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
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
Daily States[4] New Orleans 1880 Became New Orleans States-Item in 1960[2]
New Orleans Bee New Orleans 1827[4] 1923[5] Also called Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans
New Orleans Republican New Orleans 1867 1878
North Ouachita Weekly Sterlington 2019[6]
Courrier de la Louisiane 1807 1860[5]
The Louisianan 1870 1871
New Orleans Item-Tribune New Orleans 1924 1958 Began as Daily City Item in 1877[4]
The New Orleans Tribune New Orleans 1864 1870[7]
St. Landry Clarion Opelousas 1890 1921
Bastrop Daily Enterprise Bastrop 1904 2019[8]
The Independent Lafayette 2003 2017[9]


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. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project 1941.
  6. ^ Bolden, Bonnie. "Bastrop Daily Enterprise, North Ouachita Weekly News to cease operations". The News-Star. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ^ "New Orleans Tribune", Congressional Record, Washington DC, July 23, 2014
  8. ^ Robinson, Perry. "Private group plans to save dying Bastrop newspaper". KNOE. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. ^ "IND Media closing The Independent, suspending ABiz and The Current". The Independent. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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