London Weekly Announces Launch Date

By James Robinson: The London Weekly, a free newspaper that hopes to capitalise on the closure of the capital’s two afternoon freesheets last year, will hit the streets on 5 February, executives at the title have said.

Global Publishing Group, the company behind the title, will distribute 250,000 copies of the London Weekly every Friday and Saturday, and it has also laid out ambitious plans to expand to other UK cities.

A website, thelondonweekly.co.uk, went live on 20 December, after MediaGuardian.co.uk revealed that Global Publishing was planning a freesheet launch.

The website is dominated by short reports on major events, including the Haiti earthquake, although some of the content on the site’s front page was written as long ago as Saturday 16 January.

Showbiz news, sport and music reviews also feature on the site. Advertisements for Tesco mobile phones and Virgin Atlantic also feature prominently on the front page.

A statement on the site says: “The newspaper will be published weekly by GPG (Global Publishing Group)

This article originally appeared in © Guardian News & Media Ltd..

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