Free newspapers are distributed free of charge , often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers , or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising . They are published at different levels of frequencies, such as daily, weekly or monthly.
51-611: The San Mateo Daily News was a free daily newspaper in San Mateo, California published 6 days a week with an average daily circulation of 22,000. The newspaper was founded August 9, 2000 by Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who also published the Palo Alto Daily News . Both papers were distributed in large red newspaper racks and inside stores, coffee shops, restaurants, schools, and major workplaces. The San Mateo Daily News , along with five other Daily News editions,
102-414: A 2001 retrospective. The newspaper bolstered its anti-establishment reputation by publishing an "anti-Reagan issue" in 1984 and took left-leaning editorial positions as late as 2000, when it endorsed Green Party nominee Ralph Nader for president. Lange was replaced as editor by Clint Talbott, who led the newspaper for 14 years until 1998. That year, a series of editorials by Talbott on the legal ordeal of
153-684: A city about 20 miles south of San Francisco. The Palo Alto paper was profitable within nine months of its launch and usually carries more than 100 retail (non-classified) ads per day. The " Palo Alto Daily News model" has been copied a number of times over the years, including by four San Francisco Bay Area publications: the San Francisco Examiner , the San Mateo Daily Journal , the Berkeley Daily Planet , which opened in 1999 and folded in 2001 and
204-612: A free newspaper on the CU-Boulder campus and campuses in Denver , Aurora and Colorado Springs , as well as locations throughout Boulder County, it competed with the Camera for scoops, readership and advertising dollars until 2005. The Daily took shape as an independent newspaper under the leadership of Tim Lange, who served as editor from 1970–75 and again from 1980 to 1986. Lange spearheaded coverage including original reporting from
255-499: A lack of support from the regents. He denied that the resignation was tied to the Daily 's investigation and never answered the newspaper's questions. A critical state audit of the CU foundation later found that Buechner had also assisted in securing an $ 875,000 CU Foundation loan to help Richard Byyny, then chancellor of the CU-Boulder campus, buy a house from Raudenbush in 1997. In 2000,
306-410: A period of six months and will be emptied daily by London Underground cleaning contractors, MetroNet and Tube Lines . Westminster Council recently announced that 120 tonnes of free newspapers were collected in six months from the 70 extra recycling bins that were sponsored by Associated Newspapers and News International . This figure falls short of the councils 400 tonnes per annum target. During
357-550: A rape victim, who took her case to trial, earned the Daily a Pulitzer Prize nomination. The Pulitzer judges called Talbott's writing "powerful." Pamela White replaced Clint Talbott as editor in 1998. Setting out to return the Daily to its tradition of muckracking exemplified by Lange, she led the Daily to numerous prizes for investigative reporting. The newspaper won several national awards for its reporting in 1999 on how University of Colorado President John Buechner arranged
408-680: A three-month trial and will see newspaper recycling bins located on platforms one through to four and 15 through to 19. Approximately 75,000 issues of the Metro are handed out at South West Trains' stations every morning; this represents around 12 tonnes of paper. Once the trial is complete, the companies say that they will measure the success and consider extending the scheme on a permanent basis. London Underground have partnered with London's Metro free newspaper to place bins at Watford, West Ruislip, Stanmore, Cockfosters, Hainault and High Barnet tube stations. The bins will be in place from 6 October for
459-846: A total circulation of 1.7 million. In March 2006 former Palo Alto Daily News managing editor Jeramy Gordon launched the Santa Barbara Daily Sound in Santa Barbara, California . Less than two months later, Dave Price (journalist) and Jim Pavelich launched the San Francisco Daily , which in 2008 morphed into the Palo Alto Daily Post , moving offices from San Francisco to Palo Alto. In almost every European market where free newspapers were introduced there have been lawsuits on every possible ground, from unfair competition to littering, from
510-661: A week. In the following decades, a number of free dailies opened in Colorado , mostly started by University of Colorado graduates. Free dailies opened in Aspen (1979, 1988), Vail (1981), Breckenridge (1990), Glenwood Springs (1990); Grand Junction (1995); Steamboat Springs (1990); and Telluride (1991). In 1995, the founders of free dailies in Aspen and Vail teamed up to start the Palo Alto Daily News in Palo Alto , California ,
561-632: Is the clash between publishers or, to be more precise, between local publishers and entrepreneurs like in Cologne. In many cities publishers turned the market that has been quiet for decades into a battlefield. Local publishers are now responsible for almost half of the total circulation of free daily newspapers. They have a monopoly in Belgium , the UK , Singapore , Melbourne , Austria , Argentina and Iceland . However, in other markets ( France , Switzerland ,
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#1732776758715612-663: The Contra Costa Times . In the 1960s, he converted that newspaper and three others in the county to paid circulation. In the early 1970s, in Boulder, Colorado , regents at the University of Colorado kicked the student-run Colorado Daily off campus because of editorials against the Vietnam War . Regents hoped the paper would die; instead it began to focus on the community as a free tabloid published five days
663-655: The Manly Daily in Australia was launched. It was distributed on the ferry boats to Sydney and was later published as a free community daily by Rupert Murdoch 's News Ltd. In 1885, the General-Anzeiger für Lübeck und Umgebung (Germany) was launched. The paper was founded in 1882 by Charles Coleman (1852–1936) as a free twice-a-week advertising paper in the Northern German town of Lübeck. In 1885
714-577: The Daily 's edition the day after the September 11, 2001 attacks . Instead of featuring a photo of the burning World Trade Center towers on its front page, as most newspapers did, the Daily ran a picture of people donating blood at the local Red Cross branch. In the Colorado Daily 's front-page photo the next day, the volunteers donating blood could be seen reading the rival newspaper's extra edition. On September 26, 2005, Miller announced he
765-485: The Daily 's investigation a finalist in its annual contest. The Daily also won a special citation in 2001 from the Education Writers Association for its reporting on the University of Colorado Medical School 's "dog labs," in which medical students killed dogs as part of their studies. The investigation showed the school had obtained its dogs from a controversial animal dealer and examined
816-585: The Daily 's investigation was awarded the Scripps Howard Foundation 's Roy W. Howard Award for public service reporting. "The effort embodies what public service by a newspaper is and what persistence it often requires," the judges said in announcing the award. Additional awards were given by the Education Writers Association and the National Newspaper Association . Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) named
867-738: The Netherlands , Korea , Denmark , Finland , Italy , United States ) local publishers have a substantial market share. In some French and Italian markets three titles are competing; in Seoul there were six titles in October 2004. There are three free daily papers in London . Price and Pavelich have an entirely different view of the Internet than other free daily publishers. While most free daily publishers post their stories and/or PDF pages online,
918-649: The West Midlands and was the first free daily in Europe . It was profitable until the early 1990s recession , when it was converted into a weekly title by its then owners Reed Elsevier . By 1992, a number of former paid-for local newspapers in the United Kingdom, such as the Walsall Observer , were being closed down and converted to free newspapers (sometimes called "freesheets"). In 1995,
969-542: The civil war in Nicaragua , an investigation into the budding U.S. missile-defense program , and an exposé on a Federal Emergency Management Administration civil-defense plan for use in the event of a nuclear strike in U.S. cities including Boulder. "Articles like these induced Nation scribe Alexander Cockburn to declare the Daily the best leftist newspaper in the country," the Denver newspaper Westword wrote in
1020-496: The "Daily News" name with the city's name in front, such as Denver Daily News . Under the Palo Alto Daily News model, papers are delivered to public places such as coffee shops, restaurants, stores, gyms, schools, corporate campuses, and news racks . Price and Pavelich have avoided putting the content of their newspapers online because that would reduce readership of their printed newspapers, and therefore reduce
1071-533: The Colorado Open Records Act and gained access to more than 7,000 pages of documents, including Raudenbush's contract, as part of a settlement. The documents and additional reporting by the Daily showed that Raudenbush, who had no academic background, was paid a salary exceeding that of many university administrators and worked out of the president's office, where she spearheaded the "Total Learning Environment" initiative, an effort to re-brand
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#17327767587151122-489: The Netherlands) has something to do with the success of the free tabloids . In Germany there are now four so-called compact cheap newspapers. Figures indicate that many readers of free newspapers are indeed "new" readers or read both paid and free papers. Research by Belgian, UK, and US free dailies indicate that half of their readers only read free dailies. There seems to be a negative effect on single copy sales, but
1173-420: The concerns of environmentalists. With the continued success of the free newspaper model, newspaper publishers are coming under increasing pressure from local councils and public transport companies to contribute more to the cleanup costs. In London, South West Trains have partnered with Network Rail to provide nine recycling bins which have been installed at Waterloo station. The project will initially run as
1224-538: The country and a combined readership of 1.7 million. In October 2009, the Evening Standard became a free newspaper, becoming the first free quality press publication and doubling its circulation. Free newspapers in the United States trace their history back to the 1940s when Walnut Creek, California publisher Dean Lesher began what is widely believed to be the first free daily, now known as
1275-482: The creators of the Palo Alto Daily News model have refused to put their content online. They argue that posting their stories online will reduce demand for their printed newspapers, which will also reduce the effectiveness of their print ads. They note that readers have dropped their subscriptions to paid newspapers because they can get the same stories online, yet those newspapers make far less money on their websites than they do on their print editions. The success of
1326-903: The effectiveness of their print advertising. While ads can be placed on Web pages, they are not as effective for clients as print advertising. They have said that if they ever find an example of a newspaper that is making a profit on its website, they would copy that approach. In less than 10 years these papers were introduced in almost every European country and in several markets in the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, and Asia. There are, as of 2008 , free newspapers in at least 58 countries. Market leader Metro distributes seven million copies daily, while other companies publish 14 million copies. These 22 million copies are read by at least 45 million people daily. Worldwide, there are now over 44 million free newspaper editions being distributed on an average day, up from 24 million in 2005. Europe has
1377-462: The ethical arguments surrounding the killing of dogs, as well as the university's expulsion of a medical student for aiding animal-rights activists who were protesting against the labs. The Daily 's investigation prompted state lawmakers to debate the use of the dog labs, which were later shut down. The Colorado Daily was owned by Front Range Publishing, Inc., an employee-owned company, until 2001, when that company declared bankruptcy. The bankruptcy
1428-467: The felling of 37,714 trees. On average around 70% of paper used by the newspaper industry is claimed to be recycled. So after recycled paper usage, over 11,314 trees are being felled daily to feed the freesheet print presses in over 58 countries. Also, whilst the increased use of recycled paper is welcomed by many, the extensive bleaching (especially use of chlorine ) and other chemical processes to make reclaimed paper blank again for reuse are not lessening
1479-471: The hiring of a personal friend, Frances Raudenbush, to head a university-wide initiative. Learning that Raudenbush had been hired through a contract with the CU Foundation, a quasi-independent fund-raising arm of the university, the Daily requested records about her hiring and responsibilities from the university and the foundation but was told the records weren't public. The Daily sued the under
1530-647: The nature of his relationship with Raudenbush. In another unconventional move, the Daily prodded Denver's daily newspapers, which had until then largely ignored the controversy, to join its cause. This led to the Rocky Mountain News publishing an editorial on October 11, 1999, in which it said the "public deserves an explanation" of the Raudenbush matter. Shortly after the Rocky's editorial, on October 13, 1999, Buechner announced he would resign, citing
1581-538: The new free daily newspaper has been imitated by other publishers. In some countries free weeklies or semiweeklies have been launched ( Norway , France , Russia , Portugal , Poland ). In Moscow the semiweekly (in October 2004 expanded to three times a week) is also called Metro. In the Netherlands there is a local free weekly published four times a week. Also it is very likely that the rapid tabloidization in Western Europe (UK, Ireland , Sweden , Belgium ,
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1632-704: The overall effect does not indicate a great deal of impact on paid dailies. Indeed, several publishers of established paid products (notably the Tribune Company in New York and Chicago , the Washington Post Company in Washington, D.C., and News Corporation in London ) have launched free newspapers in their markets despite the obvious risk of "cannibalization" (stealing readers from their own paid products) to reach new readers. Whilst
1683-553: The owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer , Philadelphia Daily News and The New York Times sued SEPTA over an exclusive deal it made with Metro to distribute its papers on the agency's commuter trains. Metro won the suit but is losing the newspaper war; the free daily has struggled to win advertisers. The Cologne newspaper war and legal battles were not the only problems free papers encountered. In Paris , hawkers who distributed free papers were attacked, and papers were destroyed and burned. The most common newspaper war however
1734-661: The paper went daily. From the beginning the General-Anzeiger für Lübeck had a mixed model, for 60 pfennig it was home delivered for three months. Unknown, however, is when the free distribution ended. The company website states that the 'sold' circulation in 1887 was 5,000; in 1890 total circulation was 12,800. In 1984, the Birmingham Daily News was launched in Birmingham , England. It was distributed free of charge on weekdays to 300,000 households in
1785-431: The proliferation of freesheet newspapers continues to escalate, the impact on the environment has become a concern to some environmentalists. Over 44 million editions are being produced every day worldwide; it takes 12 established trees to make one tonne of newsprint, which is enough to print 14,000 editions of an average-size tabloid. That means a daily usage of newsprint of a little over 3,142 tonnes. Which, in turn, means
1836-546: The regents at the university's Denver campus, two Daily reporters were ejected by university police officers after confronting Buechner and asking him to comment on the matter. The rival Camera newspaper (then called the Daily Camera ) published an editorial condemning the university's action, which also prompted the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado to write a letter of concern to
1887-414: The right on the name Metro to quarrels over the right to be distributed through public transport. This kind of distribution is by no means the only way free papers are distributed: racks in busy places like shopping centers , universities , restaurants ( McDonald's ), and hospitals , and delivery by hand on the street, outside railway stations, or door-to-door delivery are also used. In the United States,
1938-656: The same year the Palo Alto Daily News began, Metro started what may be the first free daily newspaper distributed through public transport in Stockholm, Sweden . Later, Metro launched free papers in many European and other countries. In the UK, the Daily Mail and General Trust group launched its own edition of Metro in London in 1999, beating Metro International to the London market. The paper now has 13 editions across
1989-410: The school, questioning whether it had violated the reporters' First Amendment rights. The university said the reporters had disrupted the meeting, a contention the Daily denied. After being repeatedly rebuffed, the Daily took the unusual step of publishing a front-page editorial on September 28, 1999, listing the questions it sought to ask Buechner. Among the questions was one asking him to clarify
2040-481: The six-month period the council also collected 465 tonnes of waste paper from its own 153 on-street recycling bins. The free newspapers publishers are responsible for producing approximately 100 tonnes of free newspapers every day. Colorado Daily The Colorado Daily was a newspaper published in Boulder, Colorado , by Prairie Mountain Publishing Co. LLC , a unit of MediaNews Group . Its final issue
2091-548: The time people need to read it. Schibsted also had some disappointments. A German version had to be taken from the market after a bitter newspaper war with local publishers in Cologne , while an Italian edition never saw the streets because of legal matters (non- EU companies could not control Italian media firms, but this did not prevent the Italian market from becoming flooded with free newspapers). The Schibsted editions have
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2142-463: The time. Miller told newsroom employees the newspaper would take a less confrontational approach to the university while focusing intensely on local affairs. The latter marked a shift from the newspaper's recent coverage of protests against free-market globalization including 1999's " Battle in Seattle " and the 2000 presidential campaign . The increased emphasis on local affairs was exemplified by
2193-485: The university and raise funds through corporate partnerships. Throughout the Daily 's months-long investigation, Buechner (pronounced BEAK-nur) refused to speak with Daily reporters about Raudenbush, the TLE, or anything else. Members of the university's elected board of regents downplayed the matter and accused the newspaper of shoddy journalism, with one calling the Daily a "supper-market tabloid" [sic]. At one meeting of
2244-494: The university. First published on September 13, 1892, the Daily has been said to be the oldest free daily newspaper in the U.S. In 2000 and 2001, the newspaper won several national journalism awards for its investigative reporting. The Daily was originally named The Silver and Gold and was the student newspaper of the University of Colorado from 1892-1970. It was renamed the Colorado Daily in 1953. In 1970, it
2295-578: The vast majority of daily free papers at 28.5 million, with the Americas at 6.8 million and Asia/Pacific/Africa regions at 8.6 million. Since 2000, many free dailies have been introduced, including three in Hong Kong and three in Vancouver, B.C. Besides Metro, another successful publisher is Norway 's Schibsted . In Switzerland , Spain and France it publishes 20 minutes , the name indicating
2346-500: Was published on September 17, 2022. The Daily was operated out of the offices of Boulder's Daily Camera newspaper. Originally the student newspaper of the University of Colorado , the Daily became independent in 1970 and underwent several ownership changes since 2001, coming under the control of the Camera , its former competitor, when it was purchased by the E.W. Scripps Co. in 2005. The newspaper and its website, coloradodaily.com, continued to focus much of their coverage on
2397-580: Was reopened as a twice-a-week paper by new owners in 2004, and the Contra Costa Examiner , which opened and closed in 2004. The publishers of the Palo Alto Daily News , Aspen Times Daily founding editor Dave Price , and Vail Daily founder Jim Pavelich, have since launched successful free dailies in San Mateo, California (2000), Redwood City, California (2000), Burlingame, California (2000), Los Gatos, California (2002), Denver (2002), and Berkeley, California (2006). Each goes by
2448-536: Was selling the newspaper to the E.W. Scripps Company of Cincinnati, then the owner of the Daily Camera and the Rocky Mountain News , bringing former rivals Colorado Daily and Daily Camera under the same ownership. Miller left the newspaper in 2007. Scripps later shut down the Daily 's freestanding office, moving operations to the Camera 's headquarters on Pearl Street in Boulder. In 2009, Scripps sold
2499-615: Was shut down by the CU board of regents , which had grown displeased with the newspaper's editorial positions, including its opposition to the war in Vietnam . The newspaper's staff transformed the Daily into an independent, off-campus operation supported by advertising revenue. Under its new structure, the Daily continued to focus much of its coverage on the university as well as the city of Boulder, Boulder County , and state, national and international affairs. Distributed daily on weekdays as
2550-620: Was sold to Knight Ridder on February 15, 2005. After McClatchy 's acquisition of Knight Ridder in 2006, all six Daily News editions, including the San Mateo Daily News were bundled with the San Jose Mercury News and sold to MediaNews Group of Denver, Colorado . The surviving Daily News, papers merged on April 7, 2009. This article about a California newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Free daily newspaper In 1906,
2601-475: Was triggered by the alleged embezzlement of more than $ 250,000 by its finance manager, who in 2003 pleaded guilty to a single count of falsifying an income-tax return. The bankrupt newspaper was purchased by Randy Miller, formerly of Lee Enterprises , who returned the paper to profitability. Upon taking ownership, Miller named himself publisher, sparking the departure of former editor-in-chief White. The newspaper had an estimated daily circulation of 23,000 copies at
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