This is a list of newspapers in Tennessee, United States.
Daily and nondaily newspapers
Weekly| Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertiser News | Spring Hill | Weekly | GateHouse Media[1] | ||
| Ashland City Times | Ashland City | Weekly | |||
| Buffalo River Review | Linden | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Chattanooga Courier | Chattanooga | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Chattanooga Pulse | Chattanooga | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Chattanooga Times Free Press[2] | Chattanooga | 1869[3] | Daily | Began as Times; merged with Free Press in 1999 to form Times Free Press | |
| Chester County Independent | Henderson | Weekly | |||
| Citizen Tribune | Morristown | 1966 [4] | Daily | ||
| Cleveland Daily Banner | Cleveland | 1854[5] | Daily | ||
| Commercial Appel, The[3] | Memphis[2] | 1840[5] | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | |
| Covington Leader | Covington | Weekly | name changed to The Leader in 2007 | ||
| Crockett Times, The | Crockett County | Weekly | |||
| Crossville Chronicle | Crossville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| The Daily Herald | Columbia | 1850[5] | Daily | GateHouse Media[1] | |
| Daily News, The[2] | Memphis | Daily | |||
| Daily News Journal, The[2] | Murfreesboro | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | ||
| Daily Post Athenian | Athens | 1838[5] | |||
| Democratic-Union, The | Lawrenceburg | 1884 | bi-weekly | ||
| Dresden Enterprise | Dresden | 1883 | Weekly | Magic Valley Publishing | |
| Dyersburg State Gazette | Dyersburg | ||||
| Eagleville Times | Eagleville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| El Crucero Newspaper | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Elizabethton Star | Elizabethton | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Elk Valley Times | Fayetteville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Farragutpress | Farragut | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Gallatin News Examiner, The | Gallatin | Weekly | |||
| Gallatin Newspaper, The | Gallatin | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Grainger Today | Grainger County | Weekly | |||
| Greenville Sun, The | Greeneville | Daily | |||
| Grundy County Herald | Tracy City | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Herald & Tribune | Jonesborough | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Herald-Chronicle | Winchester | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Herald-Citizen | Cookeville | Daily | |||
| Jackson Sun, The[2] | Jackson | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | ||
| Jasper Journal | Jasper | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Johnson City Press[2] | Johnson City | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Kingsport Times-News | Kingsport | Daily | |||
| KingstonSprings.org | Kingston Springs | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Knoxville Daily Sun | Knoxville | Daily | |||
| Knoxville Focus, The | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
| Knoxville News Sentinel[2] | Knoxville | 1886[3] | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | Began as the Sentinel |
| La Prensa Latina | Memphis | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| LaFolette Press | LaFolette | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Lawrence County Advocate | Lawrenceburg | 1986 | Bi-weekly | ||
| Leaf-Chronicle[2] | Clarksville | 1808[5] | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | |
| Lebanon Democrat | Lebanon | Daily | |||
| Lee Clarion | Cleveland | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Manchester Times | Manchester | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Maryville Daily Times | Maryville | Daily | |||
| McNairy County News | Selmer | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Memphis Daily News | Memphis | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Memphis Flyer | Memphis | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Memphis Tri-State Defender | Memphis | 1951[7] | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||
| Monroe County Advocate & Democrat | Sweetwater | Weekly or bi-weekly | Adams Publishing Group[8] | ||
| Mt. Juliet Chronicle | Mount Juliet | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Mountain Press, The | Sevierville | ||||
| Murfreesboro Post | Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Murfreesboro Vision | Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Nashville City Paper | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Nashville Ledger | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Nashville Medical News | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Nashville Pride | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Nashville Scene | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Newport Plain Talk | Newport | Weekly or bi-weekly | Adams Publishing Group[8] | ||
| Oak Ridger, The | Oak Ridge | Daily | GateHouse Media[1] | ||
| Out & About Newspaper | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Paris Post-Intelligencer | Paris | Daily | |||
| Portland Sun | Portland, Tennessee | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Roane County News | Kingston | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Rutherford Reader, The | Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Savannah Courier | Savannah | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Sewanee Mountain Messenger | Sewanee | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| South Pittsburg Hustler | South Pittsburg | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Southern Standard | McMinnville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Tennessee Star Journal | Pigeon Forge | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Tennessee Tribune | Nashville | 1992[7] | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||
| Tennessean, The[2] | Nashville | 1907 | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | Began as Nashville Whig in 1812; later became Nashville American[3][5] |
| Times Gazette | Shelbyville | Daily | |||
| Tirade Media | Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Tullahoma News and Guardian | Tullahoma | Daily | |||
| Union City Daily Messenger | Union City | Daily | |||
| Weakley County Press | Martin | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Williamson Herald | Franklin | Weekly | |||
| Wilson Post | Lebanon | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
| Winchester Herald-Chronicle | Winchester | Weekly or bi-weekly |
Defunct
| Title | Locale | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownlow's Whig | Knoxville | 1849 | 1871 | Began in 1839 in Elizabethton |
| Chattanooga Blade[9] | Chattanooga | |||
| Chattanooga Evening News | Chattanooga | 1888 | Became Chattanooga News-Free Press in 1940, Chattanooga Free Press in 1993, and Chattanooga Times Free Press in 1999[7] | |
| Knoxville Gazette | Knoxville | 1792 | 1818[9] | |
| Knoxville Journal | Knoxville | 1991[9] | ||
| Knoxville Negro World[10] | Knoxville | |||
| Memphis Daily Scimitar | Memphis | 1881[3] | Became News Scimitar in 1907, Memphis Press-Scimitar in 1926[7] | |
| Memphis Free Speech | Memphis | 1888[9] | ||
| Memphis Post | Memphis | 1866 | 1869 | |
| Memphis Press-Scimitar | Memphis | 1926 | 1983 | |
| Memphis World | Memphis | 1931[9] | 1972 | |
| Nashville Banner | Nashville | 1876[3] | 1998 | |
| Nashville Globe | Nashville | 1906 | 1960[9] | |
| Nashville Union and American | Nashville | Was publishing in 1868. | ||
| Review Appeal | Franklin | 1813[5] |
See also
- Tennessee media
- List of radio stations in Tennessee
- List of television stations in Tennessee
- Media of cities in Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville
- Journalism:
- University of Memphis Department of Journalism[11]
- Southern Adventist University School of Journalism and Communication, in Collegedale [1]
- Tennessee literature
- Fake news websites in the United States
U.S. newspapers
References
- ^ a b c GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Tennessee, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Members". Knoxville: Tennessee Press Association. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436.
Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
- ^ "About Us". CitizenTribune.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- ^ a b c d e f Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Tennessee, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory: Tennessee". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ a b "About Adams Publishing Group". AdamsPG.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture". Tennessee Historical Society and University of Tennessee Press. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Irvine Garland Penn (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Massachusetts: Willey and Co.
- ^ "Department of Journalism". University of Memphis. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
Bibliography
- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Tennessee". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475. (+ List of titles 50+ years old)
- "Press of East Tennessee". East Tennessee: Historical and Biographical. Chattanooga: A.D. Smith & Co. 1893. pp. 157–172.
- James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Tennessee", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, OCLC 219597043
- "Tennessee". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 985+ – via HathiTrust.
- "Tennessee". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 935+.
- Federal Writers' Project (1939). "Writers of Tennessee". Tennessee: A Guide to the State. American Guide Series. New York: Viking Press. pp. 145–154. OCLC 2479491.
- Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858. (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Tennessee)
- G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: Tennessee". Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. Harvard University Press. p. 881. ISBN 978-0-674-36761-6. (Includes information about newspapers)
- Jack Mooney, ed., A History of Tennessee Newspapers (1996)
External links
- Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Tennessee", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
- Glenn A. Himebaugh. "Publishing". Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. (Includes information about newspapers)
- "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Tennessee". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- 19th Century Newspapers Database, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State. (Digitized issues)
- Newspapers on Microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State. (Searchable by locale)
- Bibliography of Tennessee Bibliographies: Newspapers, Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State
- "Tennessee". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review.
- "Historical Newspapers: Tennessee Newspapers". Research Guides. University of Memphis Libraries.
- "Tennessee Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
- "Southeast". Historical African American Newspapers Available Online. Subject Guides. Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College Library. (Includes Tennessee newspapers)
- International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Tennessee". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.
- University of Florida. "Tennessee". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
- "Tennessee". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
- "Tennessee Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.
- "United States: Tennessee". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 18, 2001.