industry newspapers founded october 16 1997 headquarters 101 malbone road newport r.i. 02840 usa key people liz boardman managing editor products one weekly newspaper and magazine in rhode island website 1 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 is now owned by edward a. sherman publishing company the publishers of the newport daily news . independent newspapers shares advertising resources with the newport daily news . the independent is published on thursdays . its main offices are located within the newport daily news building in newport r.i. and the company maintains a smaller satellite office in wakefield r.i. contents 1 publications 1.1 previous publications 1.1.1 south county independent 1.1.2 north east independent 1.1.3 south county living 1.2 current publications 1.2.1 the independent 1.2.2 south county life 2 references publications edit previous publications edit south county independent edit the first of wilson s papers founded in 1997 the south county independent was a new england newspaper association newspaper of the year in 2000 and 2001 and a new england press association general excellence winner in 2004 . the south county independent covered south kingstown including the villages of kingston peace dale and wakefield and narragansett . north east independent edit launched in 1999 the north east independent originally the north east independent took its name from its two town coverage area north kingstown and east greenwich . the newspaper won first place for general excellence from the new england press association in 2001 and 2005 ; more recently it won newspaper of the year awards from the new england newspaper and press association in 2013 and 2014 and was named a distinguished newspaper in 2015 . south county living edit the newspapers companion magazine south county living was founded in 1998 . current publications edit the independent edit in 2015 the south county independent and north east independent merged . 1 the new publication the independent covers the towns of south kingstown north kingstown and narragansett ; its first edition published oct. 1 2015 . prior to merging the two newspapers shared a website independentri.com which remains unchanged . south county life edit south county living was rebranded as south county life magazine in 2013 . the free magazine is published seven times a year and distributed throughout southern rhode island march may june july august september and november . its content focuses on communities in washington county r.i. references edit nesi ted . southern ri weeklies to merge scale back in eg . wpri 12 eyewitness news . retrieved 2016 01 27 . the independent website south county independent about us accessed march 8 2007 . this article about a rhode island newspaper is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title south county newspapers & oldid 709224578 categories newspapers published in rhode islandnewspaper companies of the united stateswashington county rhode islandpublishing companies established in 1997northeastern united states newspaper stubsrhode island stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 march 2016 at 20 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view