Metro International

Metro International, S.A.
Company typePublic (Nasdaq StockholmMTROA, (Nasdaq StockholmMTROB)
Founded1995
Headquarters
OwnersAB Custos
Websitemetro.lu

Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the freesheet newspaper Metro. [1]

The company was founded by Per Andersson, and started as a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group along with Viasat Broadcasting. It is now controlled through the Mats Qviberg-owned-investment company Custos.[2] The first edition of the newspaper was published as Metro Stockholm and distributed in the Stockholm metro. As of 2012, all European editions (except for the Hungarian one) have been sold.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Metro International S.A. - Annual Report 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Kinnevik säljer Metro till Qviberg-bolag". digital.di.se. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. ^ Sabel, Pieter (29 August 2012). "Wat moet TMG met gratis dagblad Metro?". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Telegraaf koopt gratis dagblad Metro". de Volkskrant. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

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