Gothamist: Metro, The Free Newspaper, Not the Times Section

disgustedinnyc

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:21:31 -0500

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!

Lawrence Rodriguez

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:37:54 -0500

James O. Burch

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:34:34 -0500

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?

Stanley Francois

Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:03:10 -0500

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

NoName

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:19:16 -0500

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?

NoName

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:19:06 -0500

NoName

Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:18:27 -0500

BingBling

Thu, 20 May 2004 00:10:30 -0500

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.

optimus

Sat, 08 May 2004 04:05:30 -0500

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.

Daily Post

Fri, 07 May 2004 03:53:11 -0500

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?

blingblingking

Thu, 06 May 2004 15:58:27 -0500

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.

ElCanon

Thu, 06 May 2004 14:50:02 -0500

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!

Bee-Bau

Thu, 06 May 2004 13:44:09 -0500

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...