Metro is the world’s largest international daily newspaper. Metro’s 56 editions is published in over 100 major cities in 19 countries across Europe, North and South America, and Asia.
Metro has a unique global reach – attracting a young, active well-educated metropolitan audience of over 17 million daily readers. The newspapers are distributed free of charge and revenue is generated primarily through advertising sales.
Kinnevik holds 42.4% of the votes and 46.6% of the capital in Metro.
| Key data (EUR million) |
Jan-June
2010 |
Jan-June
2009 |
| Revenue * |
106.0 |
107.5 |
| Operating profit, EBIT * |
-0.9 |
-14.4 |
| Net profit |
-5.4 |
-18.9 |
| Daily readership (millions) |
17 |
17 |
* Continuing operations and excluding profit from divestment of subsidiaries.