Metro Pulse began publishing in 1991 and was acquired by Scripps subsidiary Knoxville News Sentinel Media Group in 2007.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero tells City Pulse: "After reading your article and talking to the chief and the captains, I concluded that we weren't doing enough."
Meijer will delay the removal of its free publication racks from the Lansing market until March 15, reports City Pulse.
Lansing's City Pulse stands to lose 15 percent of its total distribution.
City Pulse did not defame businessman Paul Vlahakis by calling him a tax delinquent in a December 2009 story, judge rules.
The Knoxville alt-weekly was given 10 Golden Press Card Awards from the East Tennessee Society for Professional Journalists last week. Of those, six were first-place awards, for Feature Writing, Investigative Reporting, Personal Columns, Reviews/Criticism, Series/Package/Project Writing and Sports Reporting.
E.W. Scripps Co. exempt employees will see a 5 percent pay cut and the salaries of nonexempt employees will decline by 3 percent. The cuts also include a suspension of the company's 401(k) match and a freeze of the Scripps pension plan. The pay freezes are expected to last for at least a year.
Joe Lance, who wrote the "Civic Forum" political column for Chattanooga's The Pulse until early 2008, entered that Tennessee city's 2009 mayoral race back in November, but has since withdrawn and endorsed former Parks & Recreation director Rob Healy. Election officials tell the Chattanoogan that Lance's name will remain on the ballot because they didn't know he was giving up his run.
