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A contributor kit for editors researching Pulse Chronicles.
This page collects the neutral, sourced facts an outside editor needs to draft a Wikipedia article or populate a Wikidata item about Pulse Chronicles. Everything here links back to a primary record on our own site. We do not write or edit Wikipedia ourselves — that is for the community — but we make sure the sources exist.
A note on independence: Wikipedia and Wikidata are volunteer-edited and require independent secondary sources. The facts on this page are drawn from our own corporate record; treat them as primary sources. Independent trade coverage of the 2025 acquisition and 2025–2026 digital relaunch is emerging and should be cited alongside these primary records when available.
1. Fact sheet
Quick reference for the infobox.
| Original title | The Weekly Pulse (later The Atlanta Pulse) | Source → |
|---|---|---|
| Current title | Pulse Chronicles (adopted 1986) | Source → |
| Founded | August 14, 1978 | Source → |
| Place of founding | 145 Edgewood Avenue SE, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Source → |
| Founder | Richard E. Spoon (1941–2025) | Source → |
| Format history | Weekly broadsheet (1978–1986) → monthly magazine (1986–2015) → quarterly (2015–2019) → digital (2025–) | Source → |
| Peak print circulation | ~214,000 (1993) | Source → |
| Awards | Two National Magazine Award nominations (1997 Reporting; 2002 Essays & Criticism) | Source → |
| Print hibernation | March 2019 | Source → |
| Founder death | April 14, 2025 | Source → |
| Acquisition | May 2025, by Peachtree Editorial Holdings LLC (Atlanta, GA) | Source → |
| Digital relaunch | 2025–2026 | Source → |
| Current headquarters | 1100 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 900, Atlanta, GA 30309, U.S. | Source → |
| Country | United States | Source → |
| Language | English | Source → |
| Archive project | ~1,800 pieces digitized in four waves through 2027 | Source → |
| Editorial policy | Published ethics policy, corrections policy, and transparency disclosure of AI-assisted drafting with human review | Source → |
2. Suggested lead paragraph
A neutral opening you can adapt.
This is written in Wikipedia's neutral-point-of-view style with inline <ref> tags pointing to our corporate record. Edit freely; independent sources are preferred where available.
'''Pulse Chronicles''' (originally ''The Weekly Pulse'') is an American general-interest newspaper and magazine founded in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], on August 14, 1978, by journalist Richard E. Spoon (1941–2025).<ref name="press">{{cite web|url=https://pulsechronicles.com/press|title=Corporate record & press kit|publisher=Pulse Chronicles|access-date=2026-07-03}}</ref> The publication operated in print for approximately four decades before entering print hibernation in March 2019. Its masthead, trademarks, and editorial archive were acquired in May 2025 by Peachtree Editorial Holdings LLC, an Atlanta-based media company, which relaunched the title as a digital-first newsroom in 2025–2026.<ref name="press" /><ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://pulsechronicles.com/about|title=About & history|publisher=Pulse Chronicles|access-date=2026-07-03}}</ref>3. Wikidata property map
Properties for a Wikidata item.
| Property | Label | Value |
|---|---|---|
| P31 | instance of | online newspaper (Q1153191); newspaper (Q11032) |
| P17 | country | United States (Q30) |
| P571 | inception | 1978-08-14 |
| P112 | founded by | Richard E. Spoon |
| P159 | headquarters location | Atlanta (Q23556) |
| P127 | owned by | Peachtree Editorial Holdings LLC (since May 2025) |
| P407 | language of work | English (Q1860) |
| P856 | official website | https://pulsechronicles.com |
| P1830 | owner of | Pulse Chronicles Archive (1978–2019 print catalogue) |
| P1454 | legal form | limited liability company (parent) |
4. Canonical source URLs
Cite these in <ref> tags.
- [1]About & history — Pulse Chroniclesprimary
- [2]Corporate record & press kit — Pulse Chroniclesprimary
- [3]The Spoon legacy — founder biographyprimary
- [4]Masthead — current editorial staffprimary
- [5]Editorial standardsprimary
- [6]Transparency & verificationprimary
- [7]Corrections policyprimary
- [8]Archive Digitization Projectprimary
- [9]Structured masthead (JSON)primary
- [10]Pulse Chronicles on LinkedInexternal
"Primary" indicates a first-party record hosted on pulsechronicles.com. Wikipedia prefers independent secondary sources for notability determinations; use primary sources for uncontested factual claims (dates, addresses, staff names, etc.).
5. How to help
If you'd like to contribute.
- Read the corporate record and the about & history page in full — everything a first draft needs is there.
- Search Wikipedia and Wikidata to confirm no article or item exists yet.
- Start a draft via Articles for Creation. Use the lead paragraph above as a starting point and cite the URLs in section 4.
- For Wikidata, create the item and populate the properties in section 3. Use pulsechronicles.com as the reference URL for each claim.
- If you have a question a source doesn't answer, email press@pulsechronicles.com. We reply in writing so the answer is quotable.
Disclosure:Editors with a conflict of interest (staff, contractors, or paid PR representatives of Pulse Chronicles) should not edit the article directly. Suggest changes on the article's talk page instead.