City A.M.

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City A.M. is a free daily newspaper distributed in the Square Mile and Canary Wharf, London, as well as other business-centred locations.

Started in mid 2005 by former Metro International (proprietors of the "Metro" newspaper) executives staff Jens Torpe and Lawson Muncaster, the paper covers business and finance news and issues, as well as having diary, lifestyle and sports sections, and at start was intended as a free rival to the likes of the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph business section.

Edited by former Sunday Times and Sunday Express journalist David Parsley, with Claire Oldfield (formerly of the Daily Mail) as deputy editor, the paper launched with a number of respected freelance contributors, drawing heavily upon sports stars (both current and ex) to provide comment on a variety of sports.

Backed by a relatively large editorial team, drawn from other national papers, as well industry-specific titles, the paper pioneered a new method of distribution, using both targeted distribution 'bins' (often placed inside businesses) as well as uniformed hand-distributors outside major commuter points such as London Underground stations. This method has been taken up by two other, newer publications- thelondonpaper (News International) and London Lite (Associated Newspapers).

The paper currently (October 2006) distributes approximately 80,000, up from a starting print-run of roughly 60,000.

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