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The ''Evening Independent'' was St. Petersburg, Florida's first daily newspaper.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. Petersburg's first daily newspaper, The Evening Independent )〕 The sister evening newspaper of the ''St. Petersburg Times'', it was launched as a weekly newspaper in March 1906 under the ownership of Willis B. Powell. In November 1907, it became a daily paper as the ''St. Petersburg Evening Independent''. The newspaper was best known for its "Sunshine Offer", which was first enacted in 1910 by Major Lew Brown; as a way to publicize St. Petersburg as "The Sunshine City", the paper offered its copies for free following days in which the sun did not shine in St. Petersburg. From 1910 until the paper folded in 1986, the ''Evening Independent'' made good on its offer 296 times. The ''Evening Independent'' was acquired by the ''Times'' in 1962, when its previous owner, the Thomson newspaper chain, threatened to close it down.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Q&A: The history of the Evening Independent )〕 Roy Thomson had originally bought the ''Independent'' so he would have a place to moor his yacht.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=American Journalism Review )〕 The ''Evening Independent'' was merged into the ''Times'' in November 1986, initially as part of the ''Times'' Every issue of the ''Evening Independent'', along with the ''Times'', is available for viewing on Google News Archive. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evening Independent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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