List of newspapers in Louisiana

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This is a list of newspapers in Louisiana .

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Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

TitleLocaleYear est.Publisher/parent companyNotes
Abbeville Meridional Abbeville Louisiana State Newspapers
The Town Talk Alexandria Gannett Company [1]
The Basile Weekly Basile Louisiana State Newspapers
The Advocate Baton Rouge 1908 [2] Georges Media Group
Plaquemines Gazette Belle Chasse
The Bernice Banner News Bernice Jessie Kelley Boyett
The Daily News Bogalusa Boone Newspapers
Bossier Press-Tribune Bossier City Specht Newspapers
The Inquisitor Bossier City 1997 [2] Settle Talk LLC
The Bunkie Record Bunkie Louisiana State Newspapers
St. Bernard Voice Chalmette
The Church Point News Church Point Louisiana State Newspapers
The Chronicle Colfax
The Caldwell Watchman Columbia Louisiana State Newspapers
The Crowley Post-Signal Crowley Louisiana State Newspapers
The Delhi Dispatch Delhi Louisiana State Newspapers
The Cameron Parish Pilot DeQuincy Wise family
The DeQuincy News DeQuincy Wise family
Beauregard Daily News DeRidder Boone Newspapers
Donaldsonville Chief Donaldsonville Gannett Company [3]
The Eunice News Eunice Louisiana State Newspapers
The Gazette Farmerville
Concordia Sentinel Ferriday Hanna Publishing
St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune Franklin Louisiana State Newspapers
Franklinton Era-Leader Franklinton
Gonzales Weekly Citizen Gonzales Gannett Company [3]
Gueydan Journal Gueydan Louisiana State Newspapers
Daily Star Hammond Paxton Media Group
The Courier Houma Gannett Company [3]
The Jena Times Jena 1905
The Kaplan Herald Kaplan Louisiana State Newspapers
The Kinder Courier News Kinder Louisiana State Newspapers
The Daily Advertiser Lafayette 1865 [2] Gannett Company [1]
The Acadiana Advocate Lafayette Georges Media Group
American Press Lake Charles Boone Newspapers
L'Observateur LaPlace Boone Newspapers
Leesville Daily Leader Leesville Boone Newspapers
Acadian Press Mamou Louisiana State Newspapers
Avoyelles Journal Marksville Louisiana State Newspapers
The Marksville Weekly News Marksville Louisiana State Newspapers
Minden Press-Herald Minden Specht Newspapers
Monroe Free Press Monroe 1969Wright's Publishing, Co.
The News-Star Monroe Gannett Company [1]
Morgan City Review Morgan City Louisiana State Newspapers
Natchitoches Times Natchitoches 1903NTN Media
The Daily Iberian New Iberia Wick Communications
The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate New Orleans 1837 [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 Banner New Roads 1880LaCour family
The West Carroll Gazette Oak Grove Louisiana State Newspapers
The Oakdale Journal Oakdale Louisiana State Newspapers
Daily World Opelousas Gannett Company [1]
The Bayou-Pioneer Pierre Part Louisiana State Newspapers
Post South Plaquemine Gannett Company [3]
The Rayne Acadian-Tribune Rayne Louisiana State Newspapers
The Richland Beacon-News Richland Louisiana State Newspapers
Ruston Daily Leader Ruston Ruston Newspapers, Inc.
The Tensas Gazette St. Joseph Louisiana State Newspapers
Teche News St. Martinville Louisiana State Newspapers
The Times Shreveport 1871 [2] Gannett Company [1]
Southwest Daily News Sulphur Boone Newspapers
The Daily Comet Thibodaux Gannett Company [3]
Ville Platte Gazette Ville Platte Louisiana State Newspapers
The Ouachita Citizen West Monroe Hanna Publishing
The Franklin Sun Winnsboro Hanna Publishing

University newspapers

Defunct newspapers

TitleLocaleYear est.Year ceasedNotes
Avoyelles Pelican Marksville 1859186? [5]
Bastrop Daily Enterprise Bastrop 19042019 [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 Sentinel Plaquemine 18581864 [10]
Houma Courier18781939 [11]
The Independent Lafayette 20032017 [12]
Lafayette Advertiser186519?? [13]
Louisiana Cotton-Boll Lafayette 18721883 [14]
Le Louisianais Convent 18651883 [15]
Lower Coast Gazette Pointe à la Hache 19091925 [16]
The Lumberjack Alexandria 19131913 [17]
The Meridional Abbeville 18561906 [18]
Le Meschacébé Lucy 18531942 [19]
Le MessagerBringier18461860 [20]
Natchitoches Union18591864 [21]
New Orleans Bee New Orleans1827 [4] 1923 [22] Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans
New Orleans Republican New Orleans 18671878
North Ouachita Weekly Sterlington 2019 [23]
Courrier de la Louisiane18071860 [22]
The Louisianan18701871
New Iberia Enterprise18851902 [24]
New Orleans Item-Tribune New Orleans 19241958Began as Daily City Item in 1877 [4]
L'Abeille (The New Orleans Bee) New Orleans 18271923
New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin New Orleans 18321871 [25]
New Orleans States-Item New Orleans 19581980 [26]
The New Orleans Tribune New Orleans 18641870 [27]
Opelousas Courier Opelousas 18521910 [28]
Opelousas Journal Opelousas 18681878 [29]
Opelousas Patriot Opelousas 18551863 [29]
El Pelayo New Orleans 18511852 [30]
Pioneer of Assumption Napoleonville 185?1895 [31]
Planters' Banner Franklin 18491872 [32]
Pointe Coupee Democrat New Roads 18581862 [33]
La Sentinelle de Thibodaux18611866 [34]
The Shreveport Journal Shreveport 18971991
St. Landry Clarion Opelousas 18901921
The Voice of the People New Orleans 191319?? [35]
Weekly Louisianian New Orleans 18721882 [36]

See also

U.S. newspapers

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "US Newspaper Directory: Louisiana". Chronicling America . Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Louisiana, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
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  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. 1 2 Federal Writers' Project 1941.
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  27. ↑ "New Orleans Tribune", Congressional Record , Washington DC, July 23, 2014
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  29. 1 2 "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.
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  32. ↑ "About The Planters' banner. (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849–1872". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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