List of newspapers in Tennessee
This is a list of newspapers in Tennessee, United States.
Daily and nondaily newspapers[]
Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
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Advertiser News | Spring Hill | Weekly | GateHouse Media[1] | ||
Ashland City | Weekly | ||||
Linden | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Camden | Weekly | ||||
Chattanooga | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
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 Appeal, The[3] | Memphis[2] | 1840[5] | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | |
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] | ||
Athens | 1838[5] | ||||
Lawrenceburg | 1884 | bi-weekly | |||
Dresden | 1883 | Weekly | Magic Valley Publishing | ||
Dyersburg State Gazette | Dyersburg | ||||
Eagleville | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Elizabethton | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Fayetteville | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Farragut | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Gallatin News Examiner, The | Gallatin | Weekly | |||
Gallatin | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Grainger County | Weekly | ||||
Greenville Sun, The | Greeneville | Daily | |||
Tracy City | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Herald & Tribune | Jonesborough | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
Winchester | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Herald-Citizen | Cookeville | Daily | |||
Jackson Sun, The[2] | Jackson | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | ||
Jasper | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
[2] | Johnson City | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
Kingsport Times-News | Kingsport | Daily | |||
Kingston Springs | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Knoxville | Daily | ||||
Knoxville Focus, The | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Knoxville News Sentinel[2] | Knoxville | 1886[3] | Daily | Gannett Company[6] | Began as the Sentinel |
Memphis | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Weekly or bi-weekly | |||||
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 | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
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] | ||
Mount Juliet | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Sevierville | |||||
Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Nashville City Paper | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
Nashville | Before 1865[9] | Daily | |||
Nashville Ledger | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Nashville Pride | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
Nashville Scene | Nashville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
Nashville | 1862[10] | Daily | |||
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 | Daily | ||||
Portland, Tennessee | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Kingston | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Savannah | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Sewanee | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
South Pittsburg | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
Southern Standard | McMinnville | Weekly or bi-weekly | |||
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] |
Shelbyville | Daily | ||||
Murfreesboro | Weekly or bi-weekly | ||||
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 | Weekly or bi-weekly |
Defunct[]
Title | Locale | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
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Brownlow's Whig | Knoxville | 1849 | 1871 | Began in 1839 in Elizabethton |
Chattanooga Blade[11] | 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[11] | |
Knoxville Journal | Knoxville | 1991[11] | ||
Knoxville Negro World[12] | Knoxville | |||
Memphis Daily Scimitar | Memphis | 1881[3] | Became News Scimitar in 1907, Memphis Press-Scimitar in 1926[7] | |
Memphis Free Speech | Memphis | 1888[11] | ||
Memphis Post | Memphis | 1866 | 1869 | |
Memphis Press-Scimitar | Memphis | 1926 | 1983 | |
Memphis World | Memphis | 1931[11] | 1972 | |
Nashville Banner | Nashville | 1876[3] | 1998 | |
Nashville Globe | Nashville | 1906 | 1960[11] | |
Nashville | 1853 | 1875 | Also published as the Daily Union and American and Nashville Union and Dispatch[13] | |
Nashville | 1837? | 1875 | Merged with the Nashville Union and American to form The American | |
Review Appeal | Franklin | 1813[5] | ||
The Union Flag | Jonesborough | 1865 | 1873[14] |
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:
- Tennessee literature
- Fake news websites in the United States
U.S. newspapers
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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. Vol. 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.
- ^ Commons.wikmedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22The_Nashville_Dispatch%22_%22published_daily_(Monday%27s_excepted),_at_No._11_Deaderick_Street_(old_Banner_Office),_by_John_Wallace_%26_Co.%22_1865_ad_in_Polk%27s_Nashville_City_Directory_...1865_(IA_polksnashvilleda00nash)_(page_128_crop).jpg.
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(help) - ^ 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.
- ^ "About Nashville Union and American". Library of Congress.
- ^ "The Union flag. [volume]". ISSN 2331-2912. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ "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.
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: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - 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[]
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- 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.
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