Wilson said of the Times' owner, the Journal Register Company, "They don't care about the product.
Wilson wanted to "produce a weekly newspaper that would not be beholden to corporate interests;" upon leaving, he immediately founded a South County Newspapers to compete with the Times and Journal Register Company, and recruited several of the staff to work with him.
[1] After Wilson's departure, South County Newspapers became part of Edward A. Sherman Publishing Co.
In 2015, the South County Independent won the Community Newspaper of the Year award from the Rhode Island Press Association.
In 2017, GateHouse Media Inc. acquired Edward A. Sherman Publishing Co.[2] At the time, The Independent reported a circulation of 9,000.