Metro Boston reports circulation gain

Metro Boston, a local free daily newspaper, said today its circulation rose 12 percent in the second quarter of 2007.

Citing figures from the Certified Audit of Circulations, Metro Boston said its circulation for the quarter ending June 30 was 186,956, up from a circulation of 166,290 in the previous quarter, which ended March 31.

The New York Times Co., parent of The Boston Globe, owns a 49 percent interest in Metro Boston.

Stuart Layne, Metro Boston publisher and managing director, said in a statement, "People are consuming the news very differently than previous generations, and these numbers are proof the newspaper landscape in Boston has changed."