Metro Pulse

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|type = Alternative newspaper

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|owners = E.W. Scripps Company

|founder = Ashley Capps, Rand Pearson, Ian Blackburn, and Margaret Weston

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|foundation = 1991

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|language = English

|ceased publication = 2014

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|headquarters = Knoxville, Tennessee

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|sister newspapers = Knoxville News Sentinel

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|website = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20141012123218/http://www.metropulse.com/|metropulse.com}}

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Metro Pulse was a weekly newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1991 by Ashley Capps, Rand Pearson, Ian Blackburn, and Margaret Weston, and was a member of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

In 2007, Metro Pulse was sold to the media conglomerate E.W. Scripps Company, which also owns several other local media outlets, including Knoxville's daily newspaper, the Knoxville News Sentinel, 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.{{cite news|last1=Wilner|first1=Tamar|title=Knoxville's alt-weekly wasn't losing money. It got shut down anyway|url=https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/metro_pulse_closes_knoxville_news_sentinel_supplement.php|publisher=Columbia Journalism Review|date=November 10, 2014}} Employees were told not to talk to the media or they would not receive severance.{{Citation | title = Knoxville's Metro Pulse newspaper shutting down | publisher = WBIR.com | date = October 15, 2014 | url = http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/2014/10/15/knoxvilles-metro-pulse-newspaper-shutting-down/17308573/ | accessdate = October 15, 2014 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.wbir.com/story/news/local/2014/11/07/alternative-to-the-metro-pulse-pulls-closer-to-reality/18672597/ |title=Alternative to the Metro Pulse pulls closer to reality |date=November 7, 2014 |publisher=WBIR-TV}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wate.com/story/27391640/metropulse-spirit-to-live-on-as-hard-knox-independent |title=New independent newspaper seeks to fill void left behind by Metro Pulse closure |date=November 14, 2014 |publisher=WATE-TV}} 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 Kickstarter campaign and donations collected by a non-profit, the Knoxville History Project, for start-up funding.{{cite web|url=https://www.cjr.org/local_news/knoxville_mercury_metro_pulse.php |title=Laid-off Metro Pulse editors plan a new publication in Knoxville |date=December 12, 2014 |publisher=Columbia Journalism Review}} The Knoxville Mercury was officially launched in March 2015.Joe Sullivan, "[http://www.knoxmercury.com/2015/03/11/heres-to-the-launch-of-mercury/ Here's to the Launch of 'Mercury'"!], Knoxville Mercury, 11 March 2015.