The '''Long Island Press''' is a free
alternative newsweekly serving
Long Island with extensive coverage of arts and entertainment, sports, and alternative political viewpoints. The newspaper started in
2003 after its parent company, the
Morey Organization, bought ''The Long Island Ear'', which was a free bi-monthly entertainment-oriented newspaper and re-named it. The staff of the ''Press'' includes former ''
Newsday'' columnist
Ed Lowe, television columnist
Todd Hyman and technology columnist
Lazlow. It includes a column from film critic
Roger Ebert. From 2003 to
2005, the ''Press'' also featured an acclaimed column by
Amy Fisher. Is is the ninth largest weekly newspaper in the
United States.
''The Long Island Press'' was also a daily newspaper that was for years known as the ''Long Island Farmer''. The ''Farmer'' was founded in the
1840's, changed its name to the ''Long Island Daily Press'' in the
1920's, became simply the ''Long Island Press'' in
1967 and shut down in
1977. Regular columnists included
Walter Kaner. This newspaper was the inspiration for the name of the current incarnation.
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Long Island Press