Free AM, Metro papers pressing paid dailies.

This article reports that as the newspaper war between AM New York and Metro New York comes up on its first anniversary, AM New York, which launched 18 months ago, and Metro New York, which launched last May, have become regular fixtures of the straphanger's daily commute. Their circulation has grown with the help of armies of hawkers, and the freebies have made inroads with advertisers, who are using the papers to reach the coveted 18- to 34-year-olds that established newspapers have so much trouble attracting.