The Surprise Independent serves a mixture of family and retirement communities. The Surprise Independent is a weekly community newspaper that covers the news, events and people of Surprise, AZ. Its coverage and distribution (5,500 homes) also includes Sun City Grand, a major active-adult community within Surprise.The Surprise Independent is in the Phoenix, AZ DMA. The Surprise Independent offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its weekly circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.