List of newspapers in Mississippi
This is a list of newspapers in Mississippi.
Daily andnewspapers (currently published)
| Title | Locale | Year est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi-D'Iberville Press | Biloxi/D'Iberville | 200? | Weekly | Bay Newspapers, Inc | OCLC 191850671 | [1] |
| Brookhaven Daily Leader | Brookhaven | 1968 | Daily | Carpenter Media Group | OCLC Preceding | |
| Canton News | Canton | Monthly | Clay Mansell | |||
| Clarion-Ledger | Jackson/statewide | 1941 | Daily | Gannett Company | OCLC 8674244 | [2] |
| Clarksdale Press Register | Clarksdale | 1949 | Daily | Delta Press Pub. Co. | OCLC 15003806 | |
| The Clinton Courier | Clinton | Bi-monthly | Clay Mansell | |||
| Columbian-Progress | Columbia | 1935 | Bi-weekly | Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. | ||
| Columbus Commercial | Columbus | 1893-1922 | Daily | J.T. Senter | OCLC 15049956 | [3] |
| The Commercial Dispatch | Columbus | Daily | ||||
| Crystal Springs Meteor | Crystal Springs | 1886-1889 | Weekly | Hurt & Branch | OCLC 15078789 | |
| Daily Corinthian | Corinth | Daily | ||||
| Daily Leader | Brookhaven | Daily | [4] | |||
| Daily Star | Grenada | Daily | ||||
| Daily Times Leader | West Point | Daily | ||||
| Darkhorse Press | Mississippi | Daily | ||||
| Deer Creek Pilot | Rolling Fork | Weekly | ||||
| Delta Democrat-Times | Greenville | Daily | ||||
| Enterprise-Journal | McComb | Daily | ||||
| Enterprise-Tocsin | Indianola, Mississippi | Weekly | ||||
| Florence News | Florence | 2018 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | [5] | |
| Greenwood Commonwealth | Greenwood | Daily | ||||
| Hattiesburg American | Hattiesburg | Daily | Gannett Company | [2] | ||
| Jackson Advocate | Jackson | Weekly | ||||
| Jackson Free Press | Jackson | Changed to magazine 2018 | ||||
| Laurel Leader-Call | Laurel | Daily | ||||
| Lawrence County Press | Monticello | Weekly | ||||
| Leland Progress | Leland | 1888 | Weekly | Closed in July 2024,[6] but revived a few weeks later.[7] | ||
| Long Beach Breeze | Long Beach | Monthly | Clay Mansell | |||
| Madison County Journal | Ridgeland | Weekly | ||||
| Meridian Star | Meridian | Twice a Week | Carpenter Media Group | [8] | ||
| Mississippi Business Journal | Jackson/statewide | Daily | ||||
| Mississippi Press | Pascagoula | Daily | ||||
| Natchez Democrat[9] | Natchez | Daily | ||||
| Neshoba Democrat | Philadelphia | Daily | ||||
| New Albany Gazette | New Albany | Semi-weekly | ||||
| Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | Tupelo | Daily | ||||
| The Northside Sun | Jackson | Weekly | ||||
| Ocean Springs Record | Ocean Springs | Weekly | ||||
| Oxford Eagle | Oxford | Weekly | ||||
| Pass Christian Gazebo Gazette | Pass Christian | Weekly | ||||
| Pearl News | Pearl | 2018 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | [10] | |
| Pelahatchie News | Pelahatchie | Monthly | Clay Mansell | |||
| Penny Pincher | Gulfport | Weekly | ||||
| Picayune Item | Picayune | 1904 | Weekly
Carpenter Media Group |
Editorial services shared with Bogalusa (LA) Times | ||
| Richland News | Richland | 2018 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | [11] | |
| Sea Coast Echo | Bay St. Louis | Semi-weekly | ||||
| Southwest Rankin News | Pearl, Richland, & Florence, MS | Monthly | Clay Mansell | |||
| Starkville Daily News | Starkville | Daily | ||||
| Stone County Enterprise | Wiggins | Weekly | ||||
| Sun Herald | Biloxi-Gulfport | Daily | McClatchy Company | [4][12] | ||
| Vicksburg Post | Vicksburg | Daily | ||||
| Wesson News | Wesson | 2013 | Monthly | Clay Mansell | ||
| Woodville Republican | Woodville | 1823 | Weekly | Andy Lewis | The oldest newspaper in Mississippi |
University newspapers
- The Black Sheep - student newspaper of the University of Mississippi
- The Daily Mississippian – student newspaper of the University of Mississippi
- The Mississippi Collegian - student newspaper of Mississippi College
- The Reflector – student newspaper of Mississippi State University
- The Spectator - student newspaper of Mississippi University for Women
- The Student Printz - student newspaper of The University of Southern Mississippi
Defunct
See also
- List of radio stations in Mississippi
- List of television stations in Mississippi
- Category:Journalists from Mississippi
References
- ^ Mississippi Press Association. "Non-Daily Newspapers". Jackson: Mississippi Press Services. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Mississippi, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ "Columbus Commercial". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Mississippi Press Association. "Daily Newspapers". Jackson: Mississippi Press Services. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ SWRankinNews.com (May 20, 2024). "Florence". SWRankinNews.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Dankins, Pam. "Another historic Mississippi newspaper set to close. See the location of this one". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- ^ Cho, David (August 26, 2024). "Local Newspaper Lives Again". The Delta News. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama, retrieved March 27, 2017
- ^ "Newspapers & Publications". City of Natchez. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ Pearl News
- ^ http://richlandnewsms.com/
- ^ "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ "Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94". New York Times. March 29, 2017.
- ^ a b Reily, Ross. "Two historic Mississippi newspapers close their doors. See where they are". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
Bibliography
- I. Patridge (1860). "Press of Mississippi: Historical Sketch". De Bow's Review. 29. hdl:2027/njp.32101065217190.
- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Mississippi". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475.
- Proceedings of the Mississippi Press Association, 1885 (1866-1884)
- James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Mississippi", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
- Thomas McAdory Owen (1900), "Bibliography of Mississippi", Report of the American Historical Association for 1899, p. 777, hdl:2027/mdp.39015039328946 – via HathiTrust,
Newspaper Press
- "Mississippi". American Newspaper Directory. New York: George P. Rowell. 1900. pp. 524+. hdl:2027/umn.31951002273861a – via HathiTrust.
- Dunbar Rowland, ed. (1907), "Newspapers", Encyclopedia of Mississippi History, vol. 2, Madison, Wisconsin: S. A. Brant, p. 333, hdl:2027/nyp.33433081846465
- "Mississippi". American Newspaper Annual & Directory. Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son. 1922. pp. 511+. hdl:2027/umn.31951001295695n.
- Works Progress Administration (1942). Mississippi newspapers, 1805-1940: a preliminary union list of Mississippi newspaper files available in county archives, offices of publishers, libraries, and private collections in Mississippi – via HathiTrust.
- Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858. (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Mississippi)
- Julius Eric Thompson (1993), The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813011744
- "Mississippi Newspapers". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Mississippi.
- "US Newspaper Directory: Mississippi". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress.
- "News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Mississippi". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- "Mississippi Newspapers on Microfilm". Mississippi State University Libraries.
- "Mississippi Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
- University of Florida. "Mississippi". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
- "Mississippi". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
- "United States: Mississippi". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 19, 2001.
- "Mississippi Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on November 16, 1999.