The Independent (Massillon)

The Independent (formerly The Evening Independent) is an American daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Massillon, Ohio. It is owned by GateHouse Media.

The Independent

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Gannett
Publisher	Cindy Conrad
Editor	Joe Shaheen
Founded	July 3, 1863 (1863-07-03), as Massillon Independent[1]
Headquarters	50 North Avenue, Northwest, Massillon, Ohio 44648, United States
Circulation	4,734 (as of 2018)[2]
Sister newspapers	The Repository The Suburbanite The Times-Reporter
OCLC number	11129683
Website	IndeOnline.com

The newspaper covers western Stark County, Ohio, including Massillon, Beach City, Brewster, Canal Fulton, Jackson, Lawrence Township, Navarre, Perry and Tuscarawas Township.

GateHouse acquired the paper from Copley Newspapers in April 2007.^[3]

The Independent is related to three other Northeast Ohio newspapers, the dailies The Repository of Canton and The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, and the weekly The Suburbanite in southern Summit County.