Peter Holmlund appointed Managing Director for Metro International's global online division

Metro International S.A.  ("Metro International"  or "the  Company"),
the  international  newspaper  group,  today  announced  that   Peter
Holmlund, Executive Producer of MSN.se in Sweden, has been  appointed
Managing Director of Metro International's global online division.

Mr. Holmlund has an extensive background from online media and  joins
Metro International from a position  as Executive Producer at  MSN.se
where he initiated and implemented  a restructuring process of  MSN's
organization. Following these  changes, MSN became  the most  visited
website in Sweden in the summer of 2008. During Mr. Holmlund's tenure
at MSN,  the  share  of  online  revenues  derived  from  its  portal
activities increased from 30% to 50%.

Between March 2005 and  December 2006, Mr.  Holmlund worked at  Metro
International as  Editor-in-Chief  for Global  Online.  Mr.  Holmlund
started  his  career  as  web  editor  at  aftonbladet.se  where   he
subsequently held various positions and  he holds a Bachelor of  Arts
in Journalism.

Per Mikael Jensen CEO and  President of Metro International says:  "I
am delighted to see Peter back  in the business to pursue our  global
online strategy. Metro's global platform has been launched in France,
Mexico and  Chile and  we can  see healthy  growth both  in terms  of
traffic and revenues.  As the  online department  is being  relocated
from London to Stockholm, one of  Mr. Holmlund's first tasks will  be
to find new staff for almost all positions in the new team. Peter has
a unique  understanding  of  how  media  can  capitalize  on  digital
services and he  has a  very strong understanding  of the  commercial
tools in the digital world."


For further information please contact:

Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President
            tel: +44 (0)20 7016 1300

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Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world.  Metro  is
published in over  100 major  cities in  19 countries across  Europe,
North & South  America and Asia.  Metro has a  unique global reach  -
attracting a young, active, well-educated Metropolitan audience of 17
million daily readers.

Metro International S.A.  shares are listed  on Nasdaq OMX  Stockholm
through Swedish Depository Receipts  of series A  and series B  under
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