Long Island Press
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| Type | Alternative weekly |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Morey Organization |
| Publisher | Jed Morey, John Caracciolo |
| Editor-in-Chief | Robbie Woliver |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | 575 Underhill Blvd. Suite 210 Syosset, NY 11791  United States |
| Circulation | 152,096[1] |
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| Website: longislandpress.com | |
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. It 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.
The Levittown Public Library in Nassau County has microfilm of the Press from 1944 to 1977.
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- ^ Long Island Press. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
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