List of newspapers in Mississippi Daily and nondaily newspapers in Mississippi
This is a list of newspapers in Mississippi .
Daily and nondaily newspapers (currently published)
Title
Locale
Year est.
Frequency
Publisher/parent company
Notes
Biloxi-D'Iberville Press
Biloxi /D'Iberville
200?
Weekly[ 1]
Bay Newspapers, Inc
OCLC 191850671
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Brookhaven
1968
Daily
Southwest Pub.
OCLC Preceding
Canton News
Canton
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Clarion-Ledger
Jackson /statewide
1941
Daily
Gannett Company [ 2]
OCLC 8674244
Clarksdale Press Register
Clarksdale
1949
Daily
Delta Press Pub. Co.
OCLC 15003806
The Clinton Courier
Clinton
Bi-monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
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
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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 [ 5]
Florence
2018
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
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
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Madison County Journal
Ridgeland
Weekly
Meridian Star
Meridian
Daily
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. [ 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
Daily
Pass Christian Gazebo Gazette
Pass Christian
Weekly
Pearl News [ 10]
Pearl
2018
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Pelahatchie News
Pelahatchie
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Penny Pincher
Gulfport
Weekly
Picayune Item
Picayune
1904
Weekly
Boone Newspapers
Editorial services shared with Bogalusa (LA) Times
Richland News [ 11]
Richland
2018
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Sea Coast Echo
Bay St. Louis
Semi-weekly
Southwest Rankin News
Pearl, Richland, & Florence, MS
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Starkville Daily News
Starkville
Daily
Stone County Enterprise
Wiggins
Weekly
Sun Herald
Biloxi -Gulfport
Daily[ 4]
McClatchy Company [ 12]
Vicksburg Post
Vicksburg
Daily
Wesson News
Wesson
2013
Monthly
Clay Mansell
Hyper-local, "good news" newspaper
Woodville Republican
Woodville
1823
Weekly
Andy Lewis
The oldest newspaper in Mississippi
University newspapers
Defunct
Capitol Reporter [ 13]
Jasper County News (1891-2024)[ 14]
Smith County Reformer (1897-2024)[ 14]
See also
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 (2024-05-20). "Florence" . SWRankinNews.com . Retrieved 2024-05-21 .
^ Dankins, Pam. "Another historic Mississippi newspaper set to close. See the location of this one" . The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved 2024-07-14 .
^ Cho, David (2024-08-26). "Local Newspaper Lives Again" . The Delta News . Retrieved 2024-08-31 .
^
^ "Newspapers & Publications" . City of Natchez. Retrieved March 2, 2017 .
^ Pearl News
^ [1]
^ "Our Markets" . Sacramento, California: McClatchy Company. Retrieved March 26, 2017 .
^ "Was Called Conscience of Mississippi, Dies at 94". New York Times . 29 March 2017.
^ a b Reily, Ross. "Two historic Mississippi newspapers close their doors. See where they are" . The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved 2024-07-01 .
^ "School of Mass Communication and Journalism" . Hattiesburg: University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
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 .
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