List of newspapers in Alabama
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Daily newspapers

This is a list of daily newspapers currently published in Alabama. For weekly newspapers, see List of newspapers in Alabama.

Larger newspapers (listed by total average paid daily circulation):
  • Birmingham News (148,827) – Birmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

  • Press-Register
    Press-Register
    The Press-Register is a daily newspaper serving the southwest Alabama counties of Mobile and Baldwin. The newspaper is a descendant of one founded in 1813, making the Press-Register Alabama's oldest newspaper...

    (99,306) – Mobile
    Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

  • Huntsville Times (72,388) – Huntsville
    Huntsville, Alabama
    Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....

  • Montgomery Advertiser
    Montgomery Advertiser
    The Montgomery Advertiser is a daily newspaper located in Montgomery, Alabama. It was founded in 1829.- History:The newspaper began publication in 1829 as The Planter's Gazette. It became the Montgomery Advertiser in 1833. In 1903, R.F. Hudson, a young Alabama newspaperman, joined the staff of the...

    (50,703) – Montgomery
    Montgomery, Alabama
    Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

  • Tuscaloosa News (34,781) – Tuscaloosa
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama
    Tuscaloosa is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama . Located on the Black Warrior River, it is the fifth-largest city in Alabama, with a population of 90,468 in 2010...

  • Dothan Eagle
    Dothan Eagle
    The Dothan Eagle is a daily newspaper serving Dothan, Alabama and the surrounding communities. It is owned by Media General....

    (33,592) – Dothan
    Dothan, Alabama
    Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...

  • TimesDaily
    TimesDaily
    The TimesDaily is the daily newspaper for Florence, Alabama. The TimesDaily covers a four-county region in Alabama including Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, and Lawrence counties, as well as portions of southern Tennessee and northeast Mississippi...

    (31,180) – Florence
    Florence, Alabama
    Florence is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the state.According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 36,721....

  • Cullman Times, The (27,000) – Cullman
    Cullman, Alabama
    Cullman is a city in Cullman County, State of Alabama. Cullman is located along Interstate 65, about north of Birmingham, and about south of Huntsville. According to the U.S...

  • Anniston Star, The (26,747) – Anniston
    Anniston, Alabama
    Anniston is a city in Calhoun County in the state of Alabama, United States.As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,276. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 23,741...

  • Gadsden Times (22,491) – Gadsden
    Gadsden, Alabama
    The city of Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama, and it is located about 65 miles northeast of Birmingham, Alabama. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,459. Gadsden is closely associated with the...

  • Decatur Daily, The (22,014) – Decatur
    Decatur, Alabama
    Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city, affectionately known as "The River City", is located in Northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake, along the Tennessee River. It is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County...

  • Southern Star, The (14,000) – Ozark
    Ozark, Alabama
    Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Dale County, Alabama, United States. In 1990 the city population was 12,922. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 15,119....



Smaller papers (listed by location):
  • Sand Mountain ReporterAlbertville
    Albertville, Alabama
    Albertville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 21,160.- History :...

  • Alexander City OutlookAlexander City
    Alexander City, Alabama
    Alexander City is the principal city of the Alexander City Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Coosa and Tallapoosa counties and had a combined population of 53,677 at the 2000 census....

  • Andalusia Star-NewsAndalusia
    Andalusia, Alabama
    Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 8,794.According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 8,705...

  • News-Courier (7,473) – Athens
    Athens, Alabama
    Athens is a city in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 18,967. According to the 2009 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 24,234...

  • Atmore Advance (19,000) – Atmore
    Atmore, Alabama
    Atmore is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 7,676. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 7,530. The city was named for Mr. C.P. Atmore....

  • Birmingham TimesBirmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

  • Brewton StandardBrewton
    Brewton, Alabama
    Brewton is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,498. The city is the county seat of Escambia County.-History:...

  • Clanton Advertiser (5,000) – Clanton
    Clanton, Alabama
    Clanton is a city in Chilton County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover–Cullman Combined Statistical Area. At the 2000 census the population was 7,800. The city is the county seat of Chilton County.-History:...

  • Demopolis Times (2,400) – Demopolis
    Demopolis, Alabama
    Demopolis is the largest city in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. The population was 7,483 at the time of the 2010 United States Census....

  • Enterprise Ledger (10,372) – Enterprise
    Enterprise, Alabama
    Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Coffee and Dale Counties in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern United States. The population was estimated to be 25,909 in the year 2009....

  • Times-Journal
    Times-Journal
    The Times-Journal is a daily newspaper published in Fort Payne, Alabama and serving the DeKalb County, Alabama region.The Times-Journal is a Southern Newspapers publication. The Times-Journal resulted from the merger in 1959 of the Fort Payne Journal, first published in 1878, and the Times-New Era...

    (6,500) – Fort Payne
    Fort Payne, Alabama
    Fort Payne is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 12,938. The city is the county seat of DeKalb County. It bills itself as the "Official Sock Capital of the World."...

  • Daily Mountain Eagle
    Daily Mountain Eagle
    The Daily Mountain Eagle is a daily newspaper servicing the Jasper, Alabama area. The paper is owned by Cleveland Newspapers, Incorporated and operated locally.-External links:*...

    (11,157) – Jasper
    Jasper, Alabama
    Jasper is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,659. As of 2011 the population had was 13,857. The city is the county seat of Walker County, and once ranked among the world's leading producers of coal....

  • Valley Times-NewsLanett
    Lanett, Alabama
    Lanett is a city in Chambers County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 7,897. Lanett, originally called Bluffton, is located in eastern Alabama, on the Chattahoochee River, southwest of Atlanta, Georgia...

  • Opelika-Auburn News (14,968) – Opelika
    Opelika, Alabama
    Opelika is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. According to 2010 Census, the population of Opelika was 26,477...

  • Daily SentinelScottsboro
    Scottsboro, Alabama
    Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 14,770. Named for its founder Robert Scott, the city is the county seat of Jackson County....

  • Selma Times-Journal
    Selma Times-Journal
    The Selma Times-Journal is a six day-a-week newspaper located in Selma, Alabama. It publishes every day of the week except Monday. It is owned by Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Boone Newspapers Inc....

    (7,181) – Selma
    Selma, Alabama
    Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, United States, located on the banks of the Alabama River. The population was 20,512 at the 2000 census....

  • Daily HomeTalladega
    Talladega, Alabama
    Talladega is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 15,143. The city is the county seat of Talladega County. Talladega is approximately 50 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama....

  • Troy Messenger (3,200) – Troy
    Troy, Alabama
    Troy is a city in Pike County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,003. Troy experienced a growth spurt of over 4,000+ people since 2000. The city is the county seat of Pike County....


Weekly newspapers (currently published)

The following are weekly or semi-weekly newspapers published in Alabama
  • Birmingham Business Journal
    Birmingham Business Journal
    The Birmingham Business Journal is a weekly business newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama. The newspaper was founded in 1983 by Tina Verciglio-Savas and became a part of American City Business Journals in 1999. The newspaper publishes business news in the Birmingham area and also the state of...

    Birmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

  • Advertiser-Gleam (25,000) – Guntersville
    Guntersville, Alabama
    Guntersville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the population of the city was 8,197. The city is the county seat of Marshall County. Guntersville is located in a HUBZone as identified by the...

  • Birmingham Weekly (25,000) – Birmingham
    Birmingham, Alabama
    Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...

  • Lagniappe (25,000) – Mobile
    Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

  • El Latino News (15,000) – Statewide, based in Gadsden
    Gadsden, Alabama
    The city of Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama, and it is located about 65 miles northeast of Birmingham, Alabama. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,459. Gadsden is closely associated with the...

  • Franklin County Times (12,400) – Russellville
    Russellville, Alabama
    Russellville is a city in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Alabama. At the 2000 census, the population of the city was 8,971. The city is the county seat of Franklin County.-History:...

  • Butler Express (10,400) – Andalusia
    Andalusia, Alabama
    Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 8,794.According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 8,705...

  • Millbrook Independent (8,000) – Millbrook
    Millbrook, Alabama
    Millbrook is a city in Autauga and Elmore counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 14,640 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Millbrook is located at ....

  • Mobile Beacon & Alabama Citizen (6,500) – Mobile
    Mobile, Alabama
    Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...

  • Jacksonville NewsJacksonville
    Jacksonville, Alabama
    Jacksonville is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. which is a 49% increase since 2000. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Cleburne NewsHeflin
    Heflin, Alabama
    Heflin is a city in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,002. The city is the county seat of Cleburne County.-History:...

  • Piedmont JournalPiedmont
    Piedmont, Alabama
    Piedmont is a city in Calhoun and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 5,120 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Many surrounding communities utilize the 36272 ZIP code, including Spring Garden, Rock Run,...

  • St. Clair TimesPell City
    Pell City, Alabama
    Pell City is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. The city is the county seat of St. Clair County along with Ashville. At the 2000 census the population was 9,565. At the 2010 census, the city-limit population jumped to 12,695. -Geography:...

  • Eufaula Tribune (5,500) – Eufaula
    Eufaula, Alabama
    Eufaula is a city in Barbour County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 13,908.-Geography:Eufaula is located at 31°53'21.732" North, 85°9'13.586" West ....

  • Pickens County Herald (5,000) (web site) – Carrollton
    Carrollton, Alabama
    Carrollton is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 987. The city is the county seat of Pickens County....

  • Sumter County Record-Journal (4,225) – Livingston
    Livingston, Alabama
    Livingston is a city in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,297. The city is the county seat of Sumter County.-Geography:Livingston is located at .According to the U.S...

  • Greenville Advocate (3,000) – Greenville
    Greenville, Alabama
    Greenville is a city in Butler County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 7,228. The city is the county seat of Butler County and is known as the Camellia City. The movement to change the Official Alabama State Flower from the goldenrod to the camellia originated in...

  • Luverne Journal (3,000) – Luverne
    Luverne, Alabama
    Luverne is a city in Crenshaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,635.The city is the county seat of Crenshaw County.-History:...

  • Lowndes Signal (1,400) – Fort Deposit
    Fort Deposit, Alabama
    Fort Deposit is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,270. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area....

  • Butler County News (900) – Andalusia
    Andalusia, Alabama
    Andalusia is a city in and the county seat of Covington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 8,794.According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 8,705...

  • Montgomery IndependentMontgomery
    Montgomery, Alabama
    Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...

  • Shelby County ReporterColumbiana
    Columbiana, Alabama
    Columbiana is a city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 4,197. The city is the county seat of Shelby County.-History:...

  • Cherokee County HeraldCentre
    Centre, Alabama
    Centre is a city in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 3,273. The city is the county seat of Cherokee County, and is part of the 'Gadsden, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area'.-History:...

  • The Post
    The Post
    The Post was a national tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom, owned by Eddy Shah. It ran for only five weeks in November and December 1988. Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves, then the hosts of an ITV football series called Saint and Greavsie, had a column in the paper.The Post was produced at...

    Centre
    Centre, Alabama
    Centre is a city in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 3,273. The city is the county seat of Cherokee County, and is part of the 'Gadsden, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area'.-History:...

  • Southeast SunEnterprise
    Enterprise, Alabama
    Enterprise is a city in the southeastern part of Coffee and Dale Counties in the southeastern part of Alabama in the Southern United States. The population was estimated to be 25,909 in the year 2009....

  • Daleville Sun-CourierDaleville
    Daleville, Alabama
    Daleville is a city in Dale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,653. It is part of the Enterprise–Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city's nickname is "Gateway to Fort Rucker", as this U.S. Army post is located just north of town...

  • Weekly Post
    Weekly Post
    The Weekly Post was a weekly newspaper published in Rainsville, Alabama by Southern Newspapers and serving the DeKalb County, Alabama region.The Weekly Post was founded in 1986 by the editor and former employees of The Sand Mountain News, the previous Rainsville newspaper which had ceased...

    Rainsville
    Rainsville, Alabama
    Rainsville is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 4,499. Rainsville is located on top of Sand Mountain.Rainsville was incorporated in October 1956....

  • Northport GazetteNorthport
    Northport, Alabama
    Northport is a city in Tuscaloosa County in the west central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. Located on the Black Warrior River across from downtown Tuscaloosa, it is currently the 24th largest city in Alabama with an estimated population of 23,442 in 2009...

  • The Fairhope CourierFairhope
    Fairhope, Alabama
    Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, on a sloping plateau, along the cliffs and shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2010 census lists the population of the city as 16,176....

  • Islander
    Islander
    The Islander was the 34-foot yawl that Harry Pidgeon sailed around the world single-handed, becoming the second person to do so after Joshua Slocum.-History:...

    Gulf Shores
    Gulf Shores, Alabama
    -External links:*...

  • Foley OnlookerFoley
    Foley, Alabama
    Foley is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.The 2000 census lists the population of the city as 7,590.Foley is a principal city of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Baldwin County....

  • Daphne-Spanish Fort BulletinDaphne
    Daphne, Alabama
    Daphne is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The city is located along I-10, 11 miles east of Mobile and 150 miles southwest of the state capital of Montgomery. The United States Census 2000 lists the population of the city as 16,581 making...

  • Baldwin TimesBay Minette
    Bay Minette, Alabama
    Bay Minette is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 7,820. According to the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, the city had an population of about 7,726 people. The city is the county seat of Baldwin County...

  • Independent (Alabama)Robertsdale
    Robertsdale, Alabama
    Robertsdale is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 3,782. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Elberta-Lillian LedgerElberta
    Elberta, Alabama
    Elberta is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 552. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • The Sumter CircularYork
    York, Alabama
    York is a city in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,854.-Geography:York is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

  • The Western Star
    The Western Star (Bessemer, Alabama)
    The Western Star is a weekly newspaper published in Bessemer, Alabama. It is owned by Trib Publications, a regional chain based in Manchester, Georgia. Their website is...

    Bessemer
    Bessemer, Alabama
    Bessemer is a city outside of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States eight miles west of Hoover. The population was 29,672 at the 2000 Census, but by the 2009 U.S...

  • Opelika ObserverOpelika
    Opelika, Alabama
    Opelika is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. According to 2010 Census, the population of Opelika was 26,477...

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