The ''Aberdeen Independent'' was a free newspaper delivered to houses in the
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), ...
area from 1996 to 2008. Despite the name, it was not connected to the nationally available ''
Independent
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''.
The newspaper was founded in 1996 by Bill Alder. The paper published for 12 years and was named best free newspaper eight times by the Scottish Newspaper Society. The newspaper closed in June 2008, leaving the ''
Aberdeen Citizen
The ''Aberdeen Citizen'' was the highest distributed free newspaper in Aberdeen. It was a weekly newspaper. Launched in 1989, as the ''Aberdeen Herald & Post'', it was re-launched as its current title in 2002. It provided a round-up of the week's ...
'' as the city's only free newspaper.
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Aberdeen Independent
Newspapers published in Scotland
Mass media in Aberdeen
1996 establishments in Scotland
2008 disestablishments in Scotland
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