# List of newspapers in Alabama

This is a list of newspapers in Alabama, United States. The first title was produced in 1811, and "by 1850, there were 82 newspapers in Alabama, of which nine were dailies."

## Daily and nondaily newspapers (currently published)

The following are daily, weekly, semi-weekly, etc., newspapers published in Alabama:
| Name | Locale | Year Est. | Frequency | Publisher/parent company | Notes |
| Advertiser-Gleam | Guntersville | | Weekly | | |
| Alabama Baptist | Birmingham | 1843 | Weekly | | |
| Alabama Messenger | Birmingham | | | | (Website) |
| Alabama Times | Birmingham | | | | |
| Alexander City Outlook | Alexander City | 1892 | Bi-Weekly | Tallapoosa Publishers |
| Andalusia Star News | Andalusia | | Daily | | |
| Anniston Star | Anniston | 1912 | Daily | | |
| Atmore Advance | Atmore | | Daily | | |
| Auburn Villager | Auburn | 2006 | Weekly | | |
| Baldwin Times | Bay Minette | | Weekly | | |
| Birmingham Business Journal | Birmingham | | Weekly | | |
| Birmingham News | Birmingham | 1888 | Tri-Weekly | Alabama Media Group / Advance Publications | Alabama Media Group is shifting to an all-digital format on February 27, 2023 and will no longer publish legal ads, public notices, bid notices, completion notices, classified ads, etc.. |
| Birmingham Times | Birmingham | | Daily | | |
| Brewton Standard | Brewton | | Daily | | |
| Call News | Citronelle | 1897 | Weekly | Willie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc. | Voted #1 Weekly Newspaper in Alabama by the Alabama Press Association.(Website) |
| Cherokee County Herald | Centre | | Weekly | | |
| Chilton County News | Clanton | | Weekly | | |
| The Citizen of East Alabama | Phenix City | 1957 | Weekly | R.M. Greene | Largest weekly newspaper in Alabama |
| Clanton Advertiser | Clanton | | Daily | | |
| Clark County Democrat | Grove Hill | 1856 | Weekly | Jim Cox | |
| Cleburne News | Heflin | | Weekly | | |
| Courier Journal | Florence | | Weekly | | |
| Cullman Times | Cullman | | Daily | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. | |
| Cullman Tribune | Cullman | 1874 | Daily | | Oldest continuously published weekly newspaper in Alabama. Cullman County's oldest business. {Website} |
| Daily Home | Talladega | | Daily | | |
| Daily Mountain Eagle | Jasper | | Daily | | |
| Daily Sentinel | Scottsboro | | Daily | | |
| Daleville Sun-Courier | Daleville | 1897 | Weekly | Talllapoosa Publishers | Dadeville Record? |
| Daphne-Spanish Fort Bulletin | Daphne | | Weekly | | |
| Decatur Daily | Decatur | | Daily | | |
| Dekalb Advertiser | Fort Payne | | Weekly | | |
| Democrat-Reporter | Linden | 1911 | Weekly | Goodloe Sutton | |
| Demopolis Times | Demopolis | | Daily | | |
| Dothan Eagle | Dothan | | Daily | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | |
| Elberta-Lillian Ledger | Elberta | | Weekly | | |
| Enterprise Ledger | Enterprise | | Daily | | |
| Eufaula Tribune | Eufaula | | Weekly | | |
| Fairhope Courier | Fairhope | | Weekly | | |
| Foley Onlooker | Foley | | Weekly | | |
| Franklin County Times | Russellville | | Weekly | | |
| Gadsden Times | Gadsden | | Daily | GateHouse Media | |
| Greenville Advocate | Greenville | | Weekly | | |
| Huntsville Times | Huntsville | 1910 | Tri-Weekly | Alabama Media Group / Advance Publications | Alabama Media Group is shifting to an all-digital format on February 27, 2023 and will no longer publish legal ads, public notices, bid notices, completion notices, classified ads, etc.. |
| Independent | Robertsdale | | Weekly | | |
| Islander | Gulf Shores | | Weekly | | |
| Jacksonville News | Jacksonville | | Weekly | | |
| Lagniappe | Mobile | | Weekly | | |
| Lamar Democrat | Vernon | 1896 | | | |
| Latino News | Birmingham | | Weekly | | Statewide, based in Birmingham |
| Lowndes Signal | Fort Deposit | | Weekly | | |
| Luverne Journal | Luverne | | Weekly | | |
| Millbrook Independent | Millbrook | | Weekly | | |
| Mobile Beacon & Alabama Citizen | Mobile | | Weekly | | |
| Monroe Journal | Monroeville | 1866 | Weekly | | |
| Montgomery Advertiser | Montgomery | 1829 | Daily | Gannett Company | |
| Montgomery Independent | Montgomery | | Weekly | | |
| News Courier | Athens | | Daily | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. | |
| North Jefferson News | Gardendale | | Weekly | Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. | |
| Northport Gazette | Northport | | Weekly | | |
| Opelika-Auburn News | Opelika | | Daily | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | |
| Opelika Observer | Opelika | | Weekly | | |
| Pickens County Herald | Carrollton | | Weekly | | |
| Piedmont Journal | Piedmont | | Weekly | | |
| Post | Centre | | Weekly | | |
| Press-Register | Mobile | 1821 | Tri-Weekly | Alabama Media Group / Advance Publications | Began as Mobile Commercial Register in 1821, became Press-Register in 1932 Alabama Media Group is shifting to an all-digital format on February 27, 2023 and will no longer publish legal ads, public notices, bid notices, completion notices, classified ads, etc.. |
| St. Clair Times | Pell City | | Weekly | | |
| Sand Mountain Reporter | Albertville | | Daily | | |
| Selma Sun | Selma | | Weekly | Cindy Fisher | |
| Selma Times-Journal | Selma | | Daily | | |
| Shelby County Reporter | Columbiana | | Weekly | | |
| South Alabamian | Jackson | | Weekly | Jim Cox | |
| Southeast Sun | Enterprise | | Weekly | | |
| Southern Star | Ozark | | Daily | | |
| Sumter Circular | York | | Weekly | | |
| Sumter County Record-Journal | Livingston | | Weekly | | |
| The Tallassee Tribune | Tallassee | 1919 | Weekly | Boone Newsmedia | |
| Talk Of Semmes | Semmes | | Daily | | Daily online, weekly broadsheet |
| Thomasville Times | Thomasville | | Weekly | Jim Cox | |
| Times-Journal | Fort Payne | | Daily | | |
| Times-Record | Fayette | | Weekly | | |
| TimesDaily | Florence | | Daily | | |
| Troy Messenger | Troy | | Daily | | |
| Trussville Tribune | Trussville | 2005 | Weekly | Scott Buttram / Principle Publishing Group | Daily online, weekly print. Covers Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Argo, Springville, Center Point, Leeds, Moody, Irondale |
| Tuscaloosa News | Tuscaloosa | | Daily | GateHouse Media | |
| Valley Times-News | Lanett | | Daily | | |
| Washington County News | Chatom | | Weekly | Willie T. Gray / Gray & Gray Inc. | (Website) |
| Western Star | Bessemer | | Weekly | | |
| Wetumpka Herald | Wetumpka | | Weekly | Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. | |

## University newspapers

* The Auburn Plainsman – Auburn University
* The Crimson White – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
* The Kaleidoscope – University of Alabama at Birmingham
* The Vanguard-The University of South Alabama
* The Springhillian - Spring Hill College
* The Chanticleer - Jacksonville State University
* The Crimson – Samford University
* The Tropolitan - Troy University

## Defunct

| Title | Locale | Year est. | Notes |
| Advertiser | Moulton | 1828 | |
| Advocate | Huntsville | 1815 | Ceased in 1893 |
| Alabama Courier | Claiborne | 1819 | Published by Tucker & Turner and ceased operations sometime in the 1820s |
| Alabama Journal, Alabama State Journal | Montgomery | began 1869 | Bought by Gannett; see Montgomery Advertiser |
| Alabama Observer | | | |
| Alabama Republican | Huntsville | 1816 | |
| Alabama Time-Piece | Aldrich | 1895 | 1902 |
| American Star | Sheffield | | |
| Baptist Leader | Birmingham | | |
| Birmingham Iron Age | Birmingham | 1874 | |
| Birmingham Post-Herald | Birmingham | | Ceased in 2005 |
| Cahawba Press and Alabama Intelligencer | | 1819 | |
| Geneva County Reaper | Geneva | 1901 | Ceased in 2024 |
| Daily Rebel | Selma | 1865 | |
| Halcyon | St. Stephens | 1814 | |
| Hoover Gazette | Hoover | 2006 | 2007 |
| Huntsville News | Huntsville | 1964 | Ceased in 1996 |
| Meteor | Tuscaloosa | 1872 | |
| Mobile Centinel | Fort Stoddert | 1811 | |
| Mobile Gazette | | 1813 | |
| The Mobile Morning News | Mobile | 1865 | |
| Mobile News Item | Mobile | 1910 | Ceased about 1944 |
| Pike County News | | | |
| Republican | Montgomery | 1821 | |
| Republican | Tuscaloosa | 1819 | |
| Southern Courier | Montgomery | 1964 | |
| Times-Plain Dealer | Birmingham | | |
| Weekly Post | Rainsville | | |