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''Metro'' is a free daily newspaper in Philadelphia which began publishing on January 24, 2000.〔( European-style transit newspaper makes debut )〕 Its main competition is ''The Philadelphia Daily News''. In 2004, ''Metro'' surpassed ''The Daily News'' in circulation, 143,798 to 141,868, to move into second behind 372,297 for ''The Philadelphia Inquirers.〔() 〕〔(Knightridder.com )〕 It was the first ''Metro'' edition published in North America and the ninth edition since the first in Stockholm in 1995. ==Overview== Lawyers representing the publishers of the ''Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, U.S.A. Today'' and ''The New York Times'' filed an action in Federal Court three days before ''Metros first publication to block local transit authority SEPTA from giving what they considered to be a competitive advantage to ''Metro''.〔(Philadelphia.about.com )〕 SEPTA signed a five-year contract with TPI Metro. Part of the contract allows SEPTA to produce one page in each edition; however, aside from that page SEPTA has no control over any other aspect of the paper. The contract calls for ''Metro'' to pay $45,000 a month to SEPTA, which they stopped paying in March, 2003, claiming SEPTA failed to live up to the terms of the contract.〔(BLE.org )〕 Despite lawsuits and counter-suits, in 2004 TPI Metro PA and SEPTA signed a three-year contract which increased payments to $65,000 a month. The daily is primarily distributed by old-time newspaper hawkers paid to station themselves in areas with high pedestrian traffic, who offer the free paper to anyone who passes by. In addition, ''Metro'' can be found in distinctive green boxes on corners and in train and subway stations, echoing the colorful green and orange template used in all editions. ''Metro'' is designed using Apple Macintosh computers running QuarkXpress. There are also ''Metro'' editions in two other American cities, New York and Boston which are run by the same publishing company. In 2009, Metro International sold its US papers to a former executive.〔(Metro International Sells U.S. Business to Former CEO Toernberg )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philadelphia Metro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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