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South County Independent
''South County Independent'' was a weekly newspaper serving the areas of Narragansett, South Kingstown, Charlestown, Kingston, Wakefield and Peace Dale in Rhode Island. The paper was founded in 1997 by Frederick J. Wilson III & a group of investors. In October 2015, ''South County Independent'' merged with the ''North East Independent'' to become one paper, called ''The'' ''Independent,'' which covers North Kingstown, Narragansett, and South Kingstown''.'' ''The Independents weekly circulation is 8,482. Frederick J. Wilson founded South County Newspapers and the ''South County Independent'' after he left the Narragansett Times in 1995. Wilson's split from the ''Times'' was not amicable. Wilson said of the ''Times''' owner, the Journal Register Company, "They don't care about the product. They don't care about the customer. They don't care about the employees. And they don't know anything about the business." Wilson wanted to "produce a weekly newspaper that would not be beholden to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadsheet
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid–Compact (newspaper), compact formats. Description Many broadsheets measure roughly per full broadsheet spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australians, Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of ISO 216, A1 per spread (). South Africa, South African broadsheet newspapers have a double-page spread sheet size of (single-page live print area of 380 x 545 mm). Others measure 22 in (560 mm) vertically. In the United States, the traditional dimensions for the front page half of a broadsheet are wide by long. However, in efforts to save newsprint costs, many U.S. newspapers have downsized to wide by long for a folded page. Many rate cards and specification cards refer to the "broadsheet size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakefield, Rhode Island
Wakefield is a village in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, and the commercial center of South Kingstown. Together with the village of Peace Dale, it is treated by the U.S. Census as a component of the census-designated place identified as Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island. West Kingston, another South Kingstown village, was the traditional county seat of Washington County. Since 1991, the Washington County Courthouse has been in Wakefield. The Sheriff's Office which handles corrections is also in Wakefield. The Wakefield village center along Main Street (old Boston Post Road) between Belmont Avenue and Columbia Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as Wakefield Historic District, with boundary increases in 2019 and 2022. The district is significant for being an early commercial and industrial center. The district includes 53 properties over an area of . History Wakefield was a focus for settlement due to its location on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South County Newspapers
Independent Newspapers is an independent publisher of a weekly newspaper, ''The Independent'', and a magazine, ''South County Life'', in Washington County, Rhode Island. The company was founded by veteran newspaper publisher Frederick J. Wilson III in 1997, seeking to "produce a weekly newspaper that would not be beholden to corporate interests." Wilson is no longer involved with the company, which was later sold to Edward A. Sherman Publishing Company, the publishers of '' The Newport Daily News''. Independent Newspapers shares advertising resources with '' The Newport Daily News''. In 2017, Edward A. Sherman Publishing and all of its publications, including ''The Independent'', was sold to Gatehouse Media in October 2017. In 2018, Gatehouse sold ''The Independent'' and its sister magazine ''South County Life'' to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers. ''The Independent'' is published on Thursdays. For several years under its Sherman and Gatehouse ownerships, its main offices were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narragansett Times
The ''Narragansett Times'' is a publication of Southern Rhode Island Newspapers that serves the Rhode Island towns of Narragansett and South Kingstown. It is published on Wednesdays and Fridays. Its estimated circulation is 3,006 copies. History The paper was founded as th''South County Journal''in 1858 by Thomas P. Wells, Duncan Gillies, Isaac M. Church, and A.G. Palmer. The first issue was published on June 12, 1858, and the paper was printed only on Fridays. In June 1859, Gillies changed the name of the paper to the ''Narragansett Times'' and Thomas P. Wells named as the printer of the paper. Thomas P. Wells was succeeded as printer by David Dunlop in 1861, but the change of ownership was short-lived. In August 1864, Duncan Gillies returned to Wakefield by urgent request to resume printing the paper. In 1880, a fire on the largest block in Wakefield burned and destroyed several businesses, including the printing offices of the ''Narragansett Times''. The block was also occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
