Independent or Independents may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artist groups

Independents (artist group) The Independents were a group of Modern Art, modernist painting, painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s. They evolved out of The New Group (founded in 1930), a collecti ...

, a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist group

Music

Groups, labels, and genres

Independent music Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a DIY ethic, do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties aff ...

, a number of genres associated with independent labels *

Independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

, a record label not associated with a major label *

Independent Albums The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' mag ...

, American albums chart

Albums

* ''Independent'' (Ai album), 2012 * ''Independent'' (Faze album), 2006 * ''Independent'' (Sacred Reich album), 1993

Songs

* "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from '' H''

News media organizations

Independent Media Center The Independent Media Center, better known as Indymedia, is an open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that report on political and social issues. Following beginnings during the 1999 Carnival Against Capital and 1999 Seat ...

(also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in ''The Indypendent'' newspaper of NYC *

ITV (TV network) ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is b ...

(Independent Television), a British television channel * Independent Television, A Bangladeshi news television.

Newspapers

*'' Grand Island Independent'', a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska * ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

'', a British online newspaper. *'' The IndependentRI (South County Newspapers)'', covering South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and The University of Rhode Island *

Independent News & Media Mediahuis Ireland (formerly Independent News and Media, or INM) is a Belgian/Dutch-owned media organisation that is based in Dublin and publishes national daily newspapers, Sunday newspapers, regional newspapers and operates multiple websites in ...

, a print publisher in South Africa, owner of ''Independent Online'' (South Africa) until 2013 ** ''Independent Online'' (South Africa), a news and information website based in South Africa, owned by Sekunjalo Investments since 2013 *'' Indy Week'', formerly known as the ''Independent Weekly'' and originally the ''North Carolina Independent'' *'' The Indypendent'', a newspaper of the New York City Independent Media Center * ''

Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray backgrou ...

'', newspaper * ''

Long Beach Independent The ''Press-Telegram'' is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Coverage area for the ''Press-Telegram'' includes Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, L ...

'', a morning edition newspaper published in Long Beach, California * ''

The Malta Independent ''The Malta Independent'' is a national newspaper published daily in Malta. It was started in 1992. The paper Paper is a thin sheet material produced by mechanically or chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from wood, Textile, ra ...

'', a Maltese newspaper and online newspaper * ''

Marshall Independent The ''Marshall Independent'' is an American, English-language newspaper headquartered in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota. It is published Monday through Saturday, and is owned by Ogden Newspapers. It has been called the ''Independent'' since ...

'', a daily newspaper published in Marshall, Minnesota * ''

Santa Barbara Independent The ''Santa Barbara Independent'' is a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a ...

'', a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States * ''

San Francisco Independent The ''San Francisco Independent'' was the largest non-daily newspaper in the United States. It helped to popularize the free newspaper (advertising supported) as a business model at the beginning of the 21st century, and also rescued one of the ...

'', formerly the largest non-daily U.S. newspaper

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Independents'' (film), a 2008 American documentary *

Independent bookstore An independent bookstore is a retail bookstore which is independently owned. Usually, independent stores consist of only a single actual store (although there are some multi-store independents). They may be structured as sole proprietorships, ...

, bookstore that is not part of a chain *

Independent film An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is film production, produced outside the Major film studios, major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independ ...

, film produced by a small movie studio *

Independent media Independent media refers to any media (communication), media, such as television, newspapers, or Internet-based publications free of influence by government or corporate interests. The term has varied applications. Independence stands as a corne ...

, media that is free of influence by government or corporate interests *

Independent publisher A small press is a publisher with annual sales below a certain level or below a certain number of titles published. The terms "indie publisher" and "independent press" and others are sometimes used interchangeably. However, when a distinction ...

, small press not associated with a major publisher *

Independent radio Independent radio indicates a radio station that are run in a manner,different from usual from the countries it broadcasts in. Conversely, in places such as the United States, where commercial broadcasters are the norm, independent radio is some ...

, radio stations independent of government or conglomerate interference * Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information *

Independent station An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast television network, network. As such, it only broadcasts broadcast syndication, syndicated programs it has purchased; brokered pr ...

, television or radio station that is not affiliated with any network

Mathematics and statistics

Dependent and independent variables A variable is considered dependent if it depends on (or is hypothesized to depend on) an independent variable. Dependent variables are studied under the supposition or demand that they depend, by some law or rule (e.g., by a mathematical function ...

, the argument of a mathematical function * Independent, in

Independence (probability theory) Independence is a fundamental notion in probability theory, as in statistics and the theory of stochastic processes. Two event (probability theory), events are independent, statistically independent, or stochastically independent if, informally s ...

, a variable whose occurrence does not affect the probability of occurrence of another *

Independence (mathematical logic) In mathematical logic, independence is the unprovability of some specific sentence from some specific set of other sentences. The sentences in this set are referred to as "axioms". A sentence σ is independent of a given first-order theory ''T ...

, unprovability of a sentence (e.g. the Parallel postulate) from other sentences (e.g. the remaining Euclidean geometry axioms)

Military

* Independent Company, a World War II British unit * Independent Highland Companies, units of Scottish Highlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries * Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies of the American Civil War * Norwegian Independent Company 1, a World War II Norwegian unit * British Army Independent Companies of Foot, British units in the French and Indian Wars * Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period

Politics

Independent city An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province). Historical precursors In the Holy Roman Empire, and to a degree in its successor states ...

, city that does not form part of another local government entity *

Independent politician An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicia ...

, not affiliated with any political party *

Independent voter An independent voter, often also called an unaffiliated voter or non-affiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party. An independent is variously defined as a voter who votes for candidate ...

, not a member of any political party * Independent voting movement (U.S.), not affiliated with any political party * Independents (political party), a political party in the Czech Republic

Religion

Independent (religion) In Welsh and English church history, Independents advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider geographical hierarchy, either ecclesiastical or political. They were particularly prominent during the ...

, name for supporters of a disestablished Protestant church during the English Civil War, closely identified with support for the English Commonwealth, of which Oliver Cromwell is best known * Independent church, or

non-denominational church Non-denominational Christianity (or nondenominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities by not formally align ...

, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization *

Union of Welsh Independents The Union of Welsh Independents () is a Reformed church, Reformed Congregationalist denomination in Wales. History Welsh Congregational churches or Independent (religion), Independents stand in the Puritan tradition. The first Congregational ...

, Congregationalist denomination in

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

Sports

Independent circuit In professional wrestling, the independent circuit (often shortened to the indie circuit or the indies) is the collective name of independently owned promotions which are deemed to be smaller and more regionalized than major national promotions. ...

, professional wrestling shows not associated with the major wrestling promotions In U.S. college sports, schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including: *

NCAA Division I FBS independent schools National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule ...

, for football *

NCAA Division I FCS independent schools NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference. This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule eac ...

, for football * NCAA Division I independent schools (baseball) *

NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball) NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the NCAA Division I level, but do not belong to an established athletic conference for a particular sport. These schools may however still compete ...

* NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) * NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer) * NCAA Division II independent schools, for all sports * NCAA Division III independent schools, for all sports * NCAA independent schools (lacrosse), for all divisions *

NAIA independent schools NAIA independent schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that do not have formal conference affiliations. NAIA schools that are not members of any other athletic conference are ...

, for all sports

Other uses

Independent Institute The Independent Institute is an American libertarian think tank founded in 1986 by David J. Theroux and based in Oakland, California. The institute has more than 140 research fellows and is organized into seven centers addressing a range of pol ...

, an American libertarian think tank *

Dependent and independent verb forms In the Goidelic languages, dependent and independent verb forms are distinct verb forms; each tense of each verb exists in both forms. Verbs are often preceded by a particle which marks negation, or a question, or has some other force. The dependent ...

in Goidelic languages *

Independent business A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the company's stock i ...

, privately owned companies * Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers *

Independent contractor Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any oth ...

, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract *

Independent school A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...

, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation * Independent Truck Company, an American skateboarding brand