List of newspapers in Louisiana

This is a list of newspapers in Louisiana.

Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

Title Locale Year est. Publisher/parent company Notes
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 1969 Wright's Publishing, Co.
The News-Star Monroe Gannett Company[1]
Morgan City Review Morgan City Louisiana State Newspapers
Natchitoches Times Natchitoches 1903 NTN Media
The Daily Iberian New Iberia Wick Communications
The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate New Orleans 1837[4] Georges Media Group Began 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 1880 LaCour 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

Title Locale Year est. Year ceased Notes
Avoyelles Pelican Marksville 1859 186? [5]
Bastrop Daily Enterprise Bastrop 1904 2019[6]
Baton-Rouge Gazette 1819 1856 [7]
Baton Rouge State-Times 1904 1991 [8]
Bogalusa Enterprise 1914 1918 [9]
Daily States[4] New Orleans 1880 Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960[2]
Gazette and Sentinel Plaquemine 1858 1864 [10]
Houma Courier 1878 1939 [11]
The Independent Lafayette 2003 2017[12]
Lafayette Advertiser 1865 19?? [13]
Louisiana Cotton-Boll Lafayette 1872 1883 [14]
Le Louisianais Convent 1865 1883 [15]
Lower Coast Gazette Pointe à la Hache 1909 1925 [16]
The Lumberjack Alexandria 1913 1913 [17]
The Meridional Abbeville 1856 1906 [18]
Le Meschacébé Lucy 1853 1942 [19]
Le Messager Bringier 1846 1860 [20]
Natchitoches Union 1859 1864 [21]
New Orleans Bee New Orleans 1827[4] 1923[22] Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans
New Orleans Republican New Orleans 1867 1878
North Ouachita Weekly Sterlington 2019[23]
Courrier de la Louisiane 1807 1860[22]
The Louisianan 1870 1871
New Iberia Enterprise 1885 1902 [24]
New Orleans Item-Tribune New Orleans 1924 1958 Began as Daily City Item in 1877[4]
L'Abeille (The New Orleans Bee) New Orleans 1827 1923
New-Orleans Commercial Bulletin New Orleans 1832 1871 [25]
New Orleans States-Item New Orleans 1958 1980 [26]
The New Orleans Tribune New Orleans 1864 1870[27]
Opelousas Courier Opelousas 1852 1910 [28]
Opelousas Journal Opelousas 1868 1878 [29]
Opelousas Patriot Opelousas 1855 1863 [29]
El Pelayo New Orleans 1851 1852 [30]
Pioneer of Assumption Napoleonville 185? 1895 [31]
Planters' Banner Franklin 1849 1872 [32]
Pointe Coupee Democrat New Roads 1858 1862 [33]
La Sentinelle de Thibodaux 1861 1866 [34]
The Shreveport Journal Shreveport 1897 1991
St. Landry Clarion Opelousas 1890 1921
The Voice of the People New Orleans 1913 19?? [35]
Weekly Louisianian New Orleans 1872 1882 [36]

See also

U.S. newspapers

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Louisiana, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
  2. ^ a b c d e "US Newspaper Directory: Louisiana". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Louisiana, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
  4. ^ a b c d "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. Vol. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. hdl:2027/yale.39002004114386. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
  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. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1941.
  23. ^ Bolden, Bonnie. "Bastrop Daily Enterprise, North Ouachita Weekly News to cease operations". The News-Star. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  24. ^ "About New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885–1902". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  25. ^ "New-Orleans commercial bulletin". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  26. ^ "About The States-item. (New Orleans, La.) 1970–1980 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
  27. ^ "New Orleans Tribune", Congressional Record, Washington DC, July 23, 2014
  28. ^ "About The Opelousas courier. (Opelousas, La.) 1852–1910". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  29. ^ a b "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.
  31. ^ "About Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?–1895". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  32. ^ "About The Planters' banner. (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849–1872". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  33. ^ "About Pointe Coupee Democrat. volume (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858–1862". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  34. ^ "About La sentinelle de Thibodaux. volume (Thibodaux, La.) 1861–1866". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  35. ^ "About The Voice of the people. volume (New Orleans, La.) 1913–19??". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  36. ^ "About The weekly Louisianian. volume (New Orleans, La.) 1872–1882". Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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