List of free daily newspapers

This is a list of free daily newspapers published around the world, organized by country.

Austria

• Österreich

Belgium

• Metro (separate Dutch and French versions)

Brazil

• Destak

Canada

• 24 Hours in Montreal
• Métro in Montreal

Chile

• Publimetro

Colombia

• Publimetro

Croatia

• 24sata

France

• 20 Minutes
• Direct Matin
• Metronews

Hong Kong

Chinese

• am730
• Headline Daily
• Metropolis Daily

English

• The Standard
• Hong Kong Free Press

Israel

• Israel Hayom
• Israel Post

Italy

• Leggo
• Metro

Malaysia

• theSun

Netherlands

• Metro

Philippines

• Inquirer Libre

Portugal

• Destak

Russia

• The Moscow Times
• Metro

Serbia

• 24 sata

Spain

• 20 minutos (whole Spain) - circulation > 1,500,000 units. Editions: Madrid, Barcelona, València and Sevilla. (Madrid, Catalunya, Valencia, and Andalucía)
• La Tribuna (Castilla-La Mancha)
• Viva (Andalucía)

Sweden

• Metro

Switzerland

French

• 20 minutes

German

• 20 Minuten
• Baslerstab
• Blick am Abend

Italian

• 20 Minuti

United Kingdom

• The Metro - in several commuter areas including London, Manchester, and West Yorkshire

London

See also: List of newspapers in London § Free

• City A.M.
• The Evening Standard - from October 2009

United States

Most of the papers listed are no longer published daily (as noted); they have either ceased publication or switched to a weekly/semi-weekly schedule.

California

• Palo Alto Daily News - Palo Alto; while its website is continuously updated, the physical paper was cut back to a weekly in 2015
• Palo Alto Daily Post - Palo Alto; successor to the Daily News
• San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco As of March 2020^[update], this paper is only published three times a week—on Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Colorado

• Aspen Times - Aspen
• Aspen Daily News - Aspen
• Colorado Daily - Boulder As of February 2020^[update], this paper has become a weekly, published Fridays only.

District of Columbia

• Washington Examiner - Washington, D.C.; the print edition ended in 2013, although a website continues to provide current news
• Washington Express - Washington, D.C.; On September 12, 2019, Express published its last edition.
• The Epoch Times - Washington DC; The paper, while also offering paid subscriptions, continued to offer papers free at boxes around the city, until August 15, 2019.

Illinois

• RedEye - Chicago Paper became a weekly in 2017 and ceased publishing in March 2020.

Massachusetts

• Boston Metro - Boston, closed in January 2020.^[1]

Michigan

• The Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor^[2]

New Hampshire

• The Berlin Daily Sun - Berlin
• The Conway Daily Sun - North Conway
• The Laconia Daily Sun - Laconia

New York

• AM New York Metro - New York City

Ohio

• The Blade - Toledo

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia Metro - Philadelphia

Puerto Rico

• El Vocero - became free in 2012
• Primera Hora - began 2017

South Carolina

• Bluffton Today - formerly free

Virginia

• Suffolk News-Herald - Suffolk

References

1. Buell, Spencer. "That's a Wrap for Metro Boston, the Free Paper That Was so Much Fun until It Wasn't". bostonmagazine.com. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
2. Dan Levin (19 October 2019). "When the Student Newspaper Is the Only Daily Paper in Town". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-08.