Metro Silicon Valley

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Metro Silicon Valley

The July 11, 2012 issue of Metro
Type	Alternative weekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Metro Newspapers
Editor-in-chief	Dan Pulcrano
Founded	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Headquarters	380 South First Street San Jose, California, United States
Circulation	50,000[1]
Sister newspapers	Santa Cruz Weekly, North Bay Bohemian
ISSN	0882-4290
OCLC number	11831028
Website	metroactive.com

Metro is a free weekly newspaper published by the San Jose, California, based Metro Newspapers. Also known as Metro Silicon Valley, as well as Metroactive online, the paper serves the greater Silicon Valley area. In addition to print form, Metro can be downloaded in PDF format for free from the publisher's website.^[2] Metro also keeps tabs on local politics and the "chattering" class of San Jose through its weekly column, The Fly.

The newspaper has been published since 1985 and is one of the remaining owner-operated publications in the alternative press. Its principal distribution area encompasses the cities of San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Los Altos and Palo Alto.