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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Is Metro Philadelphia still publishing?: Update

UPDATE: Just in case anyone missed it in the Inquirer and philly.com today, freebie newspaper Metro Philadelphia says it'll be back tomorrow, after a weeklong publication break. Andy Maykuth's Inquirer story here.

YESTERDAY: Metro Philadelphia boxes were empty today as the free "daily" tabloid newspaper failed to return from the July 4 weekend. Joins the Evening Bulletin on the newly-disappeared minor-dailies list (tho Bulletin publisher Tom Rice is still trying to resurrect it). Employees say Metro is supposed to return Thursday July 9 after an extended vacation. Website hasn't been updated this week.  Publisher Eric Mayberry left earlier this year and hasn't been replaced.

 

Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 4:07 PM  Permalink | 14 comments
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Posted 05:25 PM, 07/07/2009
UseHisLeg
Don't get too excited Joseph, it can happen to any one of us.
Posted 05:30 PM, 07/07/2009
obscene gesture
The real story here is... who cares? The metro like all of the other Philadelphia Newspapers print's one sided garbage. The articles all consist entirely of misspelled and misused words. It almost looks like they hire 10 year old kids to write the articles..
Posted 05:37 PM, 07/07/2009
Dutch of N
It's bad, but it's something to distract you from the smell, noise and behavior of the other riders on the SEPTA.
Posted 05:45 PM, 07/07/2009
AreaMan
Wow, this is some responsible journalism. Good job of starting a rumour that a rival paper is no more. I also like that Metro is now a "tabloid," unlike the classy top of the line non-sensational Daily News and Inquirer.
Posted 05:49 PM, 07/07/2009
Politburo
Tabloid refers to the size of the paper. The DN is also a tabloid. The Inquirer is a broadsheet.
Posted 05:49 PM, 07/07/2009
suz
They said in their Weekend edition that they were on a break until Thursday. Metro boxes were also empty Monday, captain obvious.
Posted 05:53 PM, 07/07/2009
david
Darn it, Politburo... I love correcting people on the "tabloid" misinterpretation and I was hoping I'd get the chance to here (as someone was sure to bring it up).
Posted 06:09 PM, 07/07/2009
PaulDeon
we need the Metro....I hope they are coming back.
Posted 06:11 PM, 07/07/2009
KevinRx
Thanks for the info Politburo, seriously.
Posted 06:22 PM, 07/07/2009
SKIPJACK
Metro = Rag. Rag = Metro. Now lets get busy shutting down the Philadelphia Daily News and inviting some REAL competition to this town.
Posted 09:00 PM, 07/07/2009
J H
Hey, obscene gesture, allow me to correct your writing: The metro ["Metro," in italics] like all of the other Philadelphia Newspapers [no capital "N"] print's ["prints," not "print's"] one sided ["one-sided," with hyphen] garbage. The articles all consist entirely of misspelled and misused words [sort of like your post]. It almost looks like ["as if," not "like"] they hire ["hired," past tense] 10 year old ["10-year-old" with hyphens] kids to write the articles." Don't criticize the quality of writing until you can write on at least a sixth-grade level.
Posted 09:20 PM, 07/07/2009
rsh00
Metro is further to the Left than the Inquirer, with the Op-Ed featuring commentators from The Nation. Good riddance.
Posted 12:19 AM, 07/08/2009
Fernando08
Like Sarah Palin, they went to sleep with the fishes or went fishing or quit or got their priorities.
Posted 11:01 PM, 07/08/2009
natedog
hey bri bri- is the inquirer still publishing?
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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column, which is printed in the business pages of The Philadelphia Inquirer every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Joe has worked at the Inquirer, mostly, since 1988. He has also written for Bloomberg and Gannett, authored the book Comcasted, majored in economics at Penn, and fathered six children. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com

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