Associated Newspapers, the national media division of Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT.L), and The Irish Times, joint owners of Metro Ireland, have agreed with Independent News and Media, owners of Herald AM, to merge the two newspapers into a single new title, Metro Herald, with each shareholder retaining one third of the merged business.
The merger is subject to the approval of the Competition Authority in Ireland.
The new free newspaper, Metro Herald, will see more than 70,000 copies distributed daily in the Greater Dublin Area.
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