List of newspapers in Florida explained

This is a list of newspapers in Florida.

Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)

Title	Locale	Year est.	Publisher/parent company	Notes
Alachua County Today	Alachua	2000
Anna Maria Island Sun	Manatee	2000	Longboard Communications Inc.
Apalachicola Times		2004	Neves Media Publishing
Apopka Chief Newspaper, The	Apopka	1923^[1]
Apopka Voice, The	Apopka	2015
Arcadia Sun	Arcadia		Sun Coast Media Group
Baker County Press, The	Baker	1929	Baker County Press, Inc.
Banner, The	Lee	1957	Gannet Company, Inc.
Beaches Hometown News, The	Brevard	2002	Hometown New LLC
Boca Beacon	Boca Grande	1980	Hopkins & Daughter Inc
Bradenton Herald	Bradenton	1922	McClatchy Company^[2]
Bradenton Times	Bradenton	2008
Bradford County Telegraph	Starke	1879^[3]
Brevard Business News	Melbourne
Business Observer	Sarasota		Observer Media Group^[4]
Calhoun-Liberty Journal, The	Liberty	1981
Cape Coral Breeze	Lee	1961	Breeze Newspapers
Capital Outlook News	Tallahassee	1975	LIVE Communications
Citrus County Chronicle	Citrus	1894	Paxton Media Group
Clay Today	Clay	1950	Osteen Publishing Group
Clearwater/Dunedin Beacon	Clearwater/Dunedin	1988	Tampa Bay Newspapers
Clermont News Leader	Clermont	1982	D-R Media and Investments
Costal Breeze News	Marco Island	2010
Costal Star, The	Palm Beach	2008
Collier Citizen	Collier	2006	Gannett Company
Creative Loafing Tampa	Tampa		Euclid Media Group	Alternative weekly tabloid; no current relation to Creative Loafing Atlanta
Crestview News Bulletin	Crestview	1975	Crestview News Bulletin
Daily Commercial	Leesburg		Gannett Company
Daily Sun, The	Port Charlotte	1983	Adams Publish Group^[5]
Daytona Beach News-Journal	Daytona Beach		Gannett Company
Deland Hometown News	Deland	2013	Hometown News LLC
Deltona Hometown News	Volusia	2013	Hometown News LLC
Destin Log, The	Destin	1974	Gannett Company
East County Observer	Bradenton		Observer Media Group
El Nuevo Herald	Miami	1987^[6]	McClatchy Company
El Sentinel	Orlando		Tronc, Inc.
El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida	Fort Lauderdale		Tronc, Inc.
Englewood Sun	Englewood		Adams Publishing Group, Sun Coast Media Group
Escambia Sun-Press	Escambia	1948
Fernandina Beach News-Leader	Nassau	1854	Community Newspapers, Inc.
Florida Keys Free Press	Monroe
Jacksonville Daily Record	Jacksonville	1912	Observer Media Group
Fernandina Beach News Leader	Fernandina Beach		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Florida Observer	West Palm Beach	2021	National Press Networks	Florida's digital newspaper
Florida Keys Keynoter	Marathon		McClatchy Company
Florida Sentinel Bulletin	Tampa
Florida Star	Jacksonville	1951		Issues for 1956-1968, 2005-2019 https://thefloridastar.com available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Florida Sun-Review	Orlando	1922
Florida Times-Union^[7]	Jacksonville	1864	Gannett Company	Began as Florida Union
Florida Today	Melbourne		Gannett Company
Floridian Newspaper	Miami	1927		Began as Jewish Floridian in 1927; became Floridian Newspaper in 1990
Folio Weekly	Jacksonville
Fort Myers Beach Observer	Fort Myers		Ogden Newspapers Inc.
Gadsden County Times	Gadsden	1901	Gadsden County News Corp
Gainesville Sun		1876	Gannett Company	Began as Gainesville Times, renamed Gainesville Sun in 1879
Gulf Breeze News	Gulf Breeze	2001	C Corporation
Herald Advocate, The	Wauchula	1955
Hernando Sun	Brooksville	2015
Highlands Today	Sebring
Holley by the Sea News	Navarre (Holley by the Sea neighborhood)	2011	Sandpaper Publishing	Produced as a neighborhood specific newspaper, alongside the community-wide Navarre Press and also neighborhood specific Navarre Beach News.
Integrate News	Miami
Jackson County Times	Marianna
Jacksonville Business Journal	Jacksonville
Jacksonville Daily Record	Jacksonville
Jacksonville Free Press	Jacksonville
Jax Air News	Jacksonville	19??		Issues for 1943-1975, 2005-2018 available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Key West Citizen	Key West	1879	Adams Publishing Group	Scattered issues for 1908-1929, 1932-1949 available in the Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Knowhere Treasure Coast	St. Lucie County/Martin County/Indian River County	2019
La Gaceta	Tampa
Lakeland Gazette	Lakeland	2019	Cloud 9 Entertainment Inc
Lake City Reporter	Lake City		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Le Courrier de Floride	Miami
Le Soleil de la Floride	Hollywood	1983	Griffon Graphics	Catering to French-speaking visitors and residents of South Florida
Ledger	Lakeland		GateHouse Media
Lehigh Acres Gazette	Lehigh Acres	2011	Cloud 9 Entertainment Inc
Lehigh Acres Citizen			Ogden Newspapers Inc.
Longboat Observer	Longboat		Observer Media Group
Lush For Life	Tampa
Madison County Carrier	Madison	1964	Greene Publishing, Inc.
Madison Enterprise-Recorder	Madison	1854	Greene Publishing, Inc
Miami Herald	Miami		McClatchy Company
Miami New Times	Miami
Miami Today	Miami
Naples Daily News	Naples		Gannett Company
Nassau County Record	Callahan		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Navarre Beach News	Navarre (Navarre Beach neighborhood)		Sandpaper Publishing	Neighborhood specific newspaper co-produced with the Navarre Press and Holley by the Sea News
Navarre Press	Navarre	2001	Sandpaper Publishing	Community-wide paper, co-produced with the neighborhood specific newspapers, Holley by the Sea News and Navarre Beach News.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach	Fort Lauderdale
News Chief			Gannett Company
News Herald	Panama City		Gannett Company
News-Press	Fort Myers		Gannett Company
News-Sun	Sebring
Northwest Florida Daily News	Fort Walton Beach		GateHouse Media
Orlando Business Journal	Orlando
Orlando Sentinel	Orlando	1876	Tronc, Inc.
Orlando Times	Orlando
Orlando Weekly	Orlando	1990^[8]	Euclid Media Group^[9]	Alternative weekly tabloid
Ormond Beach Observer	Ormond Beach		Observer Media Group
Osceola News–Gazette	Kissimmee
Palatka Daily News	Palatka		Community Newspapers, Inc.
Palm Beach Daily News	Palm Beach		Cox Enterprises^[10]
Palm Beach Post	West Palm Beach		Cox Enterprises
Palm Coast Observer	Palm Coast		Observer Media Group
Pelican Press	Sarasota
Pensacola News Journal	Pensacola	1889	Gannett Company
Plant City Times & Observer	Plant City		Observer Media Group
Polk News Sun	Polk	1926	D-R Media & Investments
Ponte Vedra Recorder	Ponte Vedra	1969	OPC News LLC
Port Orange Hometown News	Port Orange	2002	Hometown News LLC
Port St. Lucie Hometown News	Port St. Lucie	2002	Hometown News LLC
Polk County Democrat	Bartow
Pompano Post	Pompano
Press Journal	Vero Beach		Gannett Company
Riverbend News	Suwannee/Hamilton/Lafayette	2020	C & E Publishing, In
Riverland News	Marion	1982	Paxton Media Group
St. Augustine Record	St. Augustine	1894	Gannett Company
St. Lucie News Tribune	Port St. Lucie/St. Lucie County		Gannett Company
Sarasota Herald-Tribune	Sarasota		Gannett Company
Sarasota Observer	Sarasota	2004	Observer Media Group
South Florida Sun-Times - Hollywood
South Santa Rosa News	Navarre	2015
Siesta Key Observer	Sarasota	1971	Observer Media Group	formerly known as Pelican Press
Space Coast Daily	Brevard County
Star-Banner	Ocala		Gannett Company
Stuart News	Stuart/Martin County		Gannett Company
Sumter Sun Times	Sumter	1881	D-R Media & Investments
Sun-Sentinel^[11]	Fort Lauderdale		Tronc, Inc.
Tallahassee Democrat	Tallahassee		Gannett Company
Tampa Bay Times	St. Petersburg	1884	Times Publishing Company	Titled St. Petersburg Times through 2011^[12]
tbt*	Tampa		Times Publishing Company	Weekly tabloid produced by Tampa Bay Times
Treasure Coast Newspaper	Fort Pierce/Stuart	1913	Gannett Company, Inc.
Triangle News Leader	Lake		D-R Media & Investments
Union County Times	Union	1912	Bradford County Telegraph, Inc.
Upper Keys Weekly	Islamorada	2006	The Weekly Newspapers
Venice Gondolier Sun	Venice	1946	Adams Publishing Group, Sun Coast Media Group
Vero Beach Hometown News	Indian River	2002	Hometown News LLC
The Villages Daily Sun	The Villages	1997	The Villages Operating Company
Voice of South Marion	Belleview	1969	Sandra M. Waldron
Voz de la Calle	Hialeah
Wakulla News, The	Wakulla	1897	Paxton Media Group
Wakulla Sun, The	Wakulla	2022	Hot Water Publishing LLC
Walton Sun, The	Okaloosa		Gannett Company
Washington County News	Washington	1893	Kent Smith Group, LLC
West Orange Times & Observer	Winter Garden	1904	Observer Media Group
West Volusia Beaconhttp://www.beacononlinenews.com	DeLand	1992
Windermere Sunhttp://www.WindermereSun.com	Windermere/Orange County/Local & National & International News	2014
Winter Haven Sun, The	Polk	2016	D-R Media & Investments
Yulee News, The	Nassau	2022
Zephyrhills News	Zephyrhills

Student newspapers

• The Avion Newspaper (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
• The Beacon (Florida International University)
• Central Florida Future (University of Central Florida)
• The Corsair (Pensacola State College)
• The Famuan (Florida A&M University)
• The Reporter https://www.mdcthereporter.com/ (Miami Dade College)
• FSView & Florida Flambeau (Florida State University)
• The Galleon https://www.galleonnewsonline.com/
• The Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida)
• The Miami Hurricane (University of Miami in Coral Gables)
• The Oracle (University of South Florida)
• The Spinnaker (University of North Florida)
• The University Press (Florida Atlantic University)
• The Valencia Voice (Valencia College)
• The Voyager (University of West Florida)
• The Catalyst (New College of Florida)

Defunct

Title	Locale	Year est.	Year ceased	Notes
Boca Raton News	Boca Raton	1955	2009
Clearwater Sun^[13]	Clearwater	1914	1989	^[14]
Clewiston News	Clewiston	1928	2018	Merged with 3 other newspapers to createLake Okeechobee News, The^[15]
Colored Citizen	Pensacola	1914^[16]
The Community Press^[17]	East Dunbar, Fort Myers	2015	2023
Coral Gables Gazette	Coral Gables^[18]
Evening Independent	St. Petersburg	1906	1986	Merged with the St. Petersburg Times^[19]
Florida Jewish News
Floridian	Pensacola	1821^[20]
Floridian	Tallahassee	1828^[21]
Jacksonville Journal	Jacksonville	1887	1988^[22]	Merged with the Florida Times-Union
Jasper News, The	Jasper	1970	2020	Defunct because of Covid-19^[23]
Mayo Free Press, The		1888	2020	Defunct because of Covid-19
Miami News			1988	^[24]
Miami SunPost	Miami	1985	2014
Pasco News
Sarasota Journal		1952	1982	^[25]
Sarasota Times	Sarasota
La Semana	Orlando	1981^[26]
Sol de Hialeah	Hialeah http://www.hialeahfl.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1093&Itemid=1209&lang=en	1969 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99026969/	Ceased?	Spanish-language
South Florida Blade
Suwannee Democrat	Suwannee	1884	2020	Defunct because of Covid-19
Tampa Times	Tampa		1982	Merged with the Tampa Tribune^[27]
Tampa Tribune	Tampa		2016	Merged with the Tampa Bay Times^[28]
The Florida Agriculturalist	Deland	1878	1911^[29]
Tropical Sun
Winter Park Advocate

See also

• Florida media
  • List of radio stations in Florida
  • List of television stations in Florida
  • Media of cities in Florida: Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, Windermere
• List of French-language newspapers published in the United States (includes some Florida titles)
• List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States (includes some Florida titles)
• Journalism:
  • • • Journalism schools:
    • Florida A&M University School of Journalism & Graphic Communication (est. 1982), in Tallahassee^[30]
    • Florida International University School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in North Miami https://scj.fiu.edu
    • University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in Gainesville
    • University of Miami School of Communication http://com.miami.edu
• Florida literature

Bibliography

• Book: S. N. D. North . S. N. D. North . United States Department of the Interior . United States Department of the Interior . History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States . 1850475 . Washington, D.C. . Government Printing Office . 1884 . . Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Florida . 214. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924083814453#page/n275/mode/1up.
  • Book: American Newspaper Directory . 1900 . . New York. Florida. 2027/umn.31951002273861a?urlappend=%3Bseq=119 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002273861a?urlappend=%3Bseq=119.
• Book: American Newspaper Annual & Directory . Philadelphia . . 1922. Florida . 149+. 2027/umn.31951001295695n?urlappend=%3Bseq=225 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001295695n?urlappend=%3Bseq=225 . HathiTrust.
• Book: James Owen Knauss . Territorial Florida Journalism . Florida State Historical Society . Internet Archive . 1926 .
  • Chapter about Newspapers
  • Chronological List of Florida Newspapers Published before July 1845
• Elmer J. Emig . Check-List of Extant Florida Newspapers, 1845-1876 . . 11 . 30150139 . 1932 . 2 . 77–87 .
  • Pensacola Newspapers, 1821-1900 . Horance G. Davis Jr. . H. G. Davis Jr. . Florida Historical Quarterly . 37 . 30166297 . 1959 . 3/4 . 418–445 .
• Book: Gonzalo R. Soruco . Cubans and the Mass Media in South Florida. University Press of Florida. 978-0-8130-1379-4 . 1996.
• Book: Julian M. Pleasants . Orange Journalism: Voices from Florida Newspapers . 2003. University Press of Florida. 978-0-8130-2653-4.

External links

• Web site: NewspaperCat

  Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers

  . University of Florida . Gainesville . Florida .
• Web site: Research Guides: Florida News . University of Central Florida Libraries . University of Central Florida Libraries . Orlando .
• . (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
• Web site: Cuban Exile Newspapers at the University of Miami . . University of Miami . University of Florida .
• Web site: Florida . CJR's Guide to Online News Startups . . New York .
• Web site: News: Newspapers: Regional: United States: Florida . . . (Directory ceased in 2017)
• Web site: Library Guides . . Ohio . Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet . Historical U.S. Newspapers Online . Florida Newspapers .
• Web site: Historical African American Newspapers Available Online . Southeast . Marist College Library . Poughkeepsie, NY . Subject Guides . (Includes Florida newspapers)
• Web site: International Coalition on Newspapers . International Coalition on Newspapers . Chicago . Center for Research Libraries . Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Florida .
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19970215090329/http://www.n-net.com/fl.htm . dead . February 15, 1997 . Florida . N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web .
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/19991116062903/http://ajr.newslink.org/flnews.html . dead . November 16, 1999 . AJR News Link . . Florida Newspapers .
• Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20011120115245/http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/press/na/us/fl/ . dead . November 20, 2001 . United States: Florida . NewsDirectory.com . . Toronto .
• Web site: Bibliographies . Florida Journalism History Project . University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries . Gainesville . Titles focusing exclusively on Florida journalism .
• Florida and Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project
• Chronicling America
• Florida Digital Newspaper Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Apopka Chief Newspaper . theapopkachief . 12 April 2024.
2. Web site: Our Markets . McClatchy Company . Sacramento, California . March 26, 2017 .
3. Web site: Bradford County Telegraph Archive . 2024-03-26 . Newspaper.com. 26 July 1895 .
4. Web site: About Us. Sarasota, Florida. December 19, 2017.
5. Web site: About Adams Publishing Group . February 8, 2020 . AdamsPG.com.
6. Book: Hispanic American Almanac . Sonia Benson . 3rd . Gale . 228663838 . 2003 .
7. Book: The South in the Building of the Nation . Southern Historical Publication Society . Richmond, VA . 1909 . Southern Press . 402–436 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002004114386?urlappend=%3Bseq=522 . Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers . 7 . 2027/yale.39002004114386?urlappend=%3Bseq=522 .
8. . Retrieved May 5, 2017
9. Web site: Euclid Media Group . Cleveland, Ohio . May 5, 2017 .
10. Web site: Media Brands and Markets . Cox Media Group . Cox Media Group . Cox Enterprises . Atlanta . March 26, 2017 .
11. Web site: Member Directory . Florida Press Association . March 15, 2017 .
12. Book: World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014 . . USA . 0084-1382 . U.S. Daily Newspapers, 2012 . via Google Books
13. Web site: About The Clearwater Sun. Chronicling America. Library of Congress. 25 January 2014.
14. News: About The Clearwater Sun . 25 January 2014 . . Library of Congress.
15. Web site: About Us . 2024-04-12 . South Central Florida Life . en.
16. Web site: Colored Citizen (Pensacola, Florida) . March 26, 2017 . University of West Florida Digital Library . Pensacola .
17. Web site: Miller . Kellie . 2023-01-03 . 'The Community Press' founder ending newspaper to start a new chapter . 2023-01-03 . WINK NEWS . en-US.
18. Web site: Coral Gables Gazette newspaper in Miami Florida - MondoTimes.com . 2024-04-12 . www.mondotimes.com.
19. Web site: [About The evening independent. [volume] (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1907–1986 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)].
20. Web site: Florida Newspaper Chronology . Florida Journalism History Project . . Gainesville . May 5, 2017 .
21. Web site: Washington DC . . Library of Congress . US Newspaper Directory: Florida . March 19, 2017 .
22. Book: Bernie McGovern . Florida Almanac . . Louisiana . 2007 . 978-1-4556-0441-8.
23. Web site: Clark . Cierra . 2020-07-02 . Suwannee Democrat, Mayo Free Press, and The Jasper News end publications . 2024-04-12 . en.
24. News: About Miami daily news. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1930-195? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
25. News: About Sarasota journal. (Sarasota, Fla.) 1952-19?? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
26. Web site: Weekly Newspapers and Other Non-Dailies . Florida Journalism History Project . . Gainesville . May 5, 2017 .
27. News: About The Tampa times. (Tampa, Fla.) 1958–1982 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
28. Web site: Tampa Bay Times:" Tampa Bay Times purchases Tampa Tribune" May 3, 2016. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229055347/http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tampa-bay-times-purchases-tampa-tribune/2275765 . 29 December 2017 . 23 March 2018 . tampabay.com.
29. Web site: The Florida Agriculturalist Archive . March 26, 2024 . Newspapers.com. 12 July 1899 .
30. Web site: March 24, 2017 . Florida Agriculture And Mechanical University . School of Journalism & Graphic Communication . About Us .