Metro (British newspaper)

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Metro

Metro cover on 28 July 2017
Type	Freesheet
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	DMG Media
Editor	Deborah Arthurs
Founded	16 March 1999; 25 years ago (1999-03-16)
Political alignment	Non-partisan
Headquarters	Northcliffe House, Kensington High Street, London, England
Circulation	951,838 (as of November 2023)[1]
ISSN	1469-6215
OCLC number	225917520
Website	metro.co.uk

Metro is the United Kingdom's highest-circulation freesheet tabloid newspaper. It is published in tabloid format by DMG Media.^[2] The newspaper is distributed from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays and the period between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day inclusive) mornings on public places in areas of England, Wales and Scotland. Copies are also handed out to pedestrians.

Metro is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), part of the same media group as the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, but in some areas Metro operates as a franchise with a local newspaper publisher, rather than as a wholly owned concern. While being a sister paper to the conservative Daily Mail, the newspaper has never endorsed any political party or candidate, and says it takes a neutral political stance in its reporting.^[3][2]