Seoul update: nine free papers this month
Last week we mentioned the first anniversary of City in Korean capital Seoul and the birth of the 8th free daily in that city: Sport Dong-A. This last title was the 8th published in that city. Sport Dong-A has a website on which the pdf can be read and downloaded.
Unlike European sports papers, Sport Dong- A is much more a general paper. It counts 28 pages, most of them in color, while also music, culture, show business and general news is covered. Two pages are devoted to comics while there are is also a horoscope, puzzles, TV-listings etc. Circulation, however, is unclear.
Sport Dong-A was the 8th - the 9th is already on its way - hard to keep score in a market like that. So here is the list.
Five general morning papers: NoCutnews (2006), Am7 (2003), Daily Zoom (2004), Metro (2002), Focus (2003). Two morning sports papers: Dong-A (2008) and Sports Hankook (2004). And one evening: The City although a second title, called ‘Evening’ will launch this month.