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

• Capitol Reporter ^[13]
• Jasper County News (1891-2024) ^[14]
• Smith County Reformer (1897-2024) ^[14]

See also

• Mississippi portal
• Journalism portal

• List of radio stations in Mississippi
• List of television stations in Mississippi
• Category:Journalists from Mississippi

References

1. Mississippi Press Association. "Non-Daily Newspapers". Jackson: Mississippi Press Services. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
2. Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Mississippi, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
3. "Columbus Commercial". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
4. Mississippi Press Association. "Daily Newspapers". Jackson: Mississippi Press Services. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
5. SWRankinNews.com (May 20, 2024). "Florence". SWRankinNews.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
6. Dankins, Pam. "Another historic Mississippi newspaper set to close. See the location of this one". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
7. Cho, David (August 26, 2024). "Local Newspaper Lives Again". The Delta News. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
8. Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Locations: Mississippi, Montgomery, Alabama, retrieved March 27, 2017
9. "Newspapers & Publications". City of Natchez. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
10. Pearl News
11. http://richlandnewsms.com/
12. "Our Markets". Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
13. "Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94". New York Times. March 29, 2017.
14. 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, Mind and matter, 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. The Mississippi Historical records survey – 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

• "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.