The Independent

seven-day morning daily newspaper covering the city of Ashland and surrounding areas of Boyd County, Kentucky
Organization newspaper Q7741794
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The Independent

Summary

The Independent is a newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Independent was a member of Kentucky Press Association[3].
  • The Independent is in the country of United States[4].
  • The Independent's instance of is recorded as newspaper[5].
  • The Independent's owned by is recorded as CNHI[6].
  • The Independent's owned by is recorded as Milton Forrest Conley[7].
  • The Independent's place of publication is recorded as Ashland[8].
  • The Independent's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Independent's official website is recorded as https://www.dailyindependent.com/[10].
  • The Independent's described by source is recorded as The Expanding News Desert[11].
  • The Independent's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ashland Daily Independent'}[12].
  • The Independent's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Daily Independent'}[13].
  • The Independent's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Daily Independent'}[14].
  • The Independent's X is recorded as Dindependent01[15].
  • The Independent's X is recorded as DIndependent[16].
  • The Independent's Facebook username is recorded as The-Independent-187282321295589[17].
  • The Independent's newspaper format is recorded as broadsheet[18].
  • The Independent's Facebook page ID is recorded as The-Independent/187282321295589[19].
  • The Independent's USNPL ID is recorded as 1233[20].
  • The Independent's Muck Rack media outlet ID is recorded as dailyindependent[21].
  • The Independent's Media Bias/Fact Check ID is recorded as ashland-independent-bias[22].
  • The Independent's domain name is recorded as dailyindependent.com[23].

Body

Ownership

Owners include CNHI[6], a business[24], in United States[25], founded in 1997[26], headquartered in Montgomery[27] and Milton Forrest Conley[7], a publisher[28], 1868–1940[29].

Why It Matters

The Independent ranks in the top 3% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . American Biographical Archive. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . kypress.com. Retrieved . kypress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . X (Twitter) profile. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . usnewsdeserts.com. Retrieved . usnewsdeserts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . usnpl.com. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · ZI Jony · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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