Metro Pulse is the Knoxville area's award-winning alternative weekly newspaper and a must read for local new, commentary and entertainment. Currently in its 16th year of existence, the Metro Pulse has a readership of 87,500 and is distributed every Thursday to more than 600 locations in Knox, Anderson, Blount, Loudon, Sevier, Jefferson and Hamblen counties.The Knoxville Metro Pulse is in the Knoxville, TN DMA. The Knoxville Metro Pulse offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.