''Dan's Papers'' is a free weekly lifestyle publication in the

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, United States, founded by Dan Rattiner. The first of the papers that would later collectively come to be known as ''Dan's Papers'' was the ''Montauk Pioneer'', which debuted July 1, 1960. ''Dan's Papers'' has gained notoriety for perpetrating various hoaxes, such as stories of a Hamptons Subway beneath the East End of Long Island. The first of these, in 1963, happened by mistake when founder Dan Rattiner incorrectly printed the timetable of trains in the paper. He received a call from the local stationmaster, who told him a crowd of people were there waiting for a train that doesn't exist. The error made Rattiner realize he could do things to get the whole town talking about his paper. It began publishing stories about the fictional Old Man McGumbus in 2011. The magazine regularly included Rattiner's pen-and-ink cartoons and sketches. His art depicted the East End of Long Island, both its landscape and people ranging from "farmers, movie stars, fishermen and Wall Streeters." 30 years after starting ''Dan's Paper'', Rattiner had his first exhibition when he had two solo shows at the Ferregut Tower Gallery in Southampton, NY in 2007. Rattiner sold ''Dan's Paper'' in 2007 to Ohio-based Brown Publishing Company. Rattiner sold the magazine for $19.6 million, significantly more than the $1.75 million Brown sold it for three years later in 2010. Manhattan Media purchased the magazine from Brown, which sold ''Dan's Paper'' as part of its bankruptcy. On June 9, 2020, Manhattan Media also purchased the East Hampton-based outlet ''The Independent'' and merge it with ''Dan's Paper'' to create Dan's Independent Media. Just a few months later, in September 2020,

Schneps Media Schneps Media is a New York City-based media company founded in 1985 that owns and operates both print and online news services. Their first newspaper was '' The Queens Courier''. The company's flagship publication since 2019 has been '' amNewYor ...

purchased Dan's Independent Media from Manhattan Media.

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