New Rhode Island Paper Changes Name to Avoid Legal Battle.(Originated from Providence Journal-Bulletin, R.I.)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: October 4, 1997 | Copyright information

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.--Oct. 4--Yesterday, the South County Sentinel changed its name to the South County Independent, giving ground in a battle with a rival newspaper over the right to use the name.

Meanwhile, it was announced that a popular cartoonist had joined the upstart Independent, leaving the staff of its established rival, the Narragansett Times, intensifying the rivalry.

The dispute between the Independent and the Times, owned by the Trenton,...

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