Independent

Template:Sister project Independent or Independents may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artist groups

• Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States
• Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist group

Music

Groups, labels, and genres

• Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels
• Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label
• Independent Albums, American albums chart

Albums

• Independent (Ai album), 2012
• Independent (Faze album), 2006
• Independent (Sacred Reich album), 1993

Songs

• "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie
• "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from H

News media organizations

• Independent Media Center (also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in The Indypendent newspaper of NYC
• ITV (TV network) (Independent Television), a British television channel
• Independent Television, A Bangladeshi news television.

Newspapers

• Grand Island Independent, a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska
• The Independent, a British online newspaper.
• The IndependentRI (South County Newspapers), covering South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and The University of Rhode Island
• Independent News & Media, a print publisher in South Africa, owner of Independent Online (South Africa) until 2013
  • Independent Online (South Africa), a news and information website based in South Africa, owned by Sekunjalo Investments since 2013
• Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent
• The Indypendent, a newspaper of the New York City Independent Media Center
• Irish Independent, newspaper
• Long Beach Independent, a morning edition newspaper published in Long Beach, California
• The Malta Independent, a Maltese newspaper and online newspaper
• Marshall Independent, a daily newspaper published in Marshall, Minnesota
• Santa Barbara Independent, a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States
• San Francisco Independent, formerly the largest non-daily U.S. newspaper

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Independents (film), a 2008 American documentary
• Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain
• Independent film, film produced by a small movie studio
• Independent media, media that is free of influence by government or corporate interests
• Independent publisher, small press not associated with a major publisher
• Independent radio, radio stations independent of government or conglomerate interference
• Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information
• Independent station, television or radio station that is not affiliated with any network

Mathematics and statistics

• Dependent and independent variables, the argument of a mathematical function
• Independent, in Independence (probability theory), a variable whose occurrence does not affect the probability of occurrence of another
• Independence (mathematical logic), unprovability of a sentence (e.g. the Parallel postulate) from other sentences (e.g. the remaining Euclidean geometry axioms)

Military

• Independent Company, a World War II British unit
• Independent Highland Companies, units of Scottish Highlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries
• Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies of the American Civil War
• Norwegian Independent Company 1, a World War II Norwegian unit
• British Army Independent Companies of Foot, British units in the French and Indian Wars
• Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period

Politics

• Independent city, city that does not form part of another local government entity
• Independent politician, not affiliated with any political party
• Independent voter, not a member of any political party
• Independent voting movement (U.S.), not affiliated with any political party
• Independents (political party), a political party in the Czech Republic

Religion

• Independent (religion), name for supporters of a disestablished Protestant church during the English Civil War, closely identified with support for the English Commonwealth, of which Oliver Cromwell is best known
• Independent church, or non-denominational church, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization
• Union of Welsh Independents, Congregationalist denomination in Wales

Sports

• Independent circuit, professional wrestling shows not associated with the major wrestling promotions

In U.S. college sports, schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including:

• NCAA Division I FBS independent schools, for football
• NCAA Division I FCS independent schools, for football
• NCAA Division I independent schools (baseball)
• NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
• NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
• NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer)
• NCAA Division II independent schools, for all sports
• NCAA Division III independent schools, for all sports
• NCAA independent schools (lacrosse), for all divisions
• NAIA independent schools, for all sports

Other uses

• Independent Institute, an American libertarian think tank
• Dependent and independent verb forms in Goidelic languages
• Independent business, privately owned companies
• Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers
• Independent contractor, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract
• Independent school, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation
• Independent Truck Company, an American skateboarding brand

See also

• Independence (disambiguation)
• Independent Township (disambiguation)
• Independente (disambiguation)
• Indie (disambiguation)
• Independent music, artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream
  • Alternative comics
  • Indie game, video games that are created independently of the financial backing of a large publishing company
• Systems theory
• L'Indépendant (disambiguation)
• The Independent (disambiguation)
• The Independents (disambiguation)
• Third-party source

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