List of newspapers in Arkansas
This is a list of newspapers in Arkansas, USA.
Daily newspapers and Online Publications (currently published)[]
Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Owner | Notes |
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Batesville | Daily | Paxton Media Group | |||
The Saline Courier | Benton | 1876 | Daily | Horizon Publications | Notes |
Camden | Daily | WEHCO Media | |||
Log Cabin Democrat | Conway | Daily | Paxton Media Group | ||
El Dorado | Daily | WEHCO Media | |||
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Fayetteville | Daily | WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media | ||
Southwest Times Record | Fort Smith | Daily | GateHouse Media[1] | ||
Harrison | 1876 | Daily | Phillips Media Group | ||
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record | Hot Springs | Daily | WEHCO Media | ||
Jonesboro | Daily | Paxton Media Group | |||
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Little Rock[2] | Daily | WEHCO Media | ||
The Baxter Bulletin | Mountain Home | 1901[3] | Daily | Gannett Company[4] | |
Paragould | Daily | Paxton Media Group | |||
Pine Bluff | Daily | WEHCO Media | |||
The Courier | Russellville | Daily | Paxton Media Group | ||
The Daily Citizen | Searcy | Daily | Paxton Media Group | ||
Stuttgart Daily Leader | Stuttgart | Daily | GateHouse Media[1] | ||
Texarkana Gazette | Texarkana | Daily | WEHCO Media |
Weekly newspapers (currently published)[]
Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
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Little River Post | Ashdown | 2020 | Weekly | Journal Agency, LLC | https://www.littleriverpost.com |
Atkins | Weekly | ||||
The Johnson County Graphic | Clarksville | 1877 | Weekly | ||
Van Buren County Democrat | Clinton | Weekly | Paxton Media Group | ||
Crossett | Weekly | ||||
Danville | Weekly | ||||
Dardanelle | Weekly | ||||
DeWitt Era Enterprise | DeWitt | 1929 | Weekly | DeWitt Publishing Company Inc | |
Farmington | Weekly | Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC | |||
Hamburg | Weekly | ||||
The Sun-Times | Heber Springs | Weekly | Paxton Media Group | ||
The Helena World | Helena-West Helena | 1871 | Weekly | Helena World Chronicle, LLC | www.helenaworld.org |
Hot Springs Village Voice | Hot Springs Village | 1990 | Weekly | Gannett Media Corp. | |
Lake Village | Weekly | ||||
Arkansas Times | Little Rock | Weekly | |||
Morrilton, Perryville | Weekly | ||||
Newport Independent | Newport | Weekly | Paxton Media Group | ||
Times of Northeast Benton County | Pea Ridge | Weekly | WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media | ||
Wynne | 1904 | Weekly | |||
Cross County Times | Wynne | 1988 |
University newspapers[]
- The Arkansas Traveler — University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
- – University of Central Arkansas, Conway
- — Arkansas Tech University, Russellville
- — Henderson State University, Arkadelphia
Defunct[]
Title | Locale | Year est. | Ceased | Notes |
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Arkansas Advocate | Little Rock | 1830 | 1837 | [5] |
Arkansas Banner | Little Rock | 1843 | 1845 | Owned by the Democratic Party of Arkansas in 1945[5] |
Arkansas County Gazette | DeWitt | 1884 | 1886 | [6] |
Arkansas Democrat | DeWitt | 1879 | 1882 | [7] |
Arkansas Farmer | Little Rock | 1844 | 1845 | [5] |
Arkansas Gazette | Arkansas Post, Little Rock | 1819[8] | 1991 | |
Arkansas Intelligencer | Van Buren | 1842 | 1845 | [9] |
Arkansas Journal | Helena | 1843 | 1845 | [10] |
Arkansas Post | DeWitt | 1882 | 1882 | [7] |
Arkansas Reporter | DeWitt | 1885 | 1885? | [6] |
Arkansas State Democrat | Helena | 1839 | 1841 | Successor to the Helena Spy[10] |
Arkansas Star | Little Rock | 1839 | 1841 | [11] |
Arkansas Temperance Journal | Little Rock | 1844 | 1845 | [11] |
Arkansas Times and Advocate | Little Rock | 1837 | 1844? | Combination of the Arkansas Weekly Times and Arkansas Advocate[11] |
Arkansas Weekly Times | Little Rock | 1835 | 1837 | Known as the Little Rock Times, 1835-1836[12] |
Ashley County Eagle | Hamburg | 1889 | 1920 | Successor to the El Dorado Eagle, merged with the Ashley County Leader[13] |
Ashley County Leader | Hamburg | 1920 | 1969 | Successor to the Hamburg Budget,[13] merged with The Crossett News Observer |
Batesville News | Batesville | 1838 | 1843 | Suspended in 1843, later revived as the North Arkansas[14] |
Brinkley Argus[15] | Brinkley[15] | 2007[15] | Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun[15] | |
Bull Shoals Gazette | Cotter | 1946 | c. 1946 | [16] |
Cabot Star-Herald | Cabot | |||
Carlisle Independent | Carlisle | |||
Central Delta Argus-Sun[15] | Brinkley | 2007 | 2016 | Combination of Brinkley Argus and Monroe County Sun |
Commercial Advertiser | Napoleon | 1843 | 1844 | [12] |
Constitution Journal | Helena | 1836 | 1838 | Successor to the Helena Herald[10] |
Cotter Courier | Cotter | 1903 | c. 1918 | [17] |
The Cotter Record | Cotter | 1911 | 1937 | [16] |
Cross County Democrat | Wynne | 1895 | c. 1910 | Merged into The Blade-Democrat[18] |
Cross County Democrat | Wynne | 1912 | 1924 | Successor to The Blade-Democrat[19] |
Cross County News | Wynne | 1899 | c. 1899 | [19] |
Cross County Times | Parkin | 1933 | 1987 | Successor to the Parkin Times before becoming the Cross County Times[20] |
Democrat | DeWitt | 1871 | 1871 | [7] |
DeWitt Chronicle | DeWitt | 1861 | 1862 | [21] |
DeWitt Democrat | DeWitt | 1898 | 1898 | [6] |
DeWitt Enterprise | DeWitt | 1871 | 1874 | [7] |
DeWitt Enterprise | DeWitt | 1916[6] | 1929 | Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise |
DeWitt Free Lance | DeWitt | 1888 | 1888 | [6] |
DeWitt New Era | DeWitt | 1884[6] | 1929 | Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise |
DeWitt Republican | DeWitt | 1880s | 1880s | [6] |
Fayetteville Witness | Fayetteville | 1840 | 1842 | [22] |
Goldman Times | 1884 | 1885 | [23] | |
Hamburg Budget | Hamburg | 1912 | 1920 | Renamed Ashley County Leader[24] |
Hamburg Monitor | Hamburg | 1874 | c. 1876 | Founded as Hamburg Enterprise, renamed November 1874[25] |
Hamburg News | Hamburg | 1884 | 1889 | Successor to The Ashley County Times, merged into the Ashley County Eagle[25] |
Hamburg Reporter | Hamburg | 1859 | c. 1865 | [25] |
Helena Herald | Helena | 1833 | 1835 | [10] |
Helena Spy | Helena | 1838 | 1838 | Successor to the Constitution Journal[5] |
Hope Star | Hope | 1883 | 2018 | [26] |
Independent Democrat | Little Rock | 1843 | 1843 | [12] |
Indicator | DeWitt | 1875 | 1875? | [7] |
Life Line | Wynne | c. 1900 | c. 1900 | Black newspaper[19] |
Marvell Messenger | Marvell | 1965 | 1980 | |
Monroe County Sun[15] | Clarendon | 2007[15] | Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun | |
The Morning News[27] | 2009[27] | Merged with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's northwest operation[27] | ||
Mountain View Herald | Mountain View | 1932 | 1953 | Merged with the Stone County Leader |
Napoleon Journal | Napoleon | 1839 | 1840 | Known as the Napoleon Messenger for two months in 1840 before cessation[9] |
Nevada County Picayune | Prescott | 2018 | [26] | |
Norfork Enterprise | Norfork | [17] | ||
North Arkansas | Batesville | 1843 | 1845 | [22] |
North Arkansas Herald | Harrison | c. 1915 | [28] | |
North Arkansas Herald | Mountain Home | 1890 | c. 1891 | [3] |
North Arkansas View | Mountain Home | 1984 | 1994 | [29] |
Ouachita Herald | Camden | 1845 | 1845 | [22] |
Parkin Free Press | Parkin | 1933 | 1934 | Renamed Parkin Times for one month[20] |
Parkin Sentinel | Parkin | 1911 | c. 1911 | |
Phillips County Progress | Helena | 1984 | 2004 | |
Political Intelligencer | Little Rock | 1834 | 1835 | [12] |
Quid Nunc | Mountain Home | 1877 | 1880 | [3] |
Sentinel | DeWitt | 1858 | 1859 | Moved to Lake Village[21] |
Sentinel | DeWitt | 1869 | 1871 | [21] |
Sentry, De Witt | DeWitt | 1884 | 1884 | [7] |
Southern Shield | Helena | 1840 | 1845 | [10] |
Spirit of the Age | Little Rock | 1845 | 1845 | [12] |
Standard and Commercial Adviser | Napoleon | 1841 | 1841 | [9] |
Stuttgart Chronicle | Stuttgart | 1880s | 1906 | Renamed The Arkansawyer[30] |
Stuttgart Free Press | Stuttgart | 1889 | c. 1921 | [31] |
Stuttgart Germania | Stuttgart | 1895 | Published in German[32] | |
Stuttgart Republican | Stuttgart | 1915 | 1915 | [30] Restored 1920 and merged into The Arkansawyer[33] |
Stuttgart Star | Stuttgart | 1890 | 1892 | Known as the Republican Star in 1892 before cessation[34] |
Telegraph | Washington | 1840 | 1845 | Known as the Arkansas Telegraph at founding[9] |
The Arkansas Gleanor | DeWitt | 1882 | 1883 | [7] |
The Arkansas News | Mountain Home | 1897 | [3] | |
The Arkansas Traveler | Wittsburg | c. 1853 | c. 1854 | [18] |
The Arkansawyer | Stuttgart | 1906 | 1915 | Successor to Stuttgart Chronicle[30] |
The Arkansawyer | Stuttgart | 1920 | Combination of The Stuttgart Booster and Stuttgart Republican[33] | |
The Ashley County Times | Hamburg | 1865 | 1873 | [25] |
The Ashley County Times | Hamburg | 1876 | 1884 | Renamed Hamburg News[25] |
The Baxter County Citizen | Mountain Home | 1880 | 1938 | [3] |
The Blade-Democrat | Wynne | 1910 | 1912 | Combination of Cross County Democrat and The Blade Exchange[19] |
The Blade Exchange | Wynne | 1900 | c. 1910 | Merged into The Blade-Democrat[19] |
The Chronicle | Wittsburg | 1875 | 1877 | [18] |
The Citizen-News | Mountain Home | |||
The Clarion | Hamburg | 1901 | c. 1901 | [25] |
The Courier | Hamburg | 1901 | c. 1902 | [25] |
The Crossett Home-News | Crossett | 1949 | 1950 | Merged into The Crossett News Observer |
The Crossett News-Observer | Crossett | 1950 | 1980 | Renamed |
The Crossett Observer | Crossett | 1906 | c. 1940 | Owned by the Crossett Lumber Co.[35] |
The Daily News | Mountain Home | 1994 | 1999 | Succeeded the North Arkansas View[36] |
The Daily Siftings Herald | Arkadelphia | 2018 | [26] | |
The Elector | DeWitt | 1866 | 1866 | [21] |
The Epworth News | Wynne | 1896 | c. 1896 | [19] |
The Harrison Daily Eclipse | Harrison | 1901 | 1901 | [28] |
The Gillett Reporter | Gillett | 1914[23] | 1926 | |
The Grand Prairie News | Stuttgart | 1916 | [30] | |
The North Arkansas Herald | Mountain Home | 1890 | Monthly[3] | |
The Ozark Clarion | Three Brothers | 1912 | c. 1912 | [17] |
The Parkdale News | Parkdale | 1900 | c. 1900 | [35] |
The Pilot | Wynne | 1897 | 1899 | Black newspaper[18] |
The Prairie Farmer | Goldman | 1884 | 1884 | [23] |
The Record | Gillett | 1927 | 1936 | |
The Review | Stuttgart | 1912 | 1912 | [30] |
The Screech Owl | Cotter | 1921 | 1921 | |
The Stuttgart Booster | Stuttgart | 1915 | 1920 | Merged into The Arkansawyer[33] |
The Wheel Reporter | Stuttgart | 1886 | 1886 | [34] |
The White River Headlight | Cotter | 1921 | 1922 | Successor to Cotter Courier[17] |
The Wilmot Weekly | Wilmot | 1912 | c. 1914 | Resumed in 1920[35] |
The Wynne Ripsaw | Wynne | 1888 | 1891 | Briefly renamed Wynne Gazette before ending[19] |
Twin City Tribune | 1984 | |||
Western Frontier Whig | Van Buren | 1844 | 1845 | [9] |
Wittsburg Gazette | Wittsburg | 1871 | 1874 | [18] |
Wittsburg Phoenix | Wittsburg | 1875 | 1876 | [18] |
Wittsburg Standard | Wittsburg | 1875 | 1877 | [18] |
Wynne Star | Wynne | c. 1924 | 1949 | Successor to the Cross County Democrat, also known as the Wynne Daily Star-Progress and the Wynne Evening Star[20] |
See also[]
- Arkansas media
- List of radio stations in Arkansas
- List of television stations in Arkansas
- Media of cities in Arkansas: Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Rogers
- Journalism:
- Category:Journalists from Arkansas
- University of Arkansas, Walter Lemke Department of Journalism in Fayetteville
- Arkansas literature
- Fake news websites in the United States
U.S. newspapers
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References[]
- ^ a b GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Arkansas, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ "U.S. Daily Newspapers, 2012". World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014. The World Almanac and Book of Facts Tr. USA: World Almanac Books. ISSN 0084-1382. via Google Books
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- ^ Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Arkansas, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ a b c d Morgan (1981), p. 85.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History" (1922), p. 50.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History" (1922), p. 49.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ a b c d e Morgan (1981), p. 88.
- ^ a b c d e Morgan (1981), p. 84.
- ^ a b c Morgan (1981), p. 86.
- ^ a b c d e Morgan (1981), p. 87.
- ^ a b "History" (1922), p. 57.
- ^ Morgan, James Logan (1981). Arkansas newspaper index 1819-1845. Newport, Arkansas: Morgan Books. p. 83. OCLC 8191114.
- ^ a b c d e f g Steed, Stephen (January 2, 2017). "Teen buys Arkansas weekly, starts newspaper anew". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "Chronicle" (1974), p. 5.
- ^ a b c d "History" (1922), p. 60.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History" (1922), p. 129.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History" (1922), p. 130.
- ^ a b c "Chronicle" (1974), p. 34.
- ^ a b c d "History" (1922), p. 48.
- ^ a b c Morgan (1981), p. 83.
- ^ a b c "History" (1922), p. 51.
- ^ "History" (1922), pp. 56–57.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History" (1922), p. 56.
- ^ a b c Jim Williamson (September 5, 2018). "Hope paper closing". Texarkana Gazette. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ a b c Staff and Wire Reports (October 28, 2009). "Northwest Arkansas newspapers combine". Tulsa World. p. E1. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Staff of (August 23, 1929). "Harrison's First Daily Newspaper Had Short Career". The Harrison Times. Vol. 53, no. 8. Harrison: The Times Publishing Company. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
- ^ Donald, Leroy (July 22, 1994). "Upstart Paper to Set Off War for Mountain Home". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock, AR: WEHCO Media, Inc. p. 1D. ISSN 1060-4332 – via Newsbank.
- ^ a b c d e Morgan (1981), p. 53.
- ^ Morgan (1981), p. 51.
- ^ Hempstead, Fay (1911). Historical review of Arkansas : its commerce, industry and modern affairs. Vol. 2. Chicago: The Lewis publishing company. p. 924. OCLC 4599718.
- ^ a b c Morgan (1981), p. 54.
- ^ a b Morgan (1981), p. 52.
- ^ a b c "History" (1922), p. 58.
- ^ Stewart, Julie (January 17, 1999). "Decline in competing papers hits Mountain Home with loss of Daily News". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Little Rock, AR: WEHCO Media, Inc. p. 1B. ISSN 1060-4332 – via Newsbank.
Bibliography[]
- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Arkansas". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
- James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Arkansas", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
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- Allsopp, Frederick W. (1922). History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More (PDF) (Reprint ed.). Little Rock, Ark: Parke-Harper Pub. Co. ISBN 9780893080730. OCLC 3576168 – via Southern Historical Press.
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- Federal Writers' Project (1941), "Newspapers and Radio", Arkansas: a Guide to the State, American Guide Series, New York, pp. 93–96, hdl:2027/mdp.39015002678947, OCLC 478887 – via HathiTrust
- Works Progress Administration (1942). Union list of Arkansas newspapers, 1819-1942. Little Rock – via HathiTrust.
- John A. Hudson and Robert L. Peterson (1955). "Arkansas Newspapers in the University of Texas Newspaper Collection". Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 14 (3): 207–224. doi:10.2307/40037988. JSTOR 40037988.
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- Meriwether, Robert W. (1974). A Chronicle of Arkansas Newspapers Published Since 1922 and of the Arkansas Press Association, 1930-1972. Little Rock, Ark: Arkansas Press Association. OCLC 2146483.
- Michael B. Dougan (2003). Community diaries: Arkansas newspapering, 1819-2002. ISBN 0874837227.
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- "Arkansas Newspapers". Little Rock: Arkansas Press Association.
- C. Dennis Schick, "Mass Media", Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, Central Arkansas Library System. (Includes bibliography)
- Ethel C. Simpson, "Literature and Authors: Arkansas Newspapering", Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture, Central Arkansas Library System
- "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Arkansas". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- "Arkansas Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
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- "US Newspaper Directory: Arkansas". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress.
- International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Arkansas". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.
- University of Florida. "Arkansas". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
- "Arkansas". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
- "Arkansas Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000.
- "United States: Arkansas". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 20, 2001.
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