Santa Barbara Independent

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The Santa Barbara Independent
TypeAlternative newspaper
FormatTabloid
PublisherBrandi Rivera
Editor-in-chiefMarianne Partridge
Founded1986
Headquarters1715 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
United States
Circulation40,000
Websiteindependent.com

The Santa Barbara Independent is a newspaper that comes out every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, in the United States. It includes news and information about arts. It is an alternative newspaper, and offers different viewpoints compared to mainstream newspapers. The Santa Barbara Independent was started in November 1986. It was created by merging two older papers: The Santa Barbara News & Review, which began in 1973, and The Santa Barbara Weekly, which started in 1984.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. "History of The Independent". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved July 12, 2017.