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==Defunct newspapers==
==Defunct newspapers==
{{main|List of defunct Massachusetts newspapers}}
*''The [[Boston Daily Advertiser]]''
*''[[The Boston Journal]]''
*''[[The Boston Phoenix]]''
*''[[The Boston Post]]''
*''[[Boston Evening Transcript|The Boston Transcript]]''
* ''[[The Nantucket Beacon]]'' (weekly)
*''The Worcester Transcript''

===Boston===
Newspapers published in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]:
* ''[[American Apollo]]''. w., Jan. 6, 1792 – Dec. 25, 1794.<ref name="LC">{{cite web|accessdate=2010-10-20 |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/massachusetts.html |title=Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref>
* The ''[[American Herald]]''. w., s.w., Apr. 5, 1784 – June 30, 1788; w. Jan. 19 – Mar. 29, 1784; w., August 1790 – Dec. 13, 1790.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''American Journal, and Suffolk Intelligencer''. w., Feb. 22 – July 12, 1785.<ref name="LC" />
[[File:1791 TheArgus Boston Sept9.png|thumb|right|The ''Argus'' (Boston), 1791]]
* The ''Argus''. s.w., w., July 22, 1791 – June 28, 1793.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Boston Chronicle]]''. w., s.w., Dec. 21, 1767-June 25, 1770.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Boston Evening-Post]]''. w., Aug. 18, 1735 – Apr. 24, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Boston Evening-post: and the General Advertiser''. w., Oct. 20, 1781 – Jan. 10, 1784.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Boston Gazette]]''. w., Dec. 21, 1719 – Oct. 19, 1741; Oct. 20, 1741; Oct. 27, 1741 – Dec. 26, 1752; Jan. 3, 1753 – Apr. 1, 1755; Apr. 7, 1755 – Apr. 5, 1756; Apr. 12, 1756 – Dec. 30, 1793; Jan. 6, 1794 – Sept. 17, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Boston Gazette, Commercial and Political''. s.w., Oct. 9 – Dec. 29, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Boston News-Letter]]''. w., s.w., Apr. 24, 1704 – Dec. 29, 1726; Sept. 1, 1757 – Mar. 18, 1762; Mar. 25, 1762 – Mar. 31, 1763.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Boston Post-Boy]]''. w., June 11, 1750 – Dec. 23, 1754.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Boston Post-boy & Advertiser''. w., May 30, 1763 – Sept. 25, 1769.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Boston Price Current and Marine Intelligencer''. w., s.w., Sept. 7, 1795 – June 4, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Boston Weekly Advertiser''. w., Aug. 22, 1757 – Dec. 25, 1758.<ref name="LC" />
* [[The Boston News-Letter|The ''Boston Weekly News-letter'']]. w., Nov. 5, 1730 – Aug. 25, 1757.<ref name="LC" />
* [[The Boston News-Letter|''Boston Weekly News-letter'']]. w., May 26, 1768 – Sept. 21, 1769.<ref name="LC" />
* ''The Boston Weekly Post-boy''. w., Oct. (?), 1734 – June 4, 1750.<ref name="LC" />
[[File:1772 The Censor Boston Massachusetts Jan4.png|thumb|right|The ''Censor'' (Boston), 1772]]
* The ''Censor''. w., Nov. 23, 1771 – May 2, 1772.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Columbian Centinel]]''. s.w., June 16, 1790 – Oct. 2, 1799; Oct. 5, 1799 – July 2, 1800; July 5 – Dec. 31, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Commercial Bulletin'', 1859-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn78000218/ |title=About The commercial bulletin. (Boston, Mass.) 1859-1990 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress |publisher=Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov |date=1990-03-23 |accessdate=2018-07-10}}</ref>
* The ''[[Constitutional Telegraph]]''. s.w., Oct. 2, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* ''Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser''. w., May 30, 1776 – June 21, 1787.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Courier''. s.w., July 1 – Oct. 17, 1795.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Courier. Boston Evening Gazette and Universal Advertiser''. s.w., Oct. 21 – Dec. 16, 1795.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Courier. Boston Evening Gazette, and General Advertiser''. s.w., Dec. 19, 1795 – Mar. 5, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Courier and General Advertiser''. s.w., Nov. 3 – Dec. 8, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* Courier de Boston: affiches, announces, et avis. w., Apr. 23 – Oct. 15, 1789.<ref name="LC" /><ref name="Thomas1874">{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Isaiah |year=1874 |title=History of printing in America, 2nd ed. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j02qD7Yfx5YC |accessdate=2010-10-21 }}</ref><ref name="BrighamMA">{{cite journal |last=Brigham |first=Clarence S. |date=April 1915 |title=Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690–1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston) |journal=Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=128–293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVxIAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=2010-10-21}}</ref>
* The ''Evening Post; and the General Advertiser''. w., Oct. 17, 1778 – Feb. 26, 1780.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Exchange Advertiser''. w., Dec. 30, 1784 – Jan. 4, 1787.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser''. d., Jan. 1 – Mar. 5, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Federal Gazette and General Advertiser''. s.w., Mar. 8–26, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
[[File:1794 Federal Orrery Boston Oct23.png|thumb|right|''Federal Orrery'' (Boston), 1794]]
* ''Federal Orrery''. s.w., Oct. 20, 1794 – Oct. 31, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Green & Russells Boston Post-boy & Advertiser''. w., Jan. 1, 1759 – May 23, 1763.<ref name="LC" />
* The [[Herald of Freedom (Boston newspaper)|''Herald of Freedom'']]. s.w., Sept. 15, 1788 – Mar. 12, 1790; Mar. 16, 1790 – July 19, 1791.<ref name="LC" />
* ''[[The Independent Advertiser]]''. w., Jan. 4, 1748 – Dec. 5, 1749.<ref name="LC" />
* ''[[Independent Chronicle]]''. w., Sept. 19 – Oct. 31, 1776; Nov. 7, 1776 – Dec. 29, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser]]''. w., June 15, 1778 – Oct. 16, 1786.<ref name="LC" />
* ''J. Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political''. s.w., Dec. 17, 1798 – Oct. 6, 1800.<ref name="LC" />
* ''[[The Liberator (newspaper)|The Liberator]]''. w., Jan. 1, 1831 {{endash}} Dec. 29, 1865.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Centinel''. s.w., Oct. 16, 1784 – June 12, 1790.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal''. s.w., Mar. 24 – Oct. 13, 1784.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Gazette''. s.w., May 23, 1768 – Sept. 25, 1769.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Gazette''. w., s.w., Nov. 28, 1785 – Nov. 11, 1788.<ref name="LC" />
* [[The Boston News-Letter|''The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-letter'']]. w., Apr. 7, 1763 – May 19, 1768.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-boy and Advertiser. w., Oct. 2, 1769 – Apr. 17, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* [[The Boston News-Letter|''The Massachusetts Gazette; and the Boston Weekly News-letter'']]. w., Sept. 28, 1769 – Feb. 29, 1776.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Massachusetts Mercury''. t.w., Jan. 1 – June 28, 1793.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Massachusetts Mercury''. s.w., Jan. 3, 1797 – Dec. 30, 1800.<ref name="LC" />
* ''[[Massachusetts Spy]]''. t.w., s.w., w., July 17, 1770 – Oct. 1, 1772; The ''Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston Journal''. w., Oct. 8, 1772 – Apr. 6, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Mercury''. s.w., July 2, 1793 – Dec. 30, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Morning Chronicle; and the General Advertiser''. w., Mar. 9, 1780 – May 11, 1780.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''New-England Chronicle''. w., Apr. 25 – Sept. 12, 1776.<ref name="LC" />
* ''[[The New-England Courant]]''. w., Aug. 7, 1721 – June 25, 1726.<ref name="LC" />
[[File:NewEnglandCourant 00001.jpg|thumb|right|''New England Courant'' (Boston), 1721]]
[[File:1727 New England Weekly Journal Boston March20.png|thumb|right|''New England Weekly Journal'' (Boston), 1727]]
* The ''New England Weekly Journal''. w., Mar. 20, 1727 – Oct. 13, 1741.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Nocturnal Mail''.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser''. d., Nov. 14, 1796 – Feb. 2, 1797.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Polar-Star: Boston Daily Advertiser''. d., Oct. 6 – Nov. 12, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political''. s.w., June 7 – Dec. 13, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Saturday Evening Herald, and the Washington Gazette''. w., July 17, 1790 – August (?), 1790.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Times, or, The Evening Entertainer''. t.w. Oct. 4 – Nov. 8, 1794.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Weekly News-letter''. w., Jan. 5, 1727 – Oct. 29, 1730.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Weekly Rehearsal]]''. w., Sept. 27, 1731 – Aug. 11, 1735.<ref name="LC" />

===Brookfield===
Newspapers published in [[Brookfield, Massachusetts]]:
* The ''Moral and Political Telegraphie, or, Brookfield Advertiser''. w., May 6, 1795 – Aug. 17, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Political Repository, or, Farmer's Journal''. w., Aug. 14, 1798 – Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Worcester County Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser''. w., Jan. 6 – Apr. 28, 1795.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Worcester Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser''. w., Oct. 7 – Dec. 30, 1794.<ref name="LC" />

===Cambridge===
Newspapers published in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]:
[[File:1776 New England Chronicle Cambridge Massachusetts Jan4.png|thumb|right|''New England Chronicle'' (Cambridge), January 4, 1776]]
* The ''New-England Chronicle'', or, The ''Essex Gazette''. w., May 12, 1775 – Apr. 4, 1776.<ref name="LC" />

===Charlestown===
Newspapers published in [[Charlestown, Massachusetts]]:
* The ''American Recorder, and the Charlestown Advertiser''. s.w., w., Dec. 9, 1785 – May 25, 1787.<ref name="LC" />

===Dedham===
Newspapers published in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]]:
[[File:1799 Columbian Minerva Dedham, Massachusetts Feb28.png|thumb|right|''Columbian Minerva'' (Dedham), 1799]]
* ''Columbian Minerva''. w., Jan. 3, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* ''Minerva''. w. Oct. 11, 1796 – Dec. 27, 1798.<ref name="LC" />

===Greenfield===
Newspapers published in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]]:
* ''Greenfield Gazette''. w., Aug. 2, 1792 – Feb. 26, 1795.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Greenfield Gazette. A Register of Genuine Federalism''. w., Aug. 28, 1798 – Dec. 26, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* ''Greenfield Gazette. An impartial Register of the Times''. w., Jan. 4 – Aug. 27, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Greenfield Gazette, or, Massachusetts and Vermont Telegraphe''. w., Mar. 5, 1795 – Dec. 28, 1797.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Impartial Intelligencer''. w., Feb. 1, 1792 – July 26, 1792.<ref name="LC" />

===Haverhill===
Newspapers published in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]]:
* ''Guardian of Freedom''. w., Sept. 16, 1793 – Nov. 5, 1795.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Haverhill Federal Gazette''. w., Oct. 26, 1798 – Nov. 27, 1799.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Impartial Herald''. w., July 27 – Oct. 19, 1798.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Observer''. w., Dec. 5–6, 1800+<ref name="LC" />

===Leominster===
Newspapers published in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]]:
* ''Political Focus''. w., July 5, 1798 – Dec. 5, 1799.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Rural Repository''. w., Oct. 22, 1795 – Apr. 13, 1797.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Telescope, or American Herald''. w., Jan. 2 – Dec. 25, 1800+<ref name="LC" />

===New Bedford===
Newspapers published in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]:
* ''Columbian Courier''. w., Dec. 8, 1798 – Dec. 26, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Medley, or, Newbedford Marine Journal''. w., Nov. 27, 1792 – Oct. 18, 1799.<ref name="LC" />

===Newburyport===
Newspapers published in [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]]:
[[File:1773 EssexJournal Newburyport Massachusetts Dec4.png|thumb|right|''Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet'' (Newburyport), 1773]]
* The ''Essex Journal''. w., Dec. 11, 1776 – Feb. 13, 1777.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or, The Massachu-setts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser''. w., Dec. 4, 1773 – June 23, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet''. w., Nov. 10, 1775 – Oct. 25, 1776.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal & New Hampshire Packet''. w., Dec. 13, 1786 – Apr. 2, 1794.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser''. w., July 9, 1784 – Dec. 6, 1786.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal, or, New-Hampshire Packet''. w., Aug. 4 – Nov. 3, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal, or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser''. w., June 30 – July 28, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Journal, or, The New-Hampshire Packet and the weekly Advertiser''. w., Nov. 1 – Dec. 5, 1776.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Impartial Herald''. w., s.w., May 18, 1793 – Oct. 27, 1797.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Morning Star''. w., Apr. 8 – Dec. 3, 1794.<ref name="LC" />
* [[Newburyport Herald|The ''Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette'']]. s.w., Oct. 31, 1797 – Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* ''Political Gazette''. w., Apr. 30, 1795 – Oct. 27, 1797.<ref name="LC" />

===Northampton===
Newspapers published in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]:
* ''[[Hampshire Gazette]]''. w., Sept. 6, 1786 – Dec. 31, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* ''Patriotic Gazette''. w., Apr. 12, 1799 – June 23, 1800.<ref name="LC" />

===Pittsfield===
Newspapers published in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]:
[[File:1788 Berkshire Chronicle Pittsfield, Massachusetts July3.png|thumb|right|''Berkshire Chronicle'' (Pittsfield), 1788]]
* ''Berkshire Chronicle''. w., May 8 – Dec. 12, 1788.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Berkshire Chronicle, and the Massachusetts Intelligencer''. w., Dec. 19, 1788 – Sept. 30, 1790.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Sun''. w., Sept. 16 – Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />

===Plymouth===
Newspapers published in [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]]:
* The ''Plymouth Journal, and the Massachusetts Advertiser''. w., Mar, 19, 1785 – June 13, 1786.<ref name="LC" />

===Salem===
Newspapers published in [[Salem, Massachusetts]]:
* The ''American Gazette, or, The Constitutional Journal''. w., June 18 – July 30, 1776.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Essex Gazette''. w., Aug. 2, 1768 – May 2, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* [[Salem Register|The ''Impartial Register'']]. s.w., May 12 – July 28, 1800.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Salem Gazette''. w., Oct. 18, 1781 – Nov. 22, 1785.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Salem Gazette]]''. w., s.w., Jan. 5, 1790 – Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Salem Gazette, and General Advertiser''. w., Jan 2 – Sept. 4, 1781.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Salem Gazette, or, Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser''. w., Dec. 9, 1774 – Apr. 21, 1775.<ref name="LC" />
* [[Salem Register|The ''Salem Impartial Register'']]. s.w., July 31 – Dec. 29, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Salem Mercury]]''. w., Apr. 15, 1788 – Dec. 29, 1789.<ref name="LC" />
* The [[Salem Mercury|''Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral'']]. w., Oct. 14, 1786 – Apr. 8, 1788.<ref name="LC" />

===Springfield===
Newspapers published in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]:
[[File:1792 Federal Spy Springfield, Massachusetts Dec19.png|thumb|right|''Federal Spy'' (Springfield), 1792]]
* ''Federal Spy''. w., Dec. 2, 1794 – Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Federal Spy and Springfield Advertiser''. w., Jan. 29 – Dec. 17, 1793.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle''. w., Oct. 26, 1791 – Sept. 6, 1796.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Hampshire Chronicle''. w., Mar. 6, 1787 – Oct. 19, 1791.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Hampshire Herald''. w., Nov. 15, 1785 – Sept. 26, 1786.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Hampshire Herald, or, The Weekly Advertiser''. w., July 27, 1784 – Nov. 8, 1785.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Gazette, or, The General Advertiser''. w., Aug. 13, 1782 – July 20, 1784.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Massachusetts Gazette, or, The Springfield and North-ampton weekly Advertiser''. w., May 14 – Aug. 6, 1782.<ref name="LC" />

===Stockbridge===
Newspapers published in [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts]]:
[[File:1789 Western Star Stockbridge, Massachusetts Dec1.png|thumb|right|''Western Star'' (Stockbridge), 1789]]
* ''Andrews's Western Star''. w., June 17, 1794 – Feb. 20, 1797.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Western Star''. w., Dec. 1, 1789 – June 10, 1794.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Western Star''. w., Feb. 27, 1797 – Dec. 29, 1800+<ref name="LC" />

===Watertown===
Newspapers published in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]]:
* The ''Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal''. w., June 5, 1775 – Oct. 28, 1776.<ref name="LC" />

===Worcester===
Newspapers published in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]:
* ''American Herald, and the Worcerster Recorder''. w., Aug. 21, 1788 – Oct. 8, 1789.<ref name="LC" />
* ''Haswell's Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty''. w., Apr. 9, 16, 23; May 14 – June 18, 1778.<ref name="LC" />
* The ''Independent Gazetteer''. w., Jan. 7-Dec. 30, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* The ''[[Massachusetts Spy]], or, American Oracle of Liberty''. w., May 3, 1775 – Apr. 2, 30, May 7, 1778; June 25, 1778 – May 17, 1781.<ref name="LC" />
* [[Worcester Spy|''Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, the Worcester Gazette'']]. w., May 24, 1781 – Mar. 30, 1786; Apr. 3, 1788 – Dec. 31, 1800+<ref name="LC" />
* ''[[Telegram & Gazette#History|Worcester Evening Gazette]]'' 1866–1989<ref>{{cite web|title=Worcester Evening Gazette|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/sn83020968|institution=Library of Congress|type=Catalog Record|accessdate=3 May 2018|quote=Worcester, Mass. : S.B. Bartholomew & Co., 1866–1869}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Evening gazette; 100 years—a consistent story|type=Catalog Record|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/66030350|institution=Library of Congress|accessdate=3 May 2018|date=22 June 1966}}</ref>
* ''[[Telegram & Gazette#History|Worcester Telegram]]'' 1888–1989{{verify-inline|date=May 2018|reason=Was this published prior to 1888 by a different publisher?}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Worcester Telegram|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/sn83045596|type=Catalog Record|institution=Library of Congress|accessdate=3 May 2018|quote=Worcester, Mass. : Telegram Newspaper Co., 1888–1989}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 16:30, 12 August 2020

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 Athol Worcester Daily Newspapers of New England, Inc.
The Berkshire Eagle Pittsfield Berkshire Daily 23,835 Digital First Media
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 Barnstable Barnstable Daily 35,776 News Corporation
The Daily Item Lynn Essex Daily 16,100 Essex Media Group
Daily Hampshire Gazette 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 New Media Investment Group
The Gardner News Gardner Worcester Daily 4,904 Gardner News Inc.
Gloucester Daily Times Gloucester Essex Daily 7,463 Community Newspaper Holdings
The Herald News Fall River Bristol Daily 14,979 New Media Investment Group
Malden Evening News Malden Middlesex Daily Tribune Publications
Medford Daily Mercury Medford Middlesex Daily Tribune Publishing
Metro Boston Suffolk Daily Metro International
The MetroWest Daily News Framingham Middlesex Daily 17,830 New Media Investment Group
The Milford Daily News Milford Worcester Daily 6,099 New Media Investment Group
The Norfolk Times Norfolk Norfolk Daily Open Field Group LLC
North Adams Transcript North Adams Berkshire Daily 4,808 Digital First Media
The Patriot Ledger Quincy Norfolk Daily 38,537 New Media Investment Group
The Plainville Times Plainville Norfolk Daily Open Field Group LLC
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
Southbridge Evening News Southbridge Worcester Daily Stonebridge Press
Standard-Times New Bedford Bristol Daily 21,582 News Corporation
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 New Media Investment Group
Telegram & Gazette Worcester Worcester Daily 74,563 New Media Investment Group
The Wakefield Daily Item Wakefield Middlesex Daily 4,800 The Wakefield Item Co.
The Westfield News Westfield Hampden Daily 4,500 Westfield News Group
World Journal (Boston edition) Boston Suffolk Daily UDN Group
The Wrentham Times Wrentham Norfolk Daily Open Field Group LLC


Non-daily newspapers

Newspaper   Area   County   Frequency   Ownership   Notes  
Abington Mariner Abington Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Advocate Fairhaven Bristol Weekly News Corporation Also covers Acushnet
Agawam Advertiser News Agawam Hampden Weekly Turley Publications
Allston/Brighton TAB Boston Suffolk Weekly New Media Investment Group Allston and Brighton neighborhoods
Amesbury News Amesbury Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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
Arlington Advocate Arlington Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Ashland Local Town Pages Ashland Middlesex Monthly Local Town Pages
Auburn News Auburn Worcester Weekly Stonebridge Press
Ayer Public Spirit Ayer Middlesex Weekly MediaNews Group
Back Bay Sun Boston Suffolk Weekly Independent Newspaper Group Covers Back Bay, Boston
The Banner West Boylston Worcester Weekly The New York Times Company Also covers Boylston
The Barnstable Patriot Barnstable Barnstable Weekly News Corporation
Barre Gazette 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
The Beacon Acton Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Boxborough
Beacon Hill Times Boston Suffolk Weekly Independent Newspaper Group Covers Beacon Hill, Boston
Beacon-Villager Maynard Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Stow
Bedford Minuteman Bedford Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Belmont Citizen-Herald Belmont Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Berkshire Advocate North Adams Berkshire Weekly MediaNews Group Covers Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Bennington County, Vermont
Beverly Citizen Beverly Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Billerica Minuteman Billerica Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Blackstone Valley Tribune Northbridge Worcester Weekly Stonebridge Press Also covers Douglas and Uxbridge
The Bolton Common Bolton Worcester Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Boston Broadside North Shore, SouthCoast, Cape, Worcester Essex Monthly Broadside Communications, Inc. From CT. border to Southern New Hampshire. Limited free distribution on North Shore, Cape, Fall River, and other areas also.
The Bolton Independent Bolton Worcester Weekly
Boston Bulletin Boston Suffolk Weekly Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. Covers Allston, Brighton, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, South Boston
DigBoston Boston Suffolk Weekly Dig Media Group
Bourne Courier Bourne Barnstable County Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Mashpee
Braintree Forum Braintree Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Bridgewater Independent Bridgewater Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Brookline TAB Brookline Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Bulletin Falmouth Barnstable Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Mashpee
Burlington Union Burlington Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Cambridge Tab Cambridge Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Cape Cod Chronicle Chatham Barnstable Weekly Hyora Publications Covers Chatham and Harwich
Canton Journal Canton Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Cape Ann Beacon Gloucester Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport
The Cape Codder Orleans Barnstable Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Brewster, Chatham, and Eastham
Carlisle Mosquito Carlisle Middlesex Weekly Carlisle Communications Inc.
Carver Reporter Carver Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Charlestown Patriot-Bridge Boston Suffolk Weekly Independent Newspaper Group Covers Charlestown
Charlton Villager Charlton Worcester Weekly Stonebridge Press
Chelmsford Independent Chelmsford Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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
Cohasset Mariner Cohasset Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Community Advocate Westborough Worcester Weekly Also Hudson, Marlborough, Northborough, Shrewsbury, and Southborough
Concord Journal Concord Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Country Gazette Franklin Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Bellingham, Foxborough, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, Plainville, and Wrentham
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
Discover Central Massachusetts Worcestor Online Independent News Group Entertainment, travel and tourism
Danvers Herald Danvers Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Dorchester Reporter Dorchester Suffolk Weekly Boston Neighborhood News Inc.
Dover-Sherborn Press Dover Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Sherborn
Duxbury Clipper Duxbury Plymouth Weekly Clipper Press
Duxbury Reporter Duxbury Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
East Boston Times-Free Press Boston Suffolk Weekly Independent Newspaper Group Covers East Boston
Easton Journal Easton Bristol Weekly New Media Investment Group
Everett Independent Everett Middlesex Weekly Independent Newspaper Group
Fall River Spirit Fall River Bristol Weekly News Corporation
The Foxboro Reporter Foxborough Norfolk Weekly Foxboro Reporter
Framingham Tab Framingham Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Georgetown Record Georgetown Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Groton Landmark Groton Middlesex Weekly MediaNews Group
Halifax-Plympton Reporter Halifax Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Plympton
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle Hamilton Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Wenham
Hanover Mariner Hanover Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Harvard Hillside Harvard Worcester Weekly MediaNews Group
The Harvard Post Harvard Worcester Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Harvard Press Harvard Worcester Weekly
Harwich Oracle Harwich Barnstable Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Haverhill Gazette Haverhill Essex Weekly Community Newspaper Holdings
The Herald Chicopee Hampden Weekly Reminder Publications Also covers Granby, Holyoke, and South Hadley
The Hingham Journal Hingham Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Holbrook Sun Holbrook Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Holliston TAB Holliston Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Holyoke Sun Holyoke Hampden Weekly Turley Publications
Hopkinton Crier Hopkinton Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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[1] Nantucket Nantucket Weekly News Corporation
Ipswich Chronicle Ipswich Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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
Kingston Reporter Kingston Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Lakeville Call Lakeville Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Landmark Holden Worcester Weekly Holden Landmark Corp. Also covers Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling
Leominster Champion Leominster Worcester Weekly Holden Landmark Corp.
Lexington Minuteman Lexington Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Lincoln Journal Lincoln Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Littleton Independent Littleton Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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.
Malden Observer Malden Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Manchester Cricket Manchester-by-the-Sea Essex
Mansfield News Mansfield Bristol Weekly New Media Investment Group
Marblehead Reporter Marblehead Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Marlborough Enterprise Marlborough Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Marshfield Mariner Marshfield Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Martha's Vineyard Times Tisbury Dukes Weekly Martha's Vineyard Times Corp. Covers all of Martha's Vineyard
Medfield Press Medfield Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Medford Transcript Medford Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Melrose Free Press Melrose Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
the free Messenger NashobaValley Middlesex Monthly Parker Pond Publishing
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
Natick Bulletin & Tab Natick Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Needham Times Needham Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Newburyport Current Newburyport Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
New England Metropolitan Business Tribune Springfield, Hampden, Worcester, Middlesex, Boston, Suffolk Weekly Independent African American & African Business Newspaper Group also covers Pittsfield, Lowell, Framingham, Cambridge and Cape Cod
Newton TAB Newton Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
North Andover Citizen North Andover Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The North Attleborough Free Press North Attleborough Bristol Weekly New Media Investment Group
North End Regional Review Boston Suffolk Weekly Independent Newspaper Group Covers North End and Boston
Norton Mirror Norton Bristol Weekly New Media Investment Group
Norwell Mariner Norwell Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Norwood Bulletin Norwood Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Norwood Record Norwood Norfolk Weekly Bulletin Newspapers, Inc.
Old Colony Memorial Plymouth Plymouth Semiweekly New Media Investment Group
The Peabody and Lynnfield Weekly News Peabody Essex Weekly Also covers Lynnfield
Pembroke Mariner-Reporter Pembroke Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Pepperell Free Press Pepperell Middlesex Weekly MediaNews Group
Provincetown Independent Provincetown Barnstable Weekly Family and community owned Covers Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham
Provincetown Banner Provincetown Barnstable Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Truro and Wellfleet
Quaboag Current Brookfield Worcester Weekly Turley Publications Also covers East Brookfield, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Warren, and West Brookfield
Quincy Sun Quincy Norfolk Weekly
Randolph Herald Randolph Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Raynham Call Raynham Bristol Weekly New Media Investment Group
Reading Advocate Reading Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Register Yarmouth Barnstable Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Barnstable and Dennis
The Reminder East Longmeadow Hampden Weekly Reminder Publications Also covers East Forest Park, Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Sixteen Acres, and Wilbraham
The Reminder Springfield Hampden Weekly Reminder Publications
The Reminder West Springfield Hampden Weekly Reminder Publications Also covers Agawam, Southwick, and Westfield
Revere Journal Revere Suffolk Weekly Independent Newspaper Group
Rockland Standard Rockland Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Roslindale Transcript Boston Suffolk Weekly New Media Investment Group Covers Roslindale
Rumbo 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 Broadsider Sandwich Barnstable Weekly New Media Investment Group
Saugus Advertiser Saugus Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Scituate Mariner Scituate Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Seekonk Star Seekonk Bristol Weekly East Bay Newspapers
Sentinel Belchertown Hampshire Weekly Turley Publications Also covers Amherst and Granby
The Sentinel Rochester Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Marion and Mattapoisett
Sharon Advocate Sharon Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Shirley Oracle Shirley Middlesex Weekly MediaNews Group
Shrewsbury Chronicle Shrewsbury Worcester Weekly New Media Investment Group
Somerville Journal Somerville Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
"South Boston Online" Boston Suffolk Weekly South Boston Inc. Covers South Boston and Seaport District
South End News Boston Suffolk Weekly South End News Inc. Covers South End and Boston
Southwick-Suffield News Southwick Hampden Non-daily Also covers Suffield, Connecticut
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.
Stoneham Sun Stoneham Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Stoughton Journal Stoughton Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Stow Independent Stow Middlesex Weekly
Sturbridge Villager Sturbridge Worcester Weekly Stonebridge Press Also covers Brimfield, Holland, and Wales
Sudbury Town Crier Sudbury Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Summit Easthampton Hampshire Weekly Newspapers of New England Also covers Southampton and Westhampton
Swampscott Reporter Swampscott Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Tantasqua Town Common Sturbridge Worcester Weekly Turley Publications Also covers Brimfield, Holland, nd Wales
Tewksbury Advocate Tewksbury Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Town Common Rowley Essex Weekly The Town Common, Inc. Covers North Shore of MA, Lower Merrimack Valley, and Coastal NH including Amesbury, Boxford, Byfield, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Hampton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newburyport, Newbury, Plum Island, Portsmouth, Rowley, Rye, Salisbury, Seabrook, Topsfield, and West Newbury
Times & Courier Clinton Worcester Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Lancaster
Town Crier Tewksbury Middlesex Weekly Woburn Daily Times Inc.
Town Crier Wilmington Middlesex Weekly Woburn Daily Times Inc.
Town Reminder South Hadley Hampshire Weekly Turley Publications
Townsend Times Townsend Middlesex Weekly MediaNews Group
Tri-Town Transcript Middleton Essex Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Boxford and Topsfield
Valley Advocate Hatfield Hampshire Weekly Newspapers of New England Alternative weekly covering the Pioneer Valley
Valley Dispatch Dracut Middlesex Weekly MediaNews Group
The Villager Northborough Worcester Weekly New Media Investment Group Also covers Southborough
Vineyard Gazette Edgartown Dukes Weekly The Martha's Vineyard Gazette LLC Covers all of Martha's Vineyard
Wakefield Observer Wakefield Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Walpole Times Walpole Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Waltham News Tribune Waltham Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group Former daily
The Wanderer Mattapoisett Plymouth Weekly Also covers Marion and Rochester
Ware River News Ware Hampshire Weekly Turley Publications Also covers Hardwick
Wareham Courier Wareham Plymouth Weekly New Media Investment Group
Watertown Tab & Press Watertown Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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
West Roxbury Transcript Boston Suffolk Weekly New Media Investment Group Covers West Roxbury
The Westborough News Westborough Worcester Weekly New Media Investment Group
Westford Eagle Westford Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
The Weston Town Crier Weston Middlesex 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
Westwood Press Westwood Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Weymouth News Weymouth Norfolk Weekly New Media Investment Group
Wilbraham-Hampden Times Wilbraham Hampden Weekly Turley Publications Also covers Hampden
Wilmington Advocate Wilmington Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
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
Woburn Advocate Woburn Middlesex Weekly New Media Investment Group
Worcester Magazine Worcester Worcester Weekly Holden Landmark Corp. Alternative weekly

College newspapers

Special-interest newspapers

Monthly Newspapers

  • The Boston Broadside.[2]
  • The Boston Irish Reporter.[3]

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?[4]
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[5]
Sampan Chinese Boston
World Journal (Boston edition) Chinese, English Boston? Published by the UDN Group of NY

Defunct newspapers

Main article: List of defunct Massachusetts newspapers

See also

Adjoining states

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "About the Boston Broadside". bostonbroadside.com. Lonnie Brennan. 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "About the Boston Irish Reporter". bostonirish.com. Boston Neighborhood News. 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hellenic Chronicle". BiblioCommons. Boston Public Library. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "Raivaaja". Retrieved July 17, 2013.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Massachusetts.
  • Mary F. Ayer, Albert Matthews. Check-list of Boston newspapers, 1704-1780. Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1907
  • The Official Website of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance. Historical Newspapers. The State of Massachusetts Government. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  • Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  • O. M. Dickerson. British Control of American Newspapers on the Eve of the Revolution. The New England Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1951), pp. 453–468.
  • Charles E. Clark. Boston and the Nurturing of Newspapers: Dimensions of the Cradle, 1690-1741. The New England Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Jun., 1991), pp. 243–271



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