This is a list of free daily newspapers published around the world, organized by country.
Austria
Belgium
- Metro (separate Dutch and French versions)
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
France
Hong Kong
Chinese
English
Israel
Italy
Malaysia
Netherlands
Philippines
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
Spain
- 20 minutos (whole Spain) - circulation > 1,500,000 units
Sweden
Switzerland
French
German
Italian
- 20 Minuti
United Kingdom
- The Metro - in several commuter areas including London, Manchester, and West Yorkshire
London
- 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
- 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
Massachusetts
- Boston Metro - Boston, closed in January 2020. [1]
Michigan
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
- El Vocero - became free in 2012
- Primera Hora - began 2017
South Carolina
- Bluffton Today - formerly free
Virginia
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dan Levin (19 October 2019). "When the Student Newspaper Is the Only Daily Paper in Town". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-08.