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."

Daily and nondaily newspapers (currently published)

The following are daily, weekly, semi-weekly, etc., newspapers published in Alabama:
NameLocaleYear Est.FrequencyPublisher/parent companyNotes
Advertiser-GleamGuntersvilleWeekly
Alabama BaptistBirmingham1843Weekly
Alabama MessengerBirmingham
Alabama TimesBirmingham
Alexander City OutlookAlexander CityDaily-
Andalusia Star-NewsAndalusiaDaily
Anniston StarAnniston1912Daily
Atmore AdvanceAtmoreDaily
Auburn VillagerAuburn2006Weekly
Baldwin TimesBay MinetteWeekly
Birmingham Business JournalBirminghamWeekly
Birmingham NewsBirmingham1888DailyAlabama Media Group / Advance Publications
Birmingham TimesBirminghamDaily
Brewton StandardBrewtonDaily
Citronelle1897WeeklyWillie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc.Voted #1 Weekly Newspaper in Alabama by the Alabama Press Association
Cherokee County HeraldCentreWeekly
Chilton County NewsClantonWeekly
The Citizen of East AlabamaPhenix City1957WeeklyR.M. GreeneLargest weekly newspaper in Alabama
Clanton AdvertiserClantonDaily
Clark County DemocratGrove Hill1856WeeklyJim Cox
Cleburne NewsHeflinWeekly
Courier JournalFlorenceWeekly
Cullman TimesCullmanDailyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
Cullman1874DailyOldest continuously published weekly newspaper in Alabama. Cullman County's oldest business.
Daily HomeTalladegaDaily
Daily Mountain EagleJasperDaily
Daily SentinelScottsboroDaily
Daleville Sun-CourierDalevilleWeekly
Daphne-Spanish Fort BulletinDaphneWeekly
Decatur DailyDecaturDaily
Dekalb AdvertiserFort PayneWeekly
Democrat-ReporterLinden1911WeeklyGoodloe Sutton
Demopolis TimesDemopolisDaily
Dothan EagleDothanDailyBerkshire Hathaway Inc.
Elberta-Lillian LedgerElbertaWeekly
Enterprise LedgerEnterpriseDaily
Eufaula TribuneEufaulaWeekly
Fairhope CourierFairhopeWeekly
Foley OnlookerFoleyWeekly
Franklin County TimesRussellvilleWeekly
Gadsden TimesGadsdenDailyGateHouse Media
Greenville AdvocateGreenvilleWeekly
Huntsville TimesHuntsville1910DailyAlabama Media Group / Advance Publications
IndependentRobertsdaleWeekly
IslanderGulf ShoresWeekly
Jacksonville NewsJacksonvilleWeekly
LagniappeMobileWeekly
Lamar DemocratVernon1896
Latino NewsBirminghamWeeklyStatewide, based in Birmingham
Lowndes SignalFort DepositWeekly
Luverne JournalLuverneWeekly
Millbrook IndependentMillbrookWeekly
Mobile Beacon & Alabama CitizenMobileWeekly
Montgomery AdvertiserMontgomery1829DailyGannett Company
Montgomery IndependentMontgomeryWeekly
News CourierAthensDailyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
North Jefferson NewsGardendaleWeeklyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
Northport GazetteNorthportWeekly
Opelika-Auburn NewsOpelikaDailyBerkshire Hathaway Inc.
Opelika ObserverOpelikaWeekly
Pickens County HeraldCarrolltonWeekly
Piedmont JournalPiedmontWeekly
PostCentreWeekly
Press-RegisterMobile1821DailyAlabama Media Group / Advance PublicationsBegan as Mobile Commercial Register in 1821, became Press-Register in 1932
St. Clair TimesPell CityWeekly
Sand Mountain ReporterAlbertvilleDaily
Selma SunSelmaWeeklyCindy Fisher
Selma Times-JournalSelmaDaily
Shelby County ReporterColumbianaWeekly
South AlabamianJacksonWeeklyJim Cox
Southeast SunEnterpriseWeekly
Southern StarOzarkDaily
Sumter CircularYorkWeekly
Sumter County Record-JournalLivingstonWeekly
Talk Of SemmesSemmesDailyDaily online, weekly broadsheet
Thomasville TimesThomasvilleWeeklyJim Cox
Times-JournalFort PayneDaily
Times-RecordFayetteWeekly
TimesDailyFlorenceDaily
Troy MessengerTroyDaily
Tuscaloosa NewsTuscaloosaDailyGateHouse Media
Valley Times-NewsLanettDaily
ChatomWeeklyWillie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc.
Western StarBessemerWeekly

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