Adamopolis Independent
Adamopolis Independent
31 Lithium Avenue, Adamopolis
Industry: Publishing
Entity type: Non-profit
Product: Daily newspaper, local
Specialties: Journalism, local mainstream news
Circulation:
- Local edition (AQS-D): H
- Regional edition (AQS-D): G
- Continental edition (AQS-D): G
- Total circulation (AQS-D): H
- Total readership (AQS-TS): H
Revenue (CRRS): H
Assets (CARS): G8
Newsstand Price: 32mμ
Motto: "Depend on the independent."
Adamopolis Independent is a major local non-profit newspaper published in the city of Adamopolis and is one of the top three major dailies serving the city. Adamopolis Independent carries the traditional banner of the market's major non-profit publication, providing an alternative viewpoint, representing traditionally under-represented populations, and furnishing access to the press on an intentionally equitable basis.
The major mainstream for-profit competitors to the Independent in Adamopolis are the Adamopolis Times, which maintains a significant national audience much like the Independent does, and Adamopolis Today, which focuses on local news.
Much like other non-profit newspapers, the Adamopolis Independent is owned by a board of directors which occupy seats specifically representing particular segments of the Adamopolitan population. The Independent devotes dedicated editorial space to these specific populations of community stakeholders, in alignment with the typical non-profit newspaper philosophy of using equitable space as a way to equally represent minority and mainstream populations alike.
The Independent maintains a socially-conscious creed and regularly refers back to this philosophy in its editorial commentary. The editors maintain a periodical column in which they analyze the newspaper's own news reporting and responds to critiques, much like an ombudsperson.
With a Local Edition circulation of 1,466,000, a Regional Edition circulation of 780,000 throughout the Randall Bay Megalopolitan Complex, and a Continental Edition circulation of 487,000, the Adamopolis Independent maintains a total circulation of 2,733,000 and experiences a typical readership of 9,664,000, making it the third-most read newspaper published out of Illuminatia's largest city, but only by a tiny margin, just behind Adamopolis Today. The Adamopolis Independent receives significant readership to its Regional Edition thanks to its coverage of economic and cultural issues in which the greater Randall Bay region shares interest.
Adamopolis Independent earns 4,506,000μ in revenue per AU primarily from subscriptions, circulation, membership fees, and charitable donations. The Independent derives little income from advertising, as it sells a minimum of advertising, relying instead on charitable contribution from interested parties who in return are acknowledged in print for their donations. With a newsstand price of 32mμ, the Independent is slightly more expensive than its mainstream competition, which is normal for non-profit newspapers which tend to drive more income from circulation and charitable contributions than they do advertising.