List of newspapers in Florida

This is a list of newspapers in Florida.

Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

Title	Locale	Year est.	Publisher/parent company	Notes
Alachua County Today	Alachua	2000
Anna Maria Island Sun	Manatee	2000	Longboard Communications Inc. [1]
Apalachicola Times	Franklin	2004	Neves Media Publishing [1]
Apopka Chief Newspaper, The	Apopka	1923 [2]
Apopka Voice, The	Apopka	2015
Arcadia Sun	Arcadia		Sun Coast Media Group
Baker County Press, The	Baker	1929	Baker County Press, Inc. [1]
Banner, The	Lee	1957	Gannet Company, Inc. [1]
Beaches Hometown News, The	Brevard	2002	Hometown New LLC [1]
Boca Beacon	Boca Grande	1980	Hopkins & Daughter Inc [1]
Bradenton Herald	Bradenton	1922	McClatchy Company [3]
Bradenton Times	Bradenton	2008
Bradford County Telegraph	Starke	1879 [4]
Brevard Business News	Melbourne
Business Observer	Sarasota		Observer Media Group [5]
Calhoun-Liberty Journal, The	Liberty	1981 [1]
Cape Coral Breeze	Lee	1961	Breeze Newspapers [1]
Capital Outlook News	Tallahassee	1975	LIVE Communications [1]
Citrus County Chronicle	Citrus	1894	Paxton Media Group [1]
Clay Today	Clay	1950	Osteen Publishing Group [1]
Clearwater/Dunedin Beacon	Clearwater/Dunedin	1988	Tampa Bay Newspapers [1]
Clermont News Leader	Clermont	1982	D-R Media and Investments [1]
Costal Breeze News	Marco Island	2010 [1]
Costal Star, The	Palm Beach	2008 [1]
Collier Citizen	Collier	2006	Gannett Company [1]
Creative Loafing Tampa	Tampa		Euclid Media Group [6]	Alternative weekly tabloid; no current relation to Creative Loafing Atlanta
Crestview News Bulletin	Crestview	1975	Crestview News Bulletin [1]
Daily Commercial	Leesburg		Gannett Company
Daily Sun, The	Port Charlotte	1983 [1]	Adams Publish Group [7]
Daytona Beach News-Journal	Daytona Beach		Gannett Company
Deland Hometown News	Deland	2013	Hometown News LLC [1]
Deltona Hometown News	Volusia	2013	Hometown News LLC [1]
Destin Log, The	Destin	1974	Gannett Company [1]
East County Observer	Bradenton		Observer Media Group [5]
El Nuevo Herald	Miami	1987 [8]	McClatchy Company [3]
El Sentinel [1]	Orlando		Tronc, Inc. [9]
El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida	Fort Lauderdale		Tronc, Inc. [9]
Englewood Sun	Englewood		Adams Publishing Group, [7] Sun Coast Media Group
Escambia Sun-Press	Escambia	1948 [1]
Fernandina Beach News-Leader	Nassau	1854	Community Newspapers, Inc. [1]
Florida Keys Free Press	Monroe [1]
Jacksonville Daily Record	Jacksonville	1912	Observer Media Group [5]
Fernandina Beach News Leader	Fernandina Beach		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Florida Observer	West Palm Beach	2021	National Press Networks	Florida's digital newspaper
Florida Keys Keynoter	Marathon		McClatchy Company
Florida Sentinel Bulletin	Tampa
Florida Star	Jacksonville	1951		Issues for 1956-1968, 2005-2019 https://thefloridastar.com available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Florida Sun-Review	Orlando	1922
Florida Times-Union [10]	Jacksonville [1]	1864	Gannett Company	Began as Florida Union
Florida Today	Melbourne		Gannett Company [11]
Floridian Newspaper	Miami	1927		Began as Jewish Floridian in 1927; became Floridian Newspaper in 1990 [12] [13]
Folio Weekly	Jacksonville
Fort Myers Beach Observer [1]	Fort Myers		Ogden Newspapers Inc. [14]
Gadsden County Times	Gadsden	1901	Gadsden County News Corp [1]
Gainesville Sun	Gainesville	1876	Gannett Company	Began as Gainesville Times, renamed Gainesville Sun in 1879
Gulf Breeze News	Gulf Breeze	2001	C Corporation [1]
Herald Advocate, The	Wauchula	1955 [1]
Hernando Sun	Brooksville	2015
Highlands Today	Sebring
Holley by the Sea News	Navarre (Holley by the Sea neighborhood)	2011	Sandpaper Publishing	Produced as a neighborhood specific newspaper, alongside the community-wide Navarre Press and also neighborhood specific Navarre Beach News.
Integrate News	Miami
Jackson County Times	Marianna
Jacksonville Business Journal [1]	Jacksonville
Jacksonville Daily Record [1]	Jacksonville
Jacksonville Free Press	Jacksonville
Jax Air News	Jacksonville	19??		Issues for 1943-1975, 2005-2018 available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Key West Citizen	Key West	1879	Adams Publishing Group [7]	Scattered issues for 1908-1929, 1932-1949 available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Knowhere Treasure Coast	St. Lucie County/Martin County/Indian River County	2019
La Gaceta	Tampa
Lakeland Gazette	Lakeland	2019	Cloud 9 Entertainment Inc
Lake City Reporter	Lake City		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Le Courrier de Floride	Miami
Le Soleil de la Floride	Hollywood	1983	Griffon Graphics	Catering to French-speaking visitors and residents of South Florida
Ledger	Lakeland		GateHouse Media [15]
Lehigh Acres Gazette	Lehigh Acres	2011	Cloud 9 Entertainment Inc
Lehigh Acres Citizen [1]			Ogden Newspapers Inc. [14]
Longboat Observer	Longboat		Observer Media Group [5]
Lush For Life	Tampa
Madison County Carrier	Madison	1964	Greene Publishing, Inc.
Madison Enterprise-Recorder	Madison	1854	Greene Publishing, Inc
Miami Herald [16]	Miami		McClatchy Company [3]
Miami New Times [1]	Miami
Miami Today [1]	Miami
Naples Daily News	Naples		Gannett Company [11]
Nassau County Record	Callahan		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Navarre Beach News	Navarre (Navarre Beach neighborhood)		Sandpaper Publishing	Neighborhood specific newspaper co-produced with the Navarre Press and Holley by the Sea News
Navarre Press	Navarre	2001	Sandpaper Publishing	Community-wide paper, co-produced with the neighborhood specific newspapers, Holley by the Sea News and Navarre Beach News.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach	Fort Lauderdale
News Chief	Winter Haven		Gannett Company
News Herald	Panama City		Gannett Company
News-Press	Fort Myers		Gannett Company [11]
News-Sun	Sebring
Northwest Florida Daily News	Fort Walton Beach		GateHouse Media [15]
Orlando Business Journal [1]	Orlando
Orlando Sentinel [1]	Orlando [16]	1876	Tronc, Inc. [9]
Orlando Times [1]	Orlando
Orlando Weekly	Orlando	1990 [17]	Euclid Media Group [18]	Alternative weekly tabloid
Ormond Beach Observer	Ormond Beach		Observer Media Group [5]
Osceola News–Gazette	Kissimmee
Palatka Daily News	Palatka		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Palm Beach Daily News	Palm Beach		Cox Enterprises [19]
Palm Beach Post	West Palm Beach		Cox Enterprises [19]
Palm Coast Observer	Palm Coast		Observer Media Group [5]
Pelican Press	Sarasota
Pensacola News Journal	Pensacola	1889	Gannett Company [11]
Plant City Times & Observer	Plant City		Observer Media Group [5]
Polk News Sun	Polk	1926	D-R Media & Investments [1]
Ponte Vedra Recorder	Ponte Vedra	1969	OPC News LLC [1]
Port Orange Hometown News	Port Orange	2002	Hometown News LLC [1]
Port St. Lucie Hometown News	Port St. Lucie	2002	Hometown News LLC [1]
Polk County Democrat	Bartow
Pompano Post	Pompano
Press Journal	Vero Beach		Gannett Company [11]
Riverbend News	Suwannee/Hamilton/Lafayette	2020	C & E Publishing, In
Riverland News	Marion	1982	Paxton Media Group [1]
St. Augustine Record	St. Augustine	1894	Gannett Company
St. Lucie News Tribune	Port St. Lucie/St. Lucie County		Gannett Company [11]
Sarasota Herald-Tribune	Sarasota		Gannett Company
Sarasota Observer	Sarasota	2004	Observer Media Group [5]
South Florida Sun-Times - Hollywood
South Santa Rosa News	Navarre	2015
Siesta Key Observer	Sarasota	1971	Observer Media Group [5]	formerly known as Pelican Press
Space Coast Daily	Brevard County
Star-Banner	Ocala		Gannett Company
Stuart News	Stuart/Martin County		Gannett Company [11]
Sumter Sun Times	Sumter	1881	D-R Media & Investments [1]
Sun-Sentinel [1]	Fort Lauderdale [16]		Tronc, Inc. [9]
Tallahassee Democrat	Tallahassee		Gannett Company [11]
Tampa Bay Times [1]	St. Petersburg	1884	Times Publishing Company	Titled St. Petersburg Times through 2011 [16]
tbt*	Tampa		Times Publishing Company	Weekly tabloid produced by Tampa Bay Times
Treasure Coast Newspaper	Fort Pierce/Stuart	1913	Gannett Company, Inc. [1]
Triangle News Leader	Lake		D-R Media & Investments [1]
Union County Times	Union	1912	Bradford County Telegraph, Inc.
Upper Keys Weekly	Islamorada	2006	The Weekly Newspapers [1]
Venice Gondolier Sun	Venice	1946	Adams Publishing Group, [7] Sun Coast Media Group
Vero Beach Hometown News	Indian River	2002	Hometown News LLC [1]
The Villages Daily Sun	The Villages	1997	The Villages Operating Company [1]
Voice of South Marion	Belleview	1969	Sandra M. Waldron
Voz de la Calle	Hialeah
Wakulla News, The	Wakulla	1897	Paxton Media Group [1]
Wakulla Sun, The	Wakulla	2022	Hot Water Publishing LLC [1]
Walton Sun, The	Okaloosa		Gannett Company [1]
Washington County News	Washington	1893	Kent Smith Group, LLC [1]
West Orange Times & Observer	Winter Garden	1904	Observer Media Group [1]
West Volusia Beacon	DeLand	1992 [1]
Windermere Sun	Windermere/Orange County/Local & National & International News	2014
Winter Haven Sun, The	Polk	2016	D-R Media & Investments [1]
Yulee News, The	Nassau	2022 [1]
Zephyrhills News	Zephyrhills

Student newspapers

• The Avion Newspaper (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
• The Beacon (Florida International University)
• Central Florida Future (University of Central Florida)
• The Corsair (Pensacola State College)
• The Famuan (Florida A&M University)
• The Reporter (Miami Dade College)
• FSView & Florida Flambeau (Florida State University)
• The Galleon ^[ citation needed ]
• The Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida)
• The Miami Hurricane (University of Miami in Coral Gables)
• The Oracle (University of South Florida)
• The Spinnaker (University of North Florida)
• The University Press (Florida Atlantic University)
• The Valencia Voice (Valencia College)
• The Voyager (University of West Florida)
• The Catalyst (New College of Florida)

Defunct

Title	Locale	Year est.	Year ceased	Notes
Boca Raton News	Boca Raton	1955	2009
Clearwater Sun [20]	Clearwater	1914	1989 [21]	[22]
Clewiston News	Clewiston	1928	2018	Merged with 3 other newspapers to create Lake Okeechobee News, The [23]
Colored Citizen	Pensacola	1914 [24]
The Community Press [25]	East Dunbar, Fort Myers	2015	2023
Coral Gables Gazette	Coral Gables [26]
Evening Independent	St. Petersburg	1906	1986	Merged with the St. Petersburg Times [27]
Florida Jewish News
Floridian	Pensacola	1821 [28]
Floridian [29]	Tallahassee	1828 [12]
Jacksonville Journal	Jacksonville	1887	1988 [30]	Merged with the Florida Times-Union
Jasper News, The	Jasper	1970	2020	Defunct because of Covid-19 [31]
Mayo Free Press, The		1888	2020	Defunct because of Covid-19 [31]
Miami News			1988 [30]	[32]
Miami SunPost	Miami	1985	2014
Pasco News
Sarasota Journal		1952	1982	[33]
Sarasota Times	Sarasota
La Semana	Orlando	1981 [17] [34]
Sol de Hialeah	Hialeah	1969	Ceased?	Spanish-language
South Florida Blade
Suwannee Democrat	Suwannee	1884	2020	Defunct because of Covid-19 [31]
Tampa Times	Tampa		1982 [21]	Merged with the Tampa Tribune [35]
Tampa Tribune [16]	Tampa		2016 [21]	Merged with the Tampa Bay Times [36]
The Florida Agriculturalist	Deland	1878	1911 [37]
Tropical Sun
Winter Park Advocate

See also

• Florida media
  • List of radio stations in Florida
  • List of television stations in Florida
  • Media of cities in Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, Windermere
• List of French-language newspapers published in the United States (includes some Florida titles)
• List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States (includes some Florida titles)
• Journalism:
  • Category:Journalists from Florida
  • Journalism schools:
    • Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (est. 1982), in Tallahassee ^[38]
    • Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in North Miami
    • University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in Gainesville
    • University of Miami School of Communication
• Florida literature

U.S. newspapers

Comprehensive Lists of newspapers List of newspapers in the United States Frequency List of free daily newspapers in the United States List of weekly newspapers in the United States Circulation List of international newspapers originating in the United States List of national newspapers in the United States List of newspapers in the United States by circulation List of newspapers serving cities over 100,000 in the United States Foreign language List of French-language newspapers published in the United States List of German-language newspapers published in the United States List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States

Specialty List of African-American newspapers in the United States List of alternative weekly newspapers in the United States List of business newspapers in the United States List of family-owned newspapers in the United States List of Jewish newspapers in the United States List of LGBTQ periodicals in the United States List of student newspapers in the United States List of supermarket tabloids in the United States List of underground press in the United States Other List of defunct newspapers of the United States

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• University of Central Florida Libraries. "Research Guides: Florida News". Orlando.
• Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Florida", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
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