List of newspapers in Massachusetts
This is a list of newspapers in Massachusetts, including print and online.
Daily newspapers
| Newspaper | Area | County | Frequency |
Circulation |
Publisher/parent company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athol Daily News[1] | Athol | Franklin | Daily | Newspapers of New England, Inc. | |
| The Berkshire Eagle | Pittsfield | Berkshire | Daily | 23,835 | New England Newspapers Inc. |
| The Boston Globe | Boston | Suffolk | Daily | 245,572 | Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC |
| Boston Herald | Boston | Suffolk | Daily | 95,929 | Herald Media |
| Cape Cod Times[1] | Barnstable | Barnstable | Daily | 35,776 | USA Today Co. |
| The Daily Item | Lynn | Essex | Daily | 16,100 | Essex Media Group |
| Daily Hampshire Gazette[1] | Northampton | Hampshire | Daily | 15,572 | Newspapers of New England, Inc. |
| The Daily News of Newburyport | Newburyport | Essex | Daily | 9,649 | Community Newspaper Holdings |
| Daily Times Chronicle | Woburn | Middlesex | Daily | 11,195 | Woburn Daily Times Inc. |
| The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover | Essex | Daily | 35,397 | Community Newspaper Holdings |
| The Enterprise | Brockton | Plymouth | Daily | 22,454 | USA Today Co. |
| The Gardner News | Gardner | Worcester | Daily | 4,904 | USA Today Co. |
| Gloucester Daily Times | Gloucester | Essex | Daily | 7,463 | Community Newspaper Holdings |
| The Herald News | Fall River | Bristol | Daily | 14,979 | USA Today Co. |
| The MetroWest Daily News | Framingham | Middlesex | Daily | 17,830 | USA Today Co. |
| The Milford Daily News | Milford | Worcester | Daily | 6,099 | USA Today Co. |
| The Patriot Ledger | Quincy | Norfolk | Daily | 38,537 | USA Today Co. |
| The Recorder | Greenfield | Franklin | Daily | 11,253 | Newspapers of New England Inc. |
| The Republican | Springfield | Hampden | Daily | 76,353 | Newhouse Newspapers |
| The Salem News | Salem | Essex | Daily | 20,295 | Community Newspaper Holdings |
| Sentinel & Enterprise | Fitchburg | Worcester | Daily | 15,031 | Digital First Media |
| Standard-Times | New Bedford | Bristol | Daily | 21,582 | USA Today Co. |
| The Sun | Lowell | Middlesex | Daily | 42,899 | Digital First Media |
| The Sun Chronicle | Attleboro | Bristol | Daily | 14,216 | TriboroMassachusetts News Media Inc. |
| Taunton Daily Gazette | Taunton | Bristol | Daily | 6,703 | USA Today Co. |
| Telegram & Gazette | Worcester | Worcester | Daily | 74,563 | USA Today Co. |
| The Wakefield Daily Item | Wakefield | Middlesex | Daily | 4,800 | The Wakefield Item Co. |
| The Westfield News | Westfield | Hampden | Daily | 4,500 | Westfield News Group |
Non-daily newspapers
| Newspaper | Area | County | Frequency | Ownership | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Advocate | Fairhaven | Bristol | Weekly | News Corporation | Also covers Acushnet |
| Agawam Advertiser News[1] | Agawam | Hampden | Weekly | Turley Publications | |
| Amherst Bulletin | Amherst | Hampshire | Weekly | Newspapers of New England | Also covers Deerfield, Hadley, Leverett, Pelham, Shutesbury and Sunderland |
| Andover Townsman | Andover | Essex | Weekly | Community Newspaper Holdings | |
| Ashland Local Town Pages | Ashland | Middlesex | Monthly | Local Town Pages | |
| Auburn News | Auburn | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | |
| The Barnstable Patriot[1] | Barnstable | Barnstable | Weekly | News Corporation | |
| Barre Gazette[1] | Barre | Worcester | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Hubbardston, Oakham, Petersham, Rutland |
| Bay State Banner | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Banner Publications Inc. | |
| Bay Windows | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Jeff Coakley, Sue O'Connell | Distributed throughout New England |
| Beacon Hill Times[1] | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | Covers Beacon Hill, Boston |
| Belmont Citizen-Herald | Belmont | Middlesex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Belmont Voice | Belmont | MIddlesex | Weekly | Belmont News Foundation | |
| Blackstone Valley Tribune | Northbridge | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | Also covers Douglas and Uxbridge |
| DigBoston | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Dig Media Group | |
| The Bourne Enterprise | Bourne | Barnstable | Weekly | Falmouth Publishing Inc. | |
| Brookline TAB | Brookline | Norfolk | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Cambridge Chronicle | Cambridge | Middlesex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Cape Cod Chronicle | Chatham | Barnstable | Weekly | Hyora Publications | Covers Chatham and Harwich |
| The Cape Codder | Orleans | Barnstable | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | Also covers Brewster, Chatham, and Eastham |
| Carlisle Mosquito | Carlisle | Middlesex | Weekly | Carlisle Communications Inc. | |
| Charlestown Patriot-Bridge | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | Covers Charlestown |
| Charlton Villager | Charlton | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | |
| Chelsea Record | Chelsea | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | |
| Chicopee Register | Chicopee | Hampden | Weekly | Turley Publications | |
| The Christian Science Monitor | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Christian Science Publishing Society | Daily website; formerly a printed daily |
| The Chronicle | Dartmouth | Bristol | Weekly | News Corporation | Also covers Westport |
| The Concord Bridge | Concord | Middlesex | Weekly | The Concord Independent Foundation | Began publishing in October 2022 |
| Country Journal | Huntington | Hampshire | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Becket, Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Middlefield, Montgomery, Otis, Plainfield, Russell, Sandisfield, Williamsburg, Westfield, Westhampton, and Worthington |
| The Dedham Times | Dedham | Norfolk | Weekly | Dedham Times, Inc. | |
| Dedham Transcript | Dedham | Norfolk | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | Former daily |
| Dorchester Reporter | Dorchester | Suffolk | Weekly | Boston Neighborhood News Inc. | |
| Duxbury Clipper | Duxbury | Plymouth | Weekly | Clipper Press | |
| East Boston Times-Free Press | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | Covers East Boston |
| Everett Independent | Everett | Middlesex | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | |
| The Falmouth Enterprise | Falmouth | Barnstable | Weekly | Falmouth Publishing Inc. | |
| Fall River Spirit | Fall River | Bristol | Weekly | News Corporation | |
| The Foxboro Reporter | Foxborough | Norfolk | Weekly | Foxboro Reporter | |
| H-W News | Hamilton, Wenham | Essex | Weekly | H-W News, Inc. | |
| The Harvard Press | Harvard | Worcester | Weekly | ||
| The Haverhill Gazette | Haverhill | Essex | Weekly | Community Newspaper Holdings | |
| The Herald | Chicopee | Hampden | Weekly | Reminder Publications | Also covers Granby, Holyoke, and South Hadley |
| Holyoke Sun | Holyoke | Hampden | Weekly | Turley Publications | |
| Hopkinton Independent | Hopkinton | Middlesex | BiWeekly | Hopkinton Independent, LLC | Full saturation paper |
| Hudson Sun | Hudson | Middlesex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Hyde Park Bulletin | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. | Covers Hyde Park and Boston |
| The Inquirer and Mirror[2] | Nantucket | Nantucket | Weekly | News Corporation | |
| Ipswich Local News | Ipswich, Rowley, Topsfield, Boxford | Essex | Weekly | Independent non-profit | |
| The Item | Clinton | Worcester | Weekly | The New York Times Company | Former daily; also covers Berlin, Bolton, Lancaster, and Sterling |
| Jamaica Plain Gazette | Boston | Suffolk | Biweekly | Independent Newspaper Group | |
| Journal Register | Palmer | Hampden | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Monson |
| The Landmark | Holden | Worcester | Weekly | Holden Landmark Corp. | Also covers Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling |
| Leominster Champion | Leominster | Worcester | Weekly | Holden Landmark Corp. | |
| Longmeadow News | Longmeadow | Hampden | Weekly | Westfield News Group | |
| Ludlow Register | Ludlow | Hampden | Weekly | Turley Publications | |
| The Lunenburg Ledger | Lunenburg | Worcester | Weekly | DG Ink | |
| Lynn Journal | Lynn | Essex | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | |
| Main Street Journal | Marlborough | Middlesex | Weekly | Main Street Journal Inc. | |
| The Manchester Cricket | Manchester-by-the-Sea | Essex | |||
| Marlborough Enterprise | Marlborough | Middlesex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| The Martha's Vineyard Times | Tisbury | Dukes | Weekly | Martha's Vineyard Times Corp. | Covers all of Martha's Vineyard |
| The Mashpee Enterprise | Mashpee | Barnstable | Weekly | Falmouth Publishing Inc. | |
| The Medfield Press | Medfield | Norfolk | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Melrose Weekly News | Melrose | Middlesex | Weekly | The Wakefield Item Co. | |
| Middleboro Gazette | Middleborough | Plymouth | Weekly | News Corporation | Also covers Lakeville |
| The Millbury-Sutton Chronicle | Millbury | Worcester | Weekly | Holden Landmark Corp. | Also covers Sutton |
| Milton Times | Milton | Norfolk | Weekly | Pat Desmond | |
| Mission Hill Gazette | Boston | Suffolk | Monthly | Independent Newspaper Group | Covers Mission Hill, Boston |
| Montague Reporter | Montague | Franklin | Weekly | Also covers Wendell, Gill and Erving | |
| North End Regional Review | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | Covers North End and Boston |
| Norwood Record | Norwood | Norfolk | Weekly | Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. | |
| The Peabody and Lynnfield Weekly News | Peabody | Essex | Weekly | Also covers Lynnfield | |
| Provincetown Independent | Provincetown | Barnstable | Weekly | Family and community owned | Covers Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham |
| Quaboag Current | Brookfield | Worcester | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers East Brookfield, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Warren, and West Brookfield |
| Quincy Sun | Quincy | Norfolk | Weekly | ||
| Revere Journal | Revere | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | |
| Richmond Record | Richmond | Berkshire | Monthly | The Richmond Record Inc | |
| Rumbo (newspaper) | Lawrence | Essex | Weekly | SUDA Inc. | Also covers Methuen; biweekly regional edition covers more of the Merrimack Valley |
| Salem Gazette | Salem | Essex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| The Sandwich Enterprise | Sandwich | Barnstable | Weekly | Falmouth Publishing Inc. | |
| Saugus Advertiser | Saugus | Essex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Seekonk Star | Seekonk | Bristol | Weekly | East Bay Newspapers | |
| Sentinel | Belchertown | Hampshire | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Amherst and Granby |
| Shrewsbury Chronicle | Shrewsbury | Worcester | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| The Somerville Times | Somerville | Middlesex | Weekly | Prospect Hill Publishing Corp. | |
| South End News | Boston | Suffolk | Weekly | South End News Inc. | Covers South End and Boston |
| Southbridge News | Southbridge | Worcester | Daily | Stonebridge Press | |
| The Spectator | Somerset | Bristol | Weekly | News Corporation | Also covers Dighton, Rehoboth, and Swansea |
| Spencer New Leader | Spencer | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | Also covers Brookfield, East Brookfield, Leicester, North Brookfield, and West Brookfield |
| The Stoneham Independent | Stoneham | Middlesex | Weekly | Woburn Daily Times Inc. | |
| Sturbridge Villager | Sturbridge | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | Also covers Brimfield, Holland, and Wales |
| The Summit | Easthampton | Hampshire | Weekly | Newspapers of New England | Also covers Southampton and Westhampton |
| Tantasqua Town Common | Sturbridge | Worcester | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Brimfield, Holland, nd Wales |
| Town Reminder | South Hadley | Hampshire | Weekly | Turley Publications | |
| The Transcript & Journal | Medford | Middlesex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | Also covers Somerville |
| Vineyard Gazette | Edgartown | Dukes | Weekly | The Martha's Vineyard Gazette LLC | Covers all of Martha's Vineyard |
| The Wanderer (Massachusetts_newspaper) | Mattapoisett | Plymouth | Weekly | Also covers Marion and Rochester | |
| Ware River News | Ware | Hampshire | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Hardwick |
| Wayland Town Crier | Wayland | Middlesex | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| The Webster Times | Webster | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | Also covers Dudley and Oxford |
| The Wellesley Townsman | Wellesley | Norfolk | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Westport Shorelines | Westport | Bristol | Weekly | East Bay Newspapers | |
| West Roxbury-Roslindale Bulletin | Boston | Suffolk | Non-daily | Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. | Covers Roslindale and West Roxbury |
| The Westwood Press | Westwood | Norfolk | Weekly | New Media Investment Group | |
| Wilbraham-Hampden Times | Wilbraham | Hampden | Weekly | Turley Publications | Also covers Hampden |
| Winchendon Courier | Winchendon | Worcester | Weekly | Stonebridge Press | |
| Winthrop Sun Transcript | Winthrop | Suffolk | Weekly | Independent Newspaper Group | |
| Whitman-Hanson Express | Hanson | Plymouth | Weekly | Clipper Press | Also covers Whitman |
| Worcester Magazine | Worcester | Worcester | Weekly | Holden Landmark Corp. | Alternative weekly |
College newspapers
- The Amherst Student – Amherst College
- The Beacon – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- The Beacon – Merrimack College
- The Berkeley Beacon – Emerson College
- The Comment – Bridgewater State University
- The Connector – UMass Lowell
- The Daily Collegian – UMass Amherst
- The Daily Free Press – Boston University
- The Harvard Crimson – Harvard University
- The Heights – Boston College
- The Hub – Emmanuel College
- The Independent – Harvard University
- The Justice – Brandeis University
- The Massachusetts Daily Collegian – University of Massachusetts Amherst
- The Mass Media – University of Massachusetts Boston
- The Mount Holyoke News – Mount Holyoke College
- The Huntington News – Northeastern University
- The Observer – Bristol Community College
- The Pennon – North Shore Community College
- The Sophian – Smith College
- The Suffolk Journal – Suffolk University
- The Tech – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- The Torch – UMass Dartmouth
- The Towers – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- The Tufts Daily – Tufts University
- The Vanguard – Bentley College
- The Wheaton Wire – Wheaton College
- The Williams Record – Williams College
- Le Provocateur – Assumption College
Special-interest newspapers
- The Anchor – Fall River
- Banker & Tradesman – Boston
- Bay Windows – Boston
- Boston Business Journal – Boston
- The Catholic Free Press – Worcester
- Fifty Plus Advocate – Worcester
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly – Boston
- The Pilot – Braintree
- Sampan – Boston
- The Rainbow Times – Boston
Monthly Newspapers
Foreign-language newspapers
| Newspaper | Language | Place of publication | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian Mirror-Spectator | English | Watertown | |
| Baikar | Armenian | Watertown | |
| Dielli | Albanian, English | Boston | |
| Hairenik | Armenian | Watertown | |
| Hellenic Chronicle | English | Boston | |
| El Heraldo | Spanish | Boston | Ceased in 2000?[5] |
| El Mundo | Spanish | Boston | |
| El Planeta | Spanish | Boston | |
| Portuguese Times | Portuguese | New Bedford | |
| Predvestnik | Russian | Westfield | Ceased in 2008? |
| Raivaaja | Finnish, English | Fitchburg | Finnish American newspaper established in 1905.[6] Ceased in 2009.[7] |
| Sampan | Chinese, English | Boston | |
| World Journal (Boston edition) | Chinese, English | Boston? | Ceased publication |
Defunct newspapers
See also
- Media in Boston, Massachusetts
- List of radio stations in Massachusetts
- List of television stations in Massachusetts
- List of assets owned by Gannett Co., Inc.: Massachusetts
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Newspapers @ the BPL: Massachusetts Newspapers Online", Research Guides, Boston Public Library, archived from the original on August 12, 2020
- ^ On This Day in Nantucket History - Page 19 1625851596 Amy Jenness - 2014 On this day in 1840, Nantucket's fifth newspaper, the Islander, began publishing. Island Democrats backed the Islander (the Inquirer took a conservative position and staunchly supported the Whig Party) and hired Charles C. Hazewell, a young
- ^ "About the Boston Broadside". bostonbroadside.com. Lonnie Brennan. 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ "About the Boston Irish Reporter". bostonirish.com. Boston Neighborhood News. 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ "Hellenic Chronicle". BiblioCommons. Boston Public Library. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Raivaaja". Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Minch, Jack (June 12, 2013). "Bruins' Rask has Fitchburg-area Finns flying high". Sentinel & Enterprise. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Massachusetts.
- Boston Public Library. "Newspapers".
- "Massachusetts, United States - State & Local", Mediacloud.org. (Dynamic collection of online news sources about Massachusetts, circa 2008–present)
- Joseph P. Healey Library. "Massachusetts Newspapers". Library Research Guides. University of Massachusetts Boston.
- "Massachusetts newspapers". NewsLink.org. Location?: (Publisher?).
- Penny Abernathy, "The Expanding News Desert: Massachusetts", Usnewsdeserts.com, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
