Gulfport’s Gabber newspaper says ‘the paper is done’ if July fundraising goal is not met

Florida’s oldest independent weekly newspaper could cease to exist before the summer is over.

Yesterday, publishers of The Gabber Newspaper told readers that, “If we don’t hit our fundraising goal by July 1, the paper is done.”

The publication, founded in 1968 as the “Gulfport Gabber,” has served South Pinellas for nearly six decades, putting out a physical newspaper and running a website—all for free to readers. Over the last week alone, the paper has covered a South Pasadena commissioner meeting and a Gulfport town hall about rezoning related to Stetson Law School…

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