List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state)

This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. state of Georgia.

List of newspapers edit

TitleLocaleYear est.FrequencyPublisher/parent companyNotes
AdvanceVidalia
Albany HeraldAlbanySunday - FridaySouthern Community Newspapers, Inc. (SCNI)Newspaper in Albany, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Alma TimesAlmaWeekly
Athens Banner-Herald[1]AthensDailyMorris Communications Company[2]
Americus Times-RecorderAmericusDaily
Atkinson County CitizenAtkinsonWeekly
Atlanta Business ChronicleAtlanta1978WeeklyAmerican City Business Journals
Atlanta Daily WorldAtlantaWeekly
Atlanta InquirerAtlantaWeekly
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAtlanta1868[3]Daily[4]Began as Constitution in 1868; merged with Journal in 2001 to form Journal-Constitution
Atlanta VoiceAtlanta1966Weekly
Augusta Chronicle[1]Augusta1785[3]DailyMorris Communications Company[2]Began as Augusta Gazette in 1785
The Augusta PressAugusta2021Daily
Barnesville Herald-GazetteBarnesville1867Weekly
Berrien PressNashvilleWeekly
Blackshear TimesBlackshearWeekly
Brunswick NewsBrunswickDaily
Bryan County NewsFitzgeraldWeekly
Cairo MessengerCairo
Calhoun TimesCalhoun1870WeeklyTimes-Journal Inc
Camilla EnterpriseCamilla
Catoosa County NewsRinggoldWeekly
Champion NewspaperDecaturWeekly
Charlton County HeraldFolkstonWeekly
Cherokee Tribune & LedgerCantonDaily
CitizenFayettevilleWeekly
Clayton NewsJonesboro1950WednesdayTimes-Journal IncPublished once a week newspaper in Clayton County, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Clayton TribuneClayton, GeorgiaWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Clinch County NewsHomervilleWeekly
Coastal CourierHinesville, GeorgiaWeekly
Cochran JournalCochranWeekly
ColonnadeGeorgia College & State University, MilledgevilleWeekly
Cordele DispatchCordeleTuesdays-Fridays & Sundays
Courier HeraldDublin1876Weekly
Covington NewsCovingtonWednesday, Friday & Sunday
Creative LoafingAtlantaWeekly
The Crossroads ChronicleSwainsboroWednesday
CrossRoadsNewsSouth DeKalb/East Metro AtlantaWeekly
The Dahlonega NuggetDahlonegaWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Daily CitizenDaltonDailyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[5]
Daily Tribune NewsCartersvilleDaily
Dawson County NewsDawsonvilleWeekly
Dodge County NewsEastmanWeekly
Donalsonville NewsDonalsonville
Douglas EnterpriseDouglasWeekly
Dunwoody CrierAlpharettaWeeklyAppen Media Group
Early County NewsBlakely
Effingham HeraldRinconWeekly
Elberton StarElbertonWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Fannin SentinelBlue RidgeWeekly
Forest-BladeSwainsboroWeekly
Forsyth County NewsWed/Fri/Sun
Franklin County Citizen-LeaderLavoniaWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Fulton County Daily Report[1]Atlanta
George-AnneGeorgia Southern University, StatesboroWeekly
Georgia Fire NewsGeorgia
Georgia PostRobertaWeekly
Gwinnett Daily PostLawrencevilleWednesday, Friday & SundayTimes-Journal IncNewspaper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Hartwell SunHartwellCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Henry HeraldMcDonough1847Wednesday, Saturday/SundayTimes-Journal IncHenry County’s News Source Since 1874. Published twice weekly newspaper in McDonough, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Herald-LeaderFitzgeraldWeekly
Houston Home JournalPerryWeekly
Jackson HeraldJeffersonWeeklyMainStreet Newspapers Inc.
Jackson Progress-ArgusJacksonWednesdayTimes-Journal IncNewspaper in Jonesboro, Georgia, United States, and serves as the county's official legal organ.
Jeff Davis LedgerHazlehurstWeekly
Jones County NewsGray1895Weekly
LaGrange Daily NewsLaGrange
Lake Oconee BreezeMilledgevilleWeekly
Lanier County NewsLakelandWeekly
Lee County LedgerLeesburg1978Weekly
Ledger-Enquirer[1]Columbus1828[3]DailyMcClatchy Company[6]Began as Columbus Enquirer in 1828, became daily Ledger-Enquirer in 1988
Marietta Daily JournalMarietta
Miller County LiberalColquitt
Morgan County CitizenMadison
Metter AdvertiserMetterWeekly
Monticello NewsMonticelloWeekly
Moultrie ObserverMoultrieCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[5]
Newnan Times-HeraldNewnan
News-ObserverBlue RidgeWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
News-ReporterWashingtonWeeklyWilkes Publishing Co., Inc.Merger of The Washington News and The Washington Reporter
Northeast GeorgianCorneliaWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
North Georgia NewsBlairsville1909[7]WeeklyKenneth West
Ocilla StarOcilla
Pelham JournalPelham
Post-Searchlight Bainbridge
The Press-Sentinel JesupCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Quitman Free PressQuitmanWeekly
Red and BlackUniversity of Georgia, AthensWeekly
Rockdale-Newton CitizenConyersWednesday & SundayTimes-Journal IncNewspaper in Conyers, Georgia, United States, and serves as Rockdale county's official legal organ.
Rockdale NewsConyersSaturday
Rome News-TribuneRomeDaily
Savannah Morning News[1]Savannah1850[3]DailyMorris Communications Company[2]
Statesboro HeraldStatesboroDaily
Sylvester Local NewsSylvester1884Weekly
TechniqueGeorgia Tech, AtlantaWeekly
Telegraph[1]MaconDailyMcClatchy Company[6]
Thomasville Times-EnterpriseThomasvilleDailyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[5]
Tifton GazetteTiftonMondays, Wednesdays & FridaysCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[5]
Times-CourierEllijay1875WeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Times-GeorgianCarrolltonDaily
Toccoa RecordToccoa1873[8]WeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Towns County HeraldHiawassee1928[9]Weekly
Tribune and GeorgianSt. MarysWeeklyCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
True CitizenWaynesboroWeekly
Union RecorderMilledgevilleDailyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[5]
Valdosta Daily TimesValdostaDailyCommunity Newspaper Holdings, Inc.[5]
Waycross Journal HeraldWaycrossDaily
Wheeler County EagleAlamo
White County NewsClevelandCommunity Newspapers, Inc.
Wiregrass FarmerAshburn
Today News AfricaGeorgia2014DailyTNA, LLCAfrican-American online and Newspaper

18th century edit

Newspapers published in 18th-century Augusta, Georgia
  • Augusta Herald. W., July 17, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+[10]
  • Georgia. The Augusta Chronicle And Gazette Of The State. W., Apr. 11, 1789-Dec. 27, 1800+[10][11]
  • The Georgia State Gazette, Or, Independent Register. W., Sept. 30, 1786-Apr. 11, 1789.[10]
  • Southern Centinel And Gazette Of The State. W., Dec. 5, 1793-Nov. 7, 1799.[10]
Newspapers published in 18th-century Savannah, Georgia
  • Columbian Museum & Savannah Advertiser. S.W., Mar. 4, 1796-Dec. 29, 1800+[10]
  • The Gazette Of The State Of Georgia. W., Jan. 30, 1783-Oct. 16, 1788.[10]
  • The Georgia Gazette. W., Apr. 7, 1763-Feb. 7, 1776.[10][12]
  • Georgia Gazette. W., Oct. 23, 1788-Dec. 25, 1800+[10]
  • The Royal Georgia Gazette. W., Jan. 21, 1779-June 6, 1782.[10]

Defunct edit

TitleLocaleYear est.CeasedNotes
Atlanta GeorgianAtlanta1906[3]1939[13]
Atlanta Southern Confederacy
Cherokee PhoenixNew Echota18281834
Colored AmericanAugusta1865[14]
Columbus MessengerColumbus1887[14]
Daily IntelligencerAtlanta
Daily Sun
Great Speckled BirdAtlanta
Luminary
Milledgeville Federal UnionMilledgevilleWas being published in 1835.
Savannah GeorgianSavannahWas being published in 1834; in Newspaperarchive
The Macon NewsMacon18841983Merged into The Telegraph
Union SentinelBlairsville2001[15]2012[16]

See also edit

U.S. newspapers

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Newspaper Directory". Atlanta: Georgia Press Association. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Daily Newspapers". Augusta, Georgia: Morris Communications Company. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "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. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2017-03-23. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
  4. ^ "U.S. Daily Newspapers, 2012". World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014. USA: World Almanac Books. ISSN 0084-1382. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help) via Google Books Archived 2023-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b c d e f Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Georgia, Montgomery, Alabama, archived from the original on April 8, 2017, retrieved March 27, 2017
  6. ^ a b "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Archived from the original on April 10, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "North Georgia News". Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  8. ^ "About Us". The Toccoa Record. Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Towns County Herald (Hiawassee, Towns County, Ga.) 1928-Current". Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Georgia". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2010-01-08. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  11. ^ Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  12. ^ Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America, 2nd ed. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  13. ^ "US Newspaper Directory: Georgia". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  14. ^ a b Irvine Garland Penn (1891). The Afro-American Press and Its Editors. Massachusetts: Willey and Co.
  15. ^ "Union Sentinel Newspaper". United States (USA) Business Database. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  16. ^ "Union Sentinel". MondoTimes. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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