The ''Aberdeen Independent'' was a free newspaper delivered to houses in the

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

area from 1996 to 2008. Despite the name, it was not connected to the nationally available ''

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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' ...

'' as the city's only free newspaper.

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Newspapers published in Scotland Mass media in Aberdeen 1996 establishments in Scotland 2008 disestablishments in Scotland {{Scotland-newspaper-stub