List of newspapers in Louisiana

This is a list of newspapers in Louisiana.

Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

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TitleLocaleYear est.Publisher/parent companyNotes
Abbeville MeridionalAbbevilleLouisiana State Newspapers
The Town TalkAlexandriaGannett Company[1]
The Basile WeeklyBasileLouisiana State Newspapers
The AdvocateBaton Rouge1908[2]Georges Media Group
Plaquemines GazetteBelle Chasse
The Bernice Banner NewsBerniceJessie Kelley Boyett
The Daily NewsBogalusaBoone Newspapers
Bossier Press-TribuneBossier CitySpecht Newspapers
The InquisitorBossier City1997 [2]Settle Talk LLC
The Bunkie RecordBunkieLouisiana State Newspapers
St. Bernard VoiceChalmette
The Church Point NewsChurch PointLouisiana State Newspapers
The ChronicleColfax
The Caldwell WatchmanColumbiaLouisiana State Newspapers
The Crowley Post-SignalCrowleyLouisiana State Newspapers
The Delhi DispatchDelhiLouisiana State Newspapers
The Cameron Parish PilotDeQuincyWise family
The DeQuincy NewsDeQuincyWise family
Beauregard Daily NewsDeRidderBoone Newspapers
Donaldsonville ChiefDonaldsonvilleGannett Company[3]
The Eunice NewsEuniceLouisiana State Newspapers
The GazetteFarmerville
Concordia SentinelFerridayHanna Publishing
St. Mary and Franklin Banner-TribuneFranklinLouisiana State Newspapers
Franklinton Era-LeaderFranklinton
Gonzales Weekly CitizenGonzalesGannett Company[3]
Gueydan JournalGueydanLouisiana State Newspapers
Daily StarHammondPaxton Media Group
The CourierHoumaGannett Company[3]
The Jena TimesJena1905
The Kaplan HeraldKaplanLouisiana State Newspapers
The Kinder Courier NewsKinderLouisiana State Newspapers
The Daily AdvertiserLafayette1865[2]Gannett Company[1]
The Acadiana AdvocateLafayetteGeorges Media Group
American PressLake CharlesBoone Newspapers
L'ObservateurLaPlaceBoone Newspapers
Leesville Daily LeaderLeesvilleBoone Newspapers
Acadian PressMamouLouisiana State Newspapers
Avoyelles JournalMarksvilleLouisiana State Newspapers
The Marksville Weekly NewsMarksvilleLouisiana State Newspapers
Minden Press-HeraldMindenSpecht Newspapers
The News-StarMonroeGannett Company[1]
Morgan City ReviewMorgan CityLouisiana State Newspapers
Natchitoches TimesNatchitoches1903NTN Media
The Daily IberianNew IberiaWick Communications
The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans AdvocateNew Orleans1837[4]Georges Media GroupBegan as Picayune in 1837; merged with Times-Democrat in 1914 to form Times-Picayune, merged with New Orleans edition of The Advocate in 2019
The Pointe Coupee BannerNew Roads1880LaCour family
The West Carroll GazetteOak GroveLouisiana State Newspapers
The Oakdale JournalOakdaleLouisiana State Newspapers
Daily WorldOpelousasGannett Company[1]
The Bayou-PioneerPierre PartLouisiana State Newspapers
Post SouthPlaquemineGannett Company[3]
The Rayne Acadian-TribuneRayneLouisiana State Newspapers
The Richland Beacon-NewsRichlandLouisiana State Newspapers
Ruston Daily LeaderRustonRuston Newspapers, Inc.
The Tensas GazetteSt. JosephLouisiana State Newspapers
Teche NewsSt. MartinvilleLouisiana State Newspapers
The TimesShreveport1871[2]Gannett Company[1]
Southwest Daily NewsSulphurBoone Newspapers
The Daily CometThibodauxGannett Company[3]
Ville Platte GazetteVille PlatteLouisiana State Newspapers
The Ouachita CitizenWest MonroeHanna Publishing
The Franklin SunWinnsboroHanna Publishing

University newspapers

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Defunct newspapers

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TitleLocaleYear est.Year ceasedNotes
Avoyelles PelicanMarksville1859186?[5]
Bastrop Daily EnterpriseBastrop19042019[6]
Baton-Rouge Gazette18191856[7]
Baton Rouge State-Times19041991[8]
Bogalusa Enterprise19141918[9]
Daily States[4]New Orleans1880Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960[2]
Gazette and SentinelPlaquemine18581864[10]
Houma Courier18781939[11]
The IndependentLafayette20032017[12]
Lafayette Advertiser186519??[13]
Louisiana Cotton-BollLafayette18721883[14]
Le LouisianaisConvent18651883[15]
Lower Coast GazettePointe à la Hache19091925[16]
The LumberjackAlexandria19131913[17]
The MeridionalAbbeville18561906[18]
Le MeschacébéLucy18531942[19]
Le MessagerBringier18461860[20]
Natchitoches Union18591864[21]
New Orleans BeeNew Orleans1827[4]1923[22]Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans
New Orleans RepublicanNew Orleans18671878
North Ouachita WeeklySterlington2019[23]
Courrier de la Louisiane18071860[22]
The Louisianan18701871
New Iberia Enterprise18851902[24]
New Orleans Item-TribuneNew Orleans19241958Began as Daily City Item in 1877[4]
L'Abeille (The New Orleans Bee)New Orleans18271923
New-Orleans Commercial BulletinNew Orleans18321871[25]
New Orleans States-ItemNew Orleans19581980[26]
The New Orleans TribuneNew Orleans18641870[27]
Opelousas CourierOpelousas18521910[28]
Opelousas JournalOpelousas18681878[29]
Opelousas PatriotOpelousas18551863[29]
El PelayoNew Orleans18511852[30]
Pioneer of AssumptionNapoleonville185?1895[31]
Planters' BannerFranklin18491872[32]
Pointe Coupee DemocratNew Roads18581862[33]
La Sentinelle de Thibodaux18611866[34]
The Shreveport JournalShreveport18971991
St. Landry ClarionOpelousas18901921
The Voice of the PeopleNew Orleans191319??[35]
Weekly LouisianianNew Orleans18721882[36]

See also

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U.S. newspapers

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Louisiana, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e "US Newspaper Directory: Louisiana". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Louisiana, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
  4. ^ a b c d "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. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
  5. ^ "About The Avoyelles pelican. volume (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. ^ Robinson, Perry. "Private group plans to save dying Bastrop newspaper". KNOE. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ^ "About Baton-Rouge gazette. volume (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819–1856". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. ^ "About State times advocate. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1913–1991 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  9. ^ "Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94". New York Times. 29 March 2017.
  10. ^ "About Gazette and sentinel. volume (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville, La.) 1858–1864". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  11. ^ "About The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878–1939". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  12. ^ "IND Media closing The Independent, suspending ABiz and The Current". The Independent. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  13. ^ "About The Lafayette advertiser. (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  14. ^ "About The Louisiana cotton-boll. volume (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872–1883". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  15. ^ "About Le Louisianais. volume (Convent, La.) 1865–1883". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  16. ^ "About Lower coast gazette. (Pointe-a-la-Hache, La.) 1909–1925". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  17. ^ "About The Lumberjack. volume (Alexandria, La.) 1913-1913". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  18. ^ "About The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856–1906". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  19. ^ "About Le Meschacébé. ([Lucy] La.) 1853–1942". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  20. ^ "About Le messager. volume (Bringier, Paroisse Saint-Jacques, Louisiane) 1846–1860". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  21. ^ "About Natchitoches union. volume ([Natchitoches, La.]) 1859–1864". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  22. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1941.
  23. ^ Bolden, Bonnie. "Bastrop Daily Enterprise, North Ouachita Weekly News to cease operations". The News-Star. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  24. ^ "About New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885–1902". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  25. ^ "New-Orleans commercial bulletin". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  26. ^ "About The States-item. (New Orleans, La.) 1970–1980 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  27. ^ "New Orleans Tribune", Congressional Record, Washington DC, July 23, 2014
  28. ^ "About The Opelousas courier. (Opelousas, La.) 1852–1910". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  29. ^ a b "About The Opelousas journal. volume (Opelousas, La.) 1868–1878". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  30. ^ "About El Pelayo. (Nueva-Orleans [i.e. New Orleans, La.) 1851–1852". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  31. ^ "About Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?–1895". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  32. ^ "About The Planters' banner. (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849–1872". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  33. ^ "About Pointe Coupee Democrat. volume (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858–1862". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  34. ^ "About La sentinelle de Thibodaux. volume (Thibodaux, La.) 1861–1866". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  35. ^ "About The Voice of the people. volume (New Orleans, La.) 1913–19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  36. ^ "About The weekly Louisianian. volume (New Orleans, La.) 1872–1882". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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