List of newspapers in Alabama

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]

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		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.

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^[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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Federal Writers' Project 1941.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Alabama Newspapers". Birmingham: Alabama Press Association. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Encyclopedia of Alabama". Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Alabama, Montgomery, AL, retrieved March 27, 2017
^ ^a ^b Berkshire Hathaway Inc., "Daily Newspapers: Alabama" (PDF), 2016 Annual Report, Omaha, Nebraska
^ ^a ^b GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Alabama, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
^ ^a ^b "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. Vol. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. hdl:2027/yale.39002004114386. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
^ Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Alabama, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
^ "Alabama Courier (Claiborne, A.T. [Alabama Territory]) 1819-182?". Llibrary of Congress. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "About Alabama journal. volume (Montgomery, Ala.) 1940–1993". Library of Congress. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Benjamin Buford Williams (1979). A Literary History of Alabama: the Nineteenth Century. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-2054-0.
^ "About The Alabama time-piece. (Aldrich, Ala.) 1895-19?? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress". Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Frederick German Detweiler (1922). The Negro Press in the United States. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780742642652.
^ "Browse Collections". Digital Collections. Birmingham Public Library. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
^ "Alabama's Birmingham Post-Herald to close today". 23 September 2005.
^ "About Chattanooga daily rebel. (Selma, Ala.) 1865-1865". Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ "The Hoover Gazette puts out last issue today". 16 August 2007.
^ "Goodbye to the Huntsville News", Congressional Record, Washington DC, March 6, 1996
^ "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Insane Hospital's newspaper the Meteor". Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

eCirc FAS-FAX Report 2005-03-31. Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Bibliography

Saffold Berney (1878), "Newspapers in Alabama", Handbook of Alabama, Mobile: Mobile Register print.
S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Alabama". 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)
James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Alabama", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Mind and matter, Nashville: Haley & Florida, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
"Alabama". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a.
"Newspaper Industry". Alabama Hand Book: Agricultural and Industrial Resources and Opportunities. Montgomery: Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. 1919.
"Alabama". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 33+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers and Radio", Alabama; a Guide to the Deep South, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House, pp. 110–115, hdl:2027/uc1.b4469723 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
Rhoda Coleman Ellison (1946). "Newspaper Publishing in Frontier Alabama". Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 23.
Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858. (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Alabama)
Rhoda Coleman Ellison. History and Bibliography of Alabama Newspapers in the Nineteenth Century. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1954.
James Boylan (1963). "Birmingham: newspapers in a crisis". Columbia Journalism Review. 2.
Daniel Savage Gray (1975). "Frontier Journalism: Newspapers in Antebellum Alabama". Alabama Historical Quarterly. 37.
Allen W. Jones (1984). "Voices for Improving Rural Life: Alabama's Black Agricultural Press, 1890-1965". Agricultural History. 58 (3): 209–220. JSTOR 3743075.
King E. Williams Jr. (1997). The Press of Alabama: A History of the Alabama Press Association. Alabama Press Assoc. ISBN 1878561545.
Lynda Brown; et al. (1998). Alabama History: an Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28223-2. (Includes information about Alabama newspapers)

External links

"Alabama Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University. Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
"US Newspaper Directory: Alabama". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress.
"News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Alabama". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
Ford Risley. "Civil War Journalism in Alabama". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation.
"Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers". Digital Collections. Montgomery: Alabama Department of Archives and History.
"Alabama Media Group Collection". Digital Collections. Alabama Department of Archives and History. Photographic negatives taken by newspaper photographers working for the Birmingham News, the Huntsville Times, and Mobile's Press-Register between the 1920s and the early 2000s
Auburn University Libraries. "Newspapers at Auburn Libraries: Newspaper Sources: Alabama Newspapers". Subject Guides.
USNPL.com: Alabama Newspapers. US Newspaper List.
International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Alabama". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.
University of Florida. "Alabama". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
"Alabama". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
"Alabama Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on February 26, 2000.
"United States: Alabama". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 20, 2001.

Images

Mobile Centinel, 1811

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1941-1] Federal Writers' Project 1941.

[APA-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Alabama Newspapers". Birmingham: Alabama Press Association. Retrieved March 4, 2017.

[AHF-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Encyclopedia of Alabama". Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved March 4, 2017.

[CNHI-4] Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Alabama, Montgomery, AL, retrieved March 27, 2017

[Hathaway2016-5] Berkshire Hathaway Inc., "Daily Newspapers: Alabama" (PDF), 2016 Annual Report, Omaha, Nebraska

[Gatehouse-6] GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Alabama, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017

[Nation1909-7] "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. Vol. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. hdl:2027/yale.39002004114386. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers

[Gannett-8] Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Alabama, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017

[9] "Alabama Courier (Claiborne, A.T. [Alabama Territory]) 1819-182?". Llibrary of Congress. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[10] "About Alabama journal. volume (Montgomery, Ala.) 1940–1993". Library of Congress. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[Williams1979-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Benjamin Buford Williams (1979). A Literary History of Alabama: the Nineteenth Century. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-2054-0.

[12] "About The Alabama time-piece. (Aldrich, Ala.) 1895-19?? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress". Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Retrieved 2014-06-02.

[Detweiler1922-13] Frederick German Detweiler (1922). The Negro Press in the United States. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780742642652.

[bpl-14] "Browse Collections". Digital Collections. Birmingham Public Library. Retrieved March 4, 2017.

[15] "Alabama's Birmingham Post-Herald to close today". 23 September 2005.

[16] "About Chattanooga daily rebel. (Selma, Ala.) 1865-1865". Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[17] "The Hoover Gazette puts out last issue today". 16 August 2007.

[18] "Goodbye to the Huntsville News", Congressional Record, Washington DC, March 6, 1996

[19] "Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Insane Hospital's newspaper the Meteor". Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-05-28.

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