspaper. History and profile The paper was launched in 1977 as a result of the merger of the ''Basler Nachrichten'' and the ''National-Zeitung''. The paper is published by Basler Zeitu ...

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Blick am Abend ''Blick am Abend'' was a German free evening newspaper published in Switzerland and based in Zürich. It existed between 2008 and 2018. History and profile ''Blick am Abend'' was first published on 1 June 2008 as a successor to the afternoon fre ...

Italian

* ''20 Minuti''

United Kingdom

* '' The Metro'' - in several commuter areas including

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

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West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

London

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City A.M. ''City A.M.'' is a freesheet, free business-focused newspaper distributed in and around London, England, with an accompanying website. Its certified distribution was 85,738 copies a day in February 2020, according to statistics compiled by the A ...

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The Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, after be ...

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United States

Most of the papers listed are no longer published daily (as noted); they have either ceased publication or switched to a weekly/semi-weekly schedule.

California

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Palo Alto Daily News ''The Daily News'', originally the Palo Alto Daily News, is a free newspaper owned by MediaNews Group and located in Menlo Park. Founded in 1995, it was formerly published seven days a week and at one point had a circulation of 67,000 (a figure t ...

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Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was estab ...

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Palo Alto Daily Post ''The Daily Post'' is a free newspaper in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2008 by the ''Palo Alto Daily News's'' founders, Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who had sold that paper to new owners three years earlier. ''The Post'' is published Monday- ...

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San Francisco Examiner The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporat ...

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San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

As of March, 2020, this paper is only published three times a week—on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Colorado

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Aspen Times ''The Aspen Times'' is an 11,500-circulation, 7-day-a-week newspaper in the ski resort town of Aspen, Colorado, United States, with a history dating back to 1881. History The Aspen Weekly Times' first issue was published April 23, 1881 when Asp ...

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Aspen Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the ''Populus'' genus. Species These species are called aspens: *'' Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (China ...

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Colorado Daily The ''Colorado Daily'' is a newspaper published in Boulder, Colorado, by Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. LLC, a unit of MediaNews Group. The Daily is operated out of the offices of Boulder's ''Daily Camera'' newspaper. Originally the student news ...

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Boulder In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. In c ...

As of February 2020, this paper has become a weekly, published Fridays only.

District of Columbia

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Washington Examiner The ''Washington Examiner'' is an American conservative news outlet which consists principally of an online/digital website with a weekly magazine, based in Washington, D.C. It is owned by MediaDC, a subsidiary of Clarity Media Group, which is ow ...

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; the print edition ended in 2013, although a website continues to provide current news * '' Washington Express'' - Washington, D.C.; On September 12, 2019, ''Express'' published its last edition. *''

The Epoch Times ''The Epoch Times'' is a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement. The newspaper, based in New York City, is part of the Epoch Media Group, which also operates New ...

'' - Washington DC; The paper, while also offering paid subscriptions, continued to offer papers free at boxes around the city, until August 15, 2019.

Florida

Illinois

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Paper became a weekly in 2017.

Massachusetts

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Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

, closed in January 2020.

Michigan

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The Michigan Daily ''The Michigan Daily'' is the weekly student newspaper of the University of Michigan. Its first edition was published on September 29, 1890. The newspaper is financially and editorially independent of the University's administration and other stu ...

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Ann Arbor Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...

Nevada

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Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

New Hampshire

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The Berlin Daily Sun ''The Berlin Sun'' is a two-day (Tuesday and Thursday) free newspaper published in the city of Berlin, New Hampshire, U.S., covering "Berlin, Gorham and the North Country". The newspaper started as a five-day-a-week publication under the title ' ...

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Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

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The Conway Daily Sun ''The Conway Daily Sun'' is a five-day (Tuesday through Saturday) free daily newspaper published in North Conway, New Hampshire, United States, covering the Mount Washington Valley. It has been published since 1989 by Country News Club, and was t ...

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North Conway North Conway is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,116 at the 2020 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the second-largest village within the town ...

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The Laconia Daily Sun ''The Laconia Daily Sun'' is a five-day (Tuesday through Saturday) free morning daily newspaper published in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire, United States, covering Belknap County and the Lakes Region. Each publication day, 18,000 copies of ...

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Laconia Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...

New York

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AM New York Metro ''AM New York Metro'' is a free daily newspaper that is published in New York City by Schneps Media. According to the company, the average Friday circulation in September 2013 was 335,900. When launched on October 10, 2003, ''AM New York'' was the ...

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New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

Ohio

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Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia Metro ''Metro'' is a free daily newspaper in Philadelphia which began publishing on January 24, 2000. Its main competition is the ''Philadelphia Daily News''. In 2004, ''Metro'' surpassed ''The Daily News'' in circulation, 143,798 to 141,868, to move ...

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Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

Puerto Rico

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El Vocero ''El Vocero de Puerto Rico'' is a Puerto Rican free newspaper that is published in San Juan. Published since 1974, ''El Vocero'' was at first the third of the four largest Puerto Rico newspapers, trailing '' El Mundo'' and ''El Nuevo Día'' and ...

'' - became free in 2012 * '' Primera Hora'' - began 2017

South Carolina

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Bluffton Today ''Bluffton Today'' is a daily newspaper in Bluffton, South Carolina that integrates many elements of citizen journalism into its tight local focus. Some industry analysts regard the newspaper as a possible future model for small newspapers across ...

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Virginia

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Suffolk News-Herald The ''Suffolk News-Herald'' is a newspaper serving Suffolk, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Ameri ...

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Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

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