Stockholms Fria Tidning
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Stockholms Fria Tidning is a weekly newspaper
started in May 2001. The founders of the magazine believe that Sweden suffers from similarity of reporting and concentration of ownership in the mainstream media. SFT is owned by a cooperative of the people working with the paper. All employees have the same salary regardless of their duties.
It is currently only published on Saturdays and is sold in 5,000-10,000 copies. The goal is that during 2006 publish it five days a week.
Those who run the newspaper have also started the similar newspapers Göteborgs Fria Tidninghttp://www.goteborgsfria.nu/ and Skånes Fria Tidninghttp://www.skanesfria.nu/ as well as Fria Tidningenhttp://www.friatidningen.nu/ and Sesam på lätt svenskahttp://www.sesam.nu/. In May 2004 they also accurired Östhammars Nyheter.
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started in May 2001. The founders of the magazine believe that Sweden suffers from similarity of reporting and concentration of ownership in the mainstream media. SFT is owned by a cooperative of the people working with the paper. All employees have the same salary regardless of their duties.
It is currently only published on Saturdays and is sold in 5,000-10,000 copies. The goal is that during 2006 publish it five days a week.
Those who run the newspaper have also started the similar newspapers Göteborgs Fria Tidninghttp://www.goteborgsfria.nu/ and Skånes Fria Tidninghttp://www.skanesfria.nu/ as well as Fria Tidningenhttp://www.friatidningen.nu/ and Sesam på lätt svenskahttp://www.sesam.nu/. In May 2004 they also accurired Östhammars Nyheter.