AAN News
Metro Pulse Co-Founder Steps Downnew
Ian Blackburn, who in 1991 began the Knoxville, Tenn., alt-weekly with Ashley Capps, Rand Pearson and Margaret Weston, is leaving the paper. In an article titled "Farewell, Ian," associate editor Jack Neely calls Blackburn, who's held the title of systems manager in recent years, a "computer nerd with a wild bohemian heart." According to the article, Blackburn's departure is due, at least in part, to the discontinuation of MetroBlab, the paper's online chat room. Neely calls MetroBlab "a subject of contention" and explains that associate publisher John Wright "pulled the plug on it last month."
Metro Pulse |
01-10-2005 5:24 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Metro Pulse, Ian Blackburn
Metro Pulse Shakes Up Staffnew
The new owner of the Knoxville, Tenn., alternative
newsweekly has replaced two staff members
after telling AAN News in May that he had no
plans for staff changes. Brian Conley, a
developer, has named an employee of his
real estate firm managing editor and
replaced the paper's art director with an award-
winning advertising designer, who will direct a
redesign.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
07-10-2003 1:12 pm |
Industry News
Tags: Management, Metro Pulse
Metro Pulse Sold to Local Contractor
Joe Sullivan, publisher of Metro Pulse for 10 years, has sold the Knoxville, Tenn., weekly to Brian Conley, a general contractor who has development contracts with the city. Conley, who was briefly a co-owner of the Pulse in the mid-1990s, pledges he will guard the alt-weekly's editorial independence, even as it investigates his own dealings with the city (see story link below). Sullivan stays on as editor in chief and columnist.
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
05-15-2003 10:37 am |
Industry News
Alt-Weeklies Look to Media Rivals as Partners
Alternative newsweeklies have found
myriad ways to team up with competitors
for lucrative cross-promotional
arrangements. Radio is perhaps the
most common partner for alt-weeklies
and music events the most frequent
vehicle for cooperation, Ann Hinch writes
for AAN News. Television and even print,
however, have been mined by AAN
members “to reach a broader
audience and more diverse
demographic.”
(FULL STORY)
Ann Hinch |
11-18-2002 12:34 pm |
Industry News
Scene Writer Moving to Knoxville's Metro Pulse
Bill Carey, a contributor to the Nashville Scene, will be moving to Knoxville this September to become editor of Metro Pulse. He will replace current Editor Jesse Mayshark, who is moving to New York. Metro Pulse also has a new managing editor, Scott McNutt, who has been the alt-weekly's monthly humor columnist. Mayshark, who is getting married this summer, says he wants to return to writing and reporting.
(FULL STORY)
AAN Staff |
04-22-2002 3:22 pm |
Industry News
Metro Pulse Celebrates Tenth Anniversarynew
Atlantic Monthly wannabe Joe Sullivan bought Metro Pulse and helped make founding publisher Rand Pearson's vision of an alternative weekly in Knoxville, Tenn. a reality. Although he's "acutely conscious of (the paper's) shortcomings" and the economy hasn't been much help lately, Sullivan thanks the people who have helped him make Metro Pulse into a paper that is contributing to its community.
Metro Pulse |
08-02-2001 11:49 am |
Industry News
Tags: Metro Pulse
