Metro: Free Dailies In Trouble

OK… What’s going on at freebie newspaper chain Metro? First we heard they were considering a sale of their US holdings, then we heard that they were putting it on hold.

Then we heard they let go two of their American publishers and Keith Kelly confirmed it.

Metro New York publisher Daniel Magnus has left and Metro Boston publisher Stuart Layne is out as well.

But here’s the thing. Why is the chain facing so many problems? We recently spoke with journalists in New York, Boston and Philly about the newspaper chain’s performances in those respective cities.

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