The weekly paper was founded in November 1986, the result of a merger between The Santa Barbara News & Review (established 1973), and The Santa Barbara Weekly (established 1984).[2] It was founded by four people within a corporation — Randy Campbell, publisher, who grew up in Santa Barbara, and is the former owner of The Santa Barbara Weekly; Marianne Partridge, who came to California from New York in the 1980s and is the editor-in-chief; and two silent partners, Rick Grand-Jean and Richard Parker. Joe Cole became President in January, 2014.[3] In 2017, Brandi Rivera was named publisher [4]
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| Media Name | Santa Barbara Independent |
|---|---|
| Media Type | Newspaper |
| Language | English |
| Location | Santa Barbara, California |
| Logo |
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| Website | |
| Front Page URL | https://www.independent.com/ |
| About Page URL | https://www.independent.com/about-us/ |
| Contact Page URL | https://www.independent.com/contact-us/ |
| RSS Feed URL | https://www.independent.com/feed/ |
| Profiles | |
| Facebook URL | https://www.facebook.com/sbindependent/ |
| X URL | https://twitter.com/sbindynews |
| LinkedIn URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/santa-barbara-independent/ |
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Barbara_Independent |
| Contacts | |
| Name | |
| marianne@independent.com | |
| Phone | |
| Name | Nick Welsh |
| nick@independent.com | |
| Phone | |
| Name | Michelle Drown |
| michelle@independent.com | |
| Phone | |
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