About Us

Independent Newsmedia is a unique publishing and printing company that supports every American’s First Amendment rights and encourages and assists citizens in exercising those rights responsibly.

We pursue this mission by publishing local newspapers, by providing printing services to other publishers, and by creating community-driven community websites. Our unique structure is designed to maintain our independence. We pay taxes like any other company, but there are no shareholders, no dividends are paid, and all after-tax profits are reinvested in serving our mission.

We have five trustees who believe in our mission and who pledge not to benefit personally from their involvement. 

Our print publications

Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent 
Chandler Independent
Fountain Hills Times Independent
Gilbert Independent
Glendale Independent
Litchfield Park/Goodyear Independent
North Tatum Times
Peoria Independent
Phoenix Independent
Phoenix View
Queen Creek Independent
Scottsdale Independent
Scottsdale North News
Sun City Independent
Sun City West Independent
Sun Life Magazine
Surprise Independent
Tempe Independent
Town of Paradise Valley Independent
Upper Westsider

Our pledge to the community:

• To report the news with honesty, accuracy, purposeful neutrality, fairness, objectivity, fearlessness, and compassion.
• To use our opinion pages to facilitate community debate, not to push our own opinions.
• To provide the information people need to make their own intelligent decisions about public issues.
• To help our communities become better places to live and work, through our dedication to conscientious journalism and affordable advertising.
• To treat people with courtesy, respect, and compassion.
• To provide a right to reply to those we write about.
• To disclose our own conflicts of interest or potential conflicts to our readers.
• To correct our errors and to give each correction the prominence it deserves.

Paid news service disclaimer

Independent Newsmedia pays for the Associated Press news services. We recognize that sometimes AP stories do not have balanced and purposeful neutrality that we strive in our own stories. AP is our most practical and affordable source of national, world and sports news and photos.