List of newspapers in Tennessee

This is a list of newspapers in Tennessee, United States.

Daily and nondaily newspapers

Weekly

Title	Locale	Year est.	Frequency	Publisher/parent company	Notes
Advertiser News	Spring Hill		Weekly	GateHouse Media[1]
Ashland City Times	Ashland City		Weekly
Buffalo River Review	Linden		Weekly or bi-weekly
Chattanooga Courier	Chattanooga		Weekly or bi-weekly
Chattanooga Pulse	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 Appel, The[3]	Memphis[2]	1840[5]	Daily	Gannett Company[6]
Covington Leader	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]
Daily Post Athenian	Athens	1838[5]
Democratic-Union, The	Lawrenceburg	1884	bi-weekly
Dresden Enterprise	Dresden	1883	Weekly	Magic Valley Publishing
Dyersburg State Gazette	Dyersburg
Eagleville Times	Eagleville		Weekly or bi-weekly
El Crucero Newspaper	Nashville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Elizabethton Star	Elizabethton		Weekly or bi-weekly
Elk Valley Times	Fayetteville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Farragutpress	Farragut		Weekly or bi-weekly
Gallatin News Examiner, The	Gallatin		Weekly
Gallatin Newspaper, The	Gallatin		Weekly or bi-weekly
Grainger Today	Grainger County		Weekly
Greenville Sun, The	Greeneville		Daily
Grundy County Herald	Tracy City		Weekly or bi-weekly
Herald & Tribune	Jonesborough		Weekly or bi-weekly
Herald-Chronicle	Winchester		Weekly or bi-weekly
Herald-Citizen	Cookeville		Daily
Jackson Sun, The[2]	Jackson		Daily	Gannett Company[6]
Jasper Journal	Jasper		Weekly or bi-weekly
Johnson City Press[2]	Johnson City		Weekly or bi-weekly
Kingsport Times-News	Kingsport		Daily
KingstonSprings.org	Kingston Springs		Weekly or bi-weekly
Knoxville Daily Sun	Knoxville		Daily
Knoxville Focus, The			Weekly or bi-weekly
Knoxville News Sentinel[2]	Knoxville	1886[3]	Daily	Gannett Company[6]	Began as the Sentinel
La Prensa Latina	Memphis		Weekly or bi-weekly
LaFolette Press	LaFolette		Weekly or bi-weekly
Lawrence County Advocate	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 Times	Manchester		Weekly or bi-weekly
Maryville Daily Times	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]
Mt. Juliet Chronicle	Mount Juliet		Weekly or bi-weekly
Mountain Press, The	Sevierville
Murfreesboro Post	Murfreesboro		Weekly or bi-weekly
Murfreesboro Vision	Murfreesboro		Weekly or bi-weekly
Nashville City Paper	Nashville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Nashville Ledger	Nashville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Nashville Medical News	Nashville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Nashville Pride	Nashville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Nashville Scene	Nashville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Newport Plain Talk	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 Post-Intelligencer	Paris		Daily
Portland Sun	Portland, Tennessee		Weekly or bi-weekly
Roane County News	Kingston		Weekly or bi-weekly
Rutherford Reader, The	Murfreesboro		Weekly or bi-weekly
Savannah Courier	Savannah		Weekly or bi-weekly
Sewanee Mountain Messenger	Sewanee		Weekly or bi-weekly
South Pittsburg Hustler	South Pittsburg		Weekly or bi-weekly
Southern Standard	McMinnville		Weekly or bi-weekly
Tennessee Star Journal	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]
Times Gazette	Shelbyville		Daily
Tirade Media	Murfreesboro		Weekly or bi-weekly
Tullahoma News and Guardian	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 Herald-Chronicle	Winchester		Weekly or bi-weekly

Defunct

Title	Locale	Year est.	Year ceased	Notes
Brownlow's Whig	Knoxville	1849	1871	Began in 1839 in Elizabethton
Chattanooga Blade[9]	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[9]
Knoxville Journal	Knoxville		1991[9]
Knoxville Negro World[10]	Knoxville
Memphis Daily Scimitar	Memphis	1881[3]		Became News Scimitar in 1907, Memphis Press-Scimitar in 1926[7]
Memphis Free Speech	Memphis	1888[9]
Memphis Post	Memphis	1866	1869
Memphis Press-Scimitar	Memphis	1926	1983
Memphis World	Memphis	1931[9]	1972
Nashville Banner	Nashville	1876[3]	1998
Nashville Globe	Nashville	1906	1960[9]
Nashville Union and American	Nashville			Was publishing in 1868.
Review Appeal	Franklin	1813[5]

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:
  • Category:Journalists from Tennessee
  • University of Memphis Department of Journalism[11]
  • Southern Adventist University School of Journalism and Communication, in Collegedale
• Tennessee literature
• Fake news websites in the United States

U.S. newspapers

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References

1. GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Tennessee, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
2. "Members". Knoxville: Tennessee Press Association. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
3. "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
4. "About Us". CitizenTribune.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
5. Federal Writers' Project 1939.
6. Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Tennessee, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
7. "US Newspaper Directory: Tennessee". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
8. "About Adams Publishing Group". AdamsPG.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
9. "Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture". Tennessee Historical Society and University of Tennessee Press. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
10. Irvine Garland Penn (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Massachusetts: Willey and Co.
11. "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.
• 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

• 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.