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This is a list of newspapers in Alabama, United States. The first title was produced in 1811, and "by 1850, there were 82 newspapers in Alabama, of which nine were dailies."[1]
The following are daily, weekly, semi-weekly, etc., newspapers published in Alabama:
Name | Locale | Year Est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
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Advertiser-Gleam | Guntersville | Weekly | |||
Alabama Baptist[2] | Birmingham | 1843[3] | Weekly | ||
Alabama Messenger | Birmingham | (Website)[2] | |||
Alabama Times | Birmingham | ||||
Alexander City Outlook | Alexander City | 1892 | Bi-Weekly | Tallapoosa Publishers | |
Andalusia Star News | Andalusia | Daily | |||
Anniston Star | Anniston | 1912[3] | Daily | ||
Atmore Advance | Atmore | Daily | |||
Auburn Villager | Auburn | 2006 | Weekly | ||
Baldwin Times | Bay Minette | Weekly | |||
Birmingham Business Journal[2] | Birmingham | Weekly | |||
Birmingham News[2] | Birmingham | 1888[3] | Tri-Weekly | Alabama Media Group / Advance Publications | Alabama Media Group is shifting to an all-digital format on February 27, 2023 and will no longer publish legal ads, public notices, bid notices, completion notices, classified ads, etc.. |
Birmingham Times | Birmingham | Daily | |||
Brewton Standard | Brewton | Daily | |||
Call News | Citronelle | 1897 | Weekly | Willie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc. | Voted #1 Weekly Newspaper in Alabama by the Alabama Press Association. [citation needed](Website) |
Cherokee County Herald | Centre | Weekly | |||
Chilton County News | Clanton | Weekly | |||
The Citizen of East Alabama | Phenix City | 1957 | Weekly | R.M. Greene | Largest weekly newspaper in Alabama |
Clanton Advertiser | Clanton | Daily | |||
Clark County Democrat | Grove Hill | 1856 | Weekly | Jim Cox | |
Cleburne News | Heflin | Weekly | |||
Courier Journal | Florence | Weekly | |||
Cullman Times | Cullman | Daily | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[4] | ||
Cullman Tribune | Cullman | 1874 | Daily | Oldest continuously published weekly newspaper in Alabama. Cullman County's oldest business. {Website} | |
Daily Home | Talladega | Daily | |||
Daily Mountain Eagle | Jasper | Daily | |||
Daily Sentinel | Scottsboro | Daily | |||
Daleville Sun-Courier | Daleville | 1897 | Weekly | Talllapoosa Publishers | Dadeville Record? |
Daphne-Spanish Fort Bulletin | Daphne | Weekly | |||
Decatur Daily | Decatur | Daily | |||
Dekalb Advertiser | Fort Payne | Weekly | |||
Democrat-Reporter | Linden | 1911 | Weekly | Goodloe Sutton | |
Demopolis Times | Demopolis | Daily | |||
Dothan Eagle | Dothan | Daily | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.[5] | ||
Elberta-Lillian Ledger | Elberta | Weekly | |||
Enterprise Ledger | Enterprise | Daily | |||
Eufaula Tribune | Eufaula | Weekly | |||
Fairhope Courier | Fairhope | Weekly | |||
Foley Onlooker | Foley | Weekly | |||
Franklin County Times | Russellville | Weekly | |||
Gadsden Times | Gadsden | Daily | GateHouse Media[6] | ||
Greenville Advocate | Greenville | Weekly | |||
Huntsville Times | Huntsville | 1910[3] | Tri-Weekly | Alabama Media Group / Advance Publications | Alabama Media Group is shifting to an all-digital format on February 27, 2023 and will no longer publish legal ads, public notices, bid notices, completion notices, classified ads, etc.. |
Independent | Robertsdale | Weekly | |||
Islander | Gulf Shores | Weekly | |||
Jacksonville News | Jacksonville | Weekly | |||
Lagniappe | Mobile | Weekly | |||
Lamar Democrat[2] | Vernon | 1896[3] | |||
Latino News | Birmingham | Weekly | Statewide, based in Birmingham | ||
Lowndes Signal | Fort Deposit | Weekly | |||
Luverne Journal | Luverne | Weekly | |||
Millbrook Independent | Millbrook | Weekly | |||
Mobile Beacon & Alabama Citizen[2] | Mobile | Weekly | |||
Monroe Journal | Monroeville | 1866 | Weekly | ||
Montgomery Advertiser[7] | Montgomery[2] | 1829[3] | Daily | Gannett Company[8] | |
Montgomery Independent[2] | Montgomery | Weekly | |||
News Courier | Athens | Daily | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[4] | ||
North Jefferson News | Gardendale | Weekly | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[4] | ||
Northport Gazette | Northport | Weekly | |||
Opelika-Auburn News | Opelika | Daily | Berkshire Hathaway Inc.[5] | ||
Opelika Observer | Opelika | Weekly | |||
Pickens County Herald | Carrollton | Weekly | |||
Piedmont Journal | Piedmont | Weekly | |||
Post | Centre | Weekly | |||
Press-Register[2] | Mobile | 1821[7] | Tri-Weekly | Alabama Media Group / Advance Publications | Began as Mobile Commercial Register in 1821, became Press-Register in 1932[3] Alabama Media Group is shifting to an all-digital format on February 27, 2023 and will no longer publish legal ads, public notices, bid notices, completion notices, classified ads, etc.. |
St. Clair Times | Pell City | Weekly | |||
Sand Mountain Reporter | Albertville | Daily | |||
Selma Sun | Selma | Weekly | Cindy Fisher | ||
Selma Times-Journal | Selma | Daily | |||
Shelby County Reporter | Columbiana | Weekly | |||
South Alabamian | Jackson | Weekly | Jim Cox | ||
Southeast Sun | Enterprise | Weekly | |||
Southern Star | Ozark | Daily | |||
Sumter Circular | York | Weekly | |||
Sumter County Record-Journal | Livingston | Weekly | |||
The Tallassee Tribune | Tallassee | 1919 | Weekly | Boone Newsmedia | |
Talk Of Semmes | Semmes | Daily | Daily online, weekly broadsheet | ||
Thomasville Times | Thomasville | Weekly | Jim Cox | ||
Times-Journal | Fort Payne | Daily | |||
Times-Record | Fayette | Weekly | |||
TimesDaily | Florence | Daily | |||
Troy Messenger | Troy | Daily | |||
Trussville Tribune | Trussville | 2005 | Weekly | Scott Buttram / Principle Publishing Group | Daily online, weekly print. Covers Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Argo, Springville, Center Point, Leeds, Moody, Irondale |
Tuscaloosa News | Tuscaloosa | Daily | GateHouse Media[6] | ||
Valley Times-News | Lanett | Daily | |||
Washington County News | Chatom | Weekly | Willie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc. | (Website) | |
Western Star | Bessemer | Weekly | |||
Wetumpka Herald | Wetumpka | Weekly | Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. |
Title | Locale | Year est. | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Advertiser | Moulton | 1828[1] | |
Advocate | Huntsville | 1815 | Ceased in 1893[1] |
Alabama Courier | Claiborne | 1819 | Published by Tucker & Turner and ceased operations sometime in the 1820s[9] |
Alabama Journal,[10] Alabama State Journal | Montgomery | began 1869 | Bought by Gannett; see Montgomery Advertiser |
Alabama Observer | |||
Alabama Republican | Huntsville | 1816[11] | |
Alabama Time-Piece | Aldrich | 1895 | 1902[12] |
American Star[13] | Sheffield | ||
Baptist Leader[13] | Birmingham | ||
Birmingham Iron Age | Birmingham | 1874[14] | |
Birmingham Post-Herald[15] | Birmingham | Ceased in 2005 | |
Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer | 1819[11] | ||
Geneva County Reaper | Geneva | 1901 | Ceased in 2024 |
Daily Rebel[16] | Selma | 1865 | |
Halcyon | St. Stephens | 1814[11] | |
Hoover Gazette[17] | Hoover | 2006 | 2007 |
Huntsville News | Huntsville | 1964 | Ceased in 1996[18] |
Meteor[19] | Tuscaloosa | 1872 | |
Mobile Centinel | Fort Stoddert | 1811[11] | |
Mobile Gazette | 1813[11] | ||
The Mobile Morning News | Mobile | 1865 | |
Mobile News Item | Mobile | 1910 | Ceased about 1944 |
Pike County News[13] | |||
Republican | Montgomery | 1821[11] | |
Republican | Tuscaloosa | 1819[11] | |
Southern Courier | Montgomery | 1964 | |
Times-Plain Dealer[13] | Birmingham | ||
Weekly Post | Rainsville |
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