“We are basically still a start-up, that’s how we think of ourselves, which means we need to be nimble, experimental, and play to our strengths,” said Christian May, City A.M.’s editor-in-chief, explaining the move.

“Our print edition is hugely important to us, and to many of you, and we are committed to it, which is why we’ve relaunched 530 smart new distribution points across London.

“From now on, we’re going to focus that edition on three days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.”

Press Gazette reported that the move would put a small number of jobs at risk.

City A.M. cut its Friday edition in early 2023 in response to low take-up, with city workers preferring to work from home on Fridays.

May said the paper will be considering increasing its circulation on remaining print days, with the reduced print circulation meaning he could direct resources to high-impact journalism.

“Without a newspaper on Mondays and Fridays, I’m able to redeploy my journalists, which is why you will start to see fresh, original new video and particularly audio products launched on Mondays and Fridays,” he said.

“We’re going to make sure the three days a week edition is full of great analysis, original journalism, longform features.”

City A.M.’s publishing reshuffle follows the continued depression of commuter footfall in London since the pandemic.

Despite continued headlines about workers being ordered back to the office, according to Virgin Media O2 data only 48% of Brits work five days a week from the office. Some 74% of Brits commute to work on Wednesdays, however, and according to TfL data the vast majority of hybrid working commutes are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, which remain at around 80% of pre-Covid traffic.

In September 2024, City A.M. struck a deal with the Evening Standard, picking up the now-weekly paper’s distribution points on weekdays.

Health and beauty group THG acquired City A.M. out of administration in the summer of 2023.