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There's another new free newspaper, as you might have been able to tell from the floor of the subway. Metro debuted yesterday, in the effort to milk advertisers for every cent they've got to corner young readers. Newsday, whose parent company, Tribune, owns amNewYork, our first free daily, says that Metro will have a press run of 300,000 (amNewYork's circulation was 180,000 at end of 2003). Of course, Metro, a London based company that has free newspapers in cities like Paris, Hong Kong, Stockholm, and London, considers its competition to be the Post and Daily News, not amNewYork. Gothamist would like to say, "Nice try," 'cause we read that piece about Metro being "politically neutral" and everyone knows that our tabloids run on bias steam alone. That was in yesterday's edition, which you can read Metro here (PDF); check out the inane story that's really just a ploy to get advertisers on page 11 (it "explains" that Metro is a global newspaper but it starts off about these two people, Ines and David, who are love shopping, going to restaurants, buying thing, getting presents, and buying more things, and how they'd be a perfect match if only Ines didn't live in Madrid and David in NY - and hey, Metro is a GLOBAL NEWSPAPER; the other awesome thing is how if you're interested in advertising for Metro, you have to call London, which is what every small business wants to do - spends lots in long distance phone calls).
And by way of New Yorkish, two-twenty has the exclusive on how am New York paper promoters are dealing with the Metro promoters.
You can see PDFs of the newspaper here.
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As a loyal reader of crap shoved into my hands (I am the only person that goes thru the whole Valu-Pak), Metro seems a bit more robust than amNewYork. It also doesn't have that annoying extra lil' advertising nubbin that sprouted out of the top of anNewYorks a few weeks into their run...
As a transplanted Yankee-loving Bostonian, let me welcome y'all to the paper-wasting rag that's been lining T stations here for many years. I like free things as much as the next guy, but not at the expense of an urban landscape. And just wait... the advertising nubs outta the top... they will come!
Folks, if the NY version of Metro is at all like the other versions in Europe it will set a new standard for crappiness in NY publishing. Loot is better written, and as some have already noticed, the "stories" are a series of desperate attempts to pander to specific advertisers. (Kind of like Vanity Fair, I know.) I wouldn't waste time boning up the ol' resume for a spot on Metro's editorial staff. It doesn't really have one. The masthead nomenclature is interesting though -- the editor in chief is refered to as "the publisher."
blech.
I don't know if it will really compete with the Daily News or the Post. Metro doesn't have 144-point puns for headlines.
You have to admit that those daily headlines from the Daily News and the Post are sometimes pretty clever. Perhaps even an artform?
yep, montreal's had its stations wallpapered with Metro (here, it comes with an acute accent over the e) -- but here's the fun twist. In Montreal, our transpo authority signed on to an exclusivity deal with Metro, making it the only freebie daily distributed inside stations. 24, its leading competitor, is handed out by newsies outside of stations.
There's was a great free newspaper in Dallas until last month. Yep, it was another tabloid but it acted like a broadsheet. Interestingly enough, it was called a.m. Journal Express. No relation to amNew York, but was way, way better edited and designed than Metro, amNewYawk, RedEye, Red Streak or any other freebie tabloid out there. It was completely free of political bias. I wonder why it folded up after only five months of publishing. If the New York Metro tabloid can only be that good, man, you can say goodbye to the New York Post or Newsday or even the Daily News. I got only a few copies during my weeklong stay in Dallas but it was really well-presented and it had a good broadsheet-type layout and the stories were really short without keeping the reading hanging and asking for more. Yes, it had a competitor called Quick, but that was more of an entertainment rag published by the almighty Dallas Morning News. Quick is still publishing but it's more of an attempt by features editors or calendar editors to produce a hard-news newspaper. Of course, they are not half as good as AM Journal Express. Not even close.
What's with Metro employees stealing all the AM NY papers every morning? I haven't been able to find AM NY in my neighborhood for weeks. Every box is empty while wherever I look someone is handing out copies of METRO, which are in abundant supply. This tactic is just underhanded and dishonest. Has anyone else noticed this?
What's with Metro employees stealing all the AM NY papers every morning? I haven't been able to find AM NY in my neighborhood for weeks. Every box is empty while wherever I look someone is handing out copies of METRO, which are in abundant supply. This tactic is just underhanded and dishonest. Has anyone else noticed this?
What's with Metro employees stealing all the AM NY papers every morning? I haven't been able to find AM NY in my neighborhood for weeks. Every box is empty while wherever I look someone is handing out copies of METRO, which are in abundant supply. This tactic is just underhanded and dishonest. Has anyone else noticed this?
I would like to know where does the METRO physically printed? I would appreciate it if someone get back to me before Monday morning.
Thank you
What's wrong with this picture?
I've noticed whenever I walk by the court houses I see a long line of people waiting to go inside. What's more noticable is the fact that they are "just about" all Blacks and Hispanics. Does this tell me that Whites don't commit as many crimes as Blacks and Hispanics? Or, do we still have a long way to go? If Blacks and Hispanics were taken out of society for 6 months, would; these lines be filled with whites? Who would the crime be focused on?
February 04, 2006
For Immediate Release and Invitation
Casa Frela Gallery is honored to remember
Amadou Bialo Diallo
(September 2, 1975-February 4, 1999)
Casa Frela Gallery celebrates the life of Amadou Diallo with an art exhibition of paintings and photography. The exhibition commemorates the sixth anniversary of the death of Diallo on February 4, 1999, as a result of police brutality stemming from racial profiling. Ten artists have created ten paintings about Diallo’s life, death, and contributions. Featured artists like Eric Alugas, Shawn Walker Katrina Jeffiers and many more. Photographer Jim Carroll has contributed 20 poignant photographs of Amadou Diallo’s funeral procession. The exhibition runs at Casa Frela from Saturday, February 4th through Tuesday, February 28th. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, February 4th from 3-8pm.
Amadou Bailo Diallo was born on September 2, 1975 in the village of Sinoe, Liberia, West Africa. He was the first of four children born to Saikou and Kadiatou Diallo. Amadou has one sister, Laouratou, and two brothers, Ibrahima and Abdul Salaam. Because his father was a businessman, Amadou traveled throughout much of his childhood living in Togo, Guinea, Bangkok and Singapore. Amadou grew up with a love of reading, music, dancing and sports. Once in the United States, he became an avid basketball fan, in particular, Michael Jordan.
Amadou had a passion for education and attended some of the finest schools in the world, including The French International School, England's Cambridge University, The British Consulate College in Thailand and the Asian Institute of Microsoft. It was Amadou's dream to one day enroll in school in the United States.
In September 1996, at twenty years old, Amadou came to America. Upon his arrival in New York, Amadou worked as a deliveryman. Later, he became a street peddler selling gloves, socks and videotapes in Manhattan on 14th Street. He worked six days a week, 12 hours a day. However, he still dreamed of pursuing his education in America.
A spiritual person, when Amadou was about 18 years old, he began to focus and collect books on his religion, studying the Koran and praying five times a day in the Muslim tradition. When the family came to collect Amadou's belongings after his death, they found solace in what they discovered. Among the many things they found were writings where Amadou had begun to research the prophets. He had written the names of all the prophets along with the dates of their birth. He had highlighted passages in the Koran that spoke about the dialogues between Christians and Muslims. Amadou was on a spiritual journey.
Amadou was killed after Midnight on February 4, 1999, by four New York City police officers from the Street Crime Unit. Amadou had come home from work to his apartment at 1157 Wheeler Avenue in the Soundview Section of the Bronx and decided to go back out to get something to eat. Upon his return, he encountered the police officers who ultimately fired a fuselage of 41 shots, 19 of which riddled his body. Amadou was unarmed and did not threaten the officers in any way. Diallo’s death sparked massive public demonstrations against police brutality and racial profiling.
Casa Frela is an exciting new destination for the serious art aficionado. An impressive, renovated Stanford White brownstone centered in the Mount Morris Historic District in Harlem. Casa Frela is a welcome addition to the growing uptown art scene! This gallery presents energy and a keen insight in Historical Harlem. It is a vibrant magnet for the art enthusiast. More information about Casa Frela follows:
“In 1885 McKim & White designed a modest rowhouse nearby at 47 west 119th Street for a personal use of the contractor James C. Miller, for whom the firm would complete the Wanaque.” New York 1880 Architecture and urbanism in the Gilded Age, by Robert A.M. Stern, Thomas Mellins, and David Fishman, published by The Monacellli Press, Inc. and Robert A. M. Stern.
“Miller had been a carpenter and builder prior to 1885, when he first emerged as an actual developer, building and occupying a chaste rowhouse at 47 West 119th Street. His architect here was also McKim, Mead & White.” “An Elegant Tenement revisited” by Christopher Gray New York Times; June 11, 1989 pg.R10
Photograph circa 1940
New York City Department of Records and Information Service Municipal Archives
Casa Frela Gallery
47 West 119 Street, New York, New York 10026,
Between Fifth and Lenox Ave
Phone: 212-722-8577
E-mail: casafrela@runbox.com
Website: www.casafrela.com.
Car Service is available upon request.
On subway, 116th Street station on 2 or 3 line,
North three blocks, turn right.
Lawrence Rodriguez, Gallery Director
Just a warning that Sushi Twist on Madison Ave b/w 26th and 27th has cockroaches and does not compensate its patrons when the disgusting insects crawl under the table. How appalling!