London papers: the battle to win readers

Yesterday we spoke about the most read news websites, so today we want provide you with all the links to the printed news in London from London. What can be better in the morning than to start your day by reading your paper and drinking your coffee (or tea)?!

First of all we have the free press:

City A.M.

This free paper specialises in financial news and it has been available outside every tube station in central London from Monday to Friday since 2005. It was the first free newspaper to speak solely about financial matters.

London Lite

The famous gossip-based London paper (if that’s your cup of tea)! Pick this one up if you want to hear the latest on Amy Winehouse’s debauched antics- it focusses on entertainment/celebrity news as well as general London news.

The London Paper

Another free newspaper, published everyday from Monday to Friday by the same editor of The Sun and the The Times. It was launched on the 4th of September 2006 to be the first competitor to the Evening Standard- do you think it has succeeded?

Metro

Metro has the largest readership of the urban newspapers. And from the March 1999, when it was created, it has grown so much that it can be considered a publishing phenomenon. Every weekday morning, it counts 1,300,000 copies distribuited across the UK. In succession we have The London Paper and The London Lite with about half the number of copies.

Not for free:

Evening Standard

It was launched in 1827 and it counts more than 260 miles of newsprint every day. It’s published by Associated Newspapers- the same editing group as some of the national papers such as The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and Metro.

The London Gazette

This is the oldest English newspaper (it is still only published on weekends) and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom. It was first number has been published on the 7th of November 1665.

Beyond London, we have the national newspapers. The prices range from 35p to £2. The Times is the UK’s leading daily newspaper (named by the British Business Survey 2005), it was founded in 1785 and it counts more than 615 miles of print every day. Below is a list of all the national newspapers:

Daily Express
Daily Mail
Daily Star
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Mirror
Morning Star
Observer
Sun
Telegraph
Times