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Company type | Public (Nasdaq Stockholm: MTROA, (Nasdaq Stockholm: MTROB) |
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Founded | 1995 |
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Owners | AB Custos |
Website | metro |
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[update], all European editions (except for the Hungarian one) have been sold.[3][4]