''Metro Pulse'' was a weekly newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1991 by

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, Rand Pearson, Ian Blackburn, and Margaret Weston, and was a member of the

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. In 2007, ''Metro Pulse'' was sold to the

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E.W. Scripps Company, which also owns several other local media outlets, including Knoxville's daily newspaper, the ''

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'', and the ''Shopper News'' in Halls. Scripps ceased publication of the newspaper on October 15, 2014. The ''News Sentinel'', Knoxville's daily newspaper, also owned by Scripps, launched a free arts and entertainment supplement in its place. Employees were told not to talk to the media or they would not receive severance. In November 2014, a group of Knoxville journalists announced plans for ''Hard Knox Independent'', a new alternative weekly to launch in January 2015 that aims to fill the niche formerly occupied by ''Metro Pulse''. Meanwhile, the actual editors of ''Metro Pulse'' declined to sign their severance agreements, which included a non-compete clause with the ''News Sentinel''. Instead, they announced plans to start their own weekly paper, the ''Knoxville Mercury,'' utilizing a

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campaign and donations collected by a non-profit, the Knoxville History Project, for start-up funding. The ''Knoxville Mercury'' was officially launched in March 2015.Joe Sullivan,
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''Knoxville Mercury'', 11 March 2015.

References

External links

Metro Pulse website
(Internet Archive, 12 October 2014)
Knoxville Mercury
Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Mass media in Knoxville, Tennessee Defunct newspapers published in Tennessee Publications established in 1991 Publications disestablished in 2014 1991 establishments in Tennessee 2014 disestablishments in Tennessee {{Tennessee-newspaper-stub