Independent's mission is to support every American's First Amendment rights — and to encourage and assist citizens in exercising those rights responsibly.

We have pursued this mission by publishing newspapers since the 1950s, by providing printing services to other publishers since the 1970s, and by creating citizen-driven community websites at newszap.com for the 21st Century and beyond.

Our unique structure is designed to maintain our independence. While we are a for-profit, tax-paying company, we are held in sacred trust by a rotating group of five trustees who believe in our mission and are pledged not to benefit personally from their involvement. There are no special interests to be served. The trustees elect the company's directors. There are no shareholders. No dividends are paid, so all the after-tax profits are reinvested in serving our mission.

Our Business Values

1. Service: We strive to help our communities become better places to live and work through our dedication to conscientious journalism and by providing a vigorous advertising marketplace.

2. Ethics: We intend to be a company of which we can all be proud, known for its integrity, fairness and respect for others. Our business relationships are built on honesty, service, quality products and value. We seek all-win relationships. We believe we can be successful without victimizing anybody.

3. Value: We strive to provide our customers with valued products and services at competitive prices. We are constantly in search of ways to improve the value and service that we provide and to increase our effectiveness and efficiency.

4. Improvement: We set only one goal - continuous improvement. But we do lots of measuring of trends, so we also know how we are doing.

5. Consultive Sales: We reject manipulative sales tactics in favor of a consultive approach. We achieve long-term success by helping our readers and advertisers become more successful.

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Independent Newsmedia, USA is the Valley of the Sun’s leading community news provider, with 10 weekly newspapers and two monthly publications distributed to select communities in the Phoenix Metropolitan market. We presently publish community newspapers in Sun City, Sun City West, Peoria, Surprise, Arrowhead Ranch, Scottsdale, Town of Paradise Valley, East Mesa, Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Queen Creek/San Tan Valley and Gilbert. Contact azmajoraccounts@newszap.com for display advertising opportunities

Our online classified program offers FREE ads— including photos — to anyone. Not only are the ads free, but there's no limit on the number of ads you can run. We make it easy and affordable to add enhancements, including videos, and for a modest fee you can extend the reach and readership of your ads by also placing them in one or more of our popular community newspapers.

Classified ads are the perfect medium for businesses that maintain an inventory of unique, one-of-a-kind items that are individually priced. For example, smaller car dealers might want to upload a brief description of each vehicle for sale on their lot. Follow this link to place your classified ads.

You can also opt to upgrade your classified ad to a Top Ad or a print ad in one of our 12 community newspapers. By choosing this option, your classified ad will be fed to a highly-visible breakout panel that appears on all our classified pages.

Coupons

Coupons are more popular than ever. Research shows 8 percent of the population use online coupons, and on average, an online user will print 15 coupons a week.

To satisfy the rising demand for coupons, we have partnered with Valassis, a national coupon house, to create an online coupon pages where consumers can review coupon offers for major brand names and print the ones they want.

We've used this partnership to create a special Community Coupons program for local advertisers who rely on coupons as a crucial part of their marketing. A local advertiser can buy a link at our coupon pages that will lead a consumer to a full-sized coupon that can be printed and then redeemed.

To make our local program more appealing and to increase the exposure of local coupons, participants also receive the added value of having their coupon links e-mailed to readers who subscribe to the e-Editions of our newspapers.

Our Community Coupons program is more affordable than direct mail and offers unmatched flexibility, while positioning your offer "front and center" in the eyes of consumers actively searching for coupons.

Packages start as low as $25 per week; eight-week commitment required. For detailed pricing information, please contact us.

Publish Your News

Every successful business, even the very smallest, depends on dedicated and committed employees. And in every part of the economy, individual employees accomplish remarkable, noteworthy things — of which you as a manager or a supervisor are rightfully proud.

Often, however, the challenge is finding a suitable way to recognize an ordinary employee for doing something extra-ordinary. But we all know recognition motivates people to even higher levels of achievement.

We have created the perfect online/print option for applauding any extra-ordinary accomplishment, whether large or small. Achievements is a special category of our Celebrations service expressly designed to recognize individual accomplishments. You can submit your own achievement announcement in the Celebrations section of our Publish Your News page. This site is the perfect way to honor someone for reaching the Million Dollar Club in sales or to acknowledge someone's recent promotion, among other things.

Basic and expanded packages available. Prices start at $9.99 for an announcement approximating 100 words. All packages include online photo gallery, guest book and profile page.

Have a news release, announcement or other item you want to see in print? You can have it published in the newspaper of your choice, along with a photo or corporate logo, through our Publish Your News page's Special Announcements service. A Special Announcement in the newspaper costs $25 for the first 100 words and one photo. Each additional word is 25 cents. You can choose the publication, and your announcement will also appear online.

Commercial Printing

Valley Newspapers continues to demonstrate its commitment to Arizona and the Southwest region. With a Goss Magnum 10-tower 40-unit non-heatset web offset press, we have the most versatility for both page counts and color of any similar press in the region. Capable of utilizing two different folders, it can operate at speeds of more than 30,000 per hour when producing broadsheet, tab, compact, or book-type products. Known for our quality and eye-popping color reproduction, we operate 7 days a week to print publications that run the range from school newspapers to the Wall Street Journal. We also have a complete prepress and finishing department that can handle your products from plate through inserting to mailing.

For more information follow this link, or click here to e-mail an inquiry.