List of newspapers in Alabama
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Daily and nondaily newspapers (currently published)
The following are daily, weekly, semi-weekly, etc., newspapers published in Alabama:
| Name | Locale | Year Est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weekly | |||
| Brewton Standard | Brewton | Daily | |||
| Call News | Citronelle | 1897 | Weekly | Willie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc. | |
| Cherokee County Herald | Centre | Weekly | |||
| Chilton County News | Clanton | Weekly | |||
| The Citizen of East Alabama | Phenix City | 1957 | Weekly | R.M. Greene | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | USA Today Co. | |
| 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 Newspapers | |
| Talk Of Semmes | Semmes | Weekly | |||
| 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 | |
| Tuscaloosa News | Tuscaloosa | Daily | GateHouse Media[6] | ||
| Tuskegee News | Tuskegeea | 1865 | Weekly | ||
| 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. |
University newspapers
- The Auburn Plainsman – Auburn University
- The Crimson White – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- The Kaleidoscope – University of Alabama at Birmingham
- The Vanguard-The University of South Alabama
- The Springhillian - Spring Hill College
- The Chanticleer - Jacksonville State University
- The Crimson – Samford University
- The Tropolitan - Troy University
Defunct
| 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[8] |
| Alabama Journal,[9] Alabama State Journal | Montgomery | began 1869 | Bought by Gannett; see Montgomery Advertiser |
| Alabama Observer | |||
| Alabama Republican | Huntsville | 1816[10] | |
| Alabama Time-Piece | Aldrich | 1895 | 1902[11] |
| American Star[12] | Sheffield | ||
| Baptist Leader[12] | Birmingham | ||
| Birmingham Iron Age | Birmingham | 1874[13] | |
| Birmingham Post-Herald[14] | Birmingham | Ceased in 2005 | |
| Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer | 1819[10] | ||
| Geneva County Reaper | Geneva | 1901 | Ceased in 2024 |
| Daily Rebel[15] | Selma | 1865 | |
| Halcyon | St. Stephens | 1814[10] | |
| Hoover Gazette[16] | Hoover | 2006 | 2007 |
| Huntsville News | Huntsville | 1964 | Ceased in 1996[17] |
| Meteor[18] | Tuscaloosa | 1872 | |
| Mobile Centinel | Fort Stoddert | 1811[10] | |
| Mobile Gazette | 1813[10] | ||
| The Mobile Morning News | Mobile | 1865 | |
| The North Jefferson News | Gardendale | 1970 | Ceased in 2020 |
| Mobile News Item | Mobile | 1910 | Ceased about 1944 |
| Pike County News[12] | |||
| Republican | Montgomery | 1821[10] | |
| Republican | Tuscaloosa | 1819[10] | |
| Southern Courier | Montgomery | 1964 | |
| Times-Plain Dealer[12] | Birmingham | ||
| Weekly Post | Rainsville |
See also
- Alabama media
- Journalism:
- Alabama literature
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- List of African-American newspapers in the United States
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