Not surprisingly, Nebraska’s largest two daily newspapers belong to its two largest cities – Omaha and Lincoln. Daily newspapers began appearing in Nebraska ever since it had become the 37th state in the Union, when the Nebraska Commonwealth (now the Lincoln Journal Star) was founded in 1867. Updated November 2019 1. Omaha World-Herald Serves the […]
Massachusetts is home to the very first printing press ever set up in North America, and the state (then a colony) published its very first newspaper in 1690, entitled “Public Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick”. It was one of three newspapers in Boston to be the first three newspapers ever published in the United States. […]
The first newspaper ever published in Utah, the Deseret News, appeared in June 1850. According to local historians it only operated for a year before suspending operations due to lack of paper – but it was back in business several months later, and is still published in Salt Lake City as a daily to this […]
Just a few years ago, this list of top Washington state daily newspapers would have had another noteworthy name on it – the Seattle Post Intelligencer, which was founded in 1863 and was the state’s second-largest daily by circulation. The newspaper ceased its print operations and became an online-only publication in 2009. Updated November 2019 […]
The cream of Wisconsin’s daily newspaper crop is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a nationally regarded publication that has earned several prizes for top reporting over the years. Both the Journal Sentinel and the Wisconsin State Journal, the state’s two largest daily newspapers, were founded immediately after the Wisconsin Territory was created by U.S. Congress in […]
Television is, by far, the most dominant medium in which Americans consume news. And although local TV news is the most popular type of television news across the country, cable news is a close second – outpacing national network news shows in terms of the percentage of Americans who get their news there often. Updated […]
Maryland plays host to some of the oldest and most well-established newspapers in the country: The Baltimore Sun and Cecil Whig, for example, were both founded during the U.S. Abolitionist Movement (in 1837 and 1841, respectively), making both outlets nearly as old as the city of Jacksonville, Fla. Updated November 2019 1. Baltimore Sun The […]
Like most eastern U.S. states, Virginia’s history with newspapers goes back literally centuries: its oldest daily newspaper, the News-Gazette (Lexington), a weekly, was founded in 1801. Updated November 2019 1. Richmond Times-Dispatch Also known as the RTD or TD, the Times-Dispatch is Virginia’s newspaper of record. It was founded in 1850 and is owned by […]
Our list of top daily newspapers across New Jersey includes venerable publications dating back to 1832, such as The Star-Ledger, to newer outlets such as the South Jersey Times (founded in 2012). Updated November 2019 1. Asbury Park Press The Asbury Park Press serves Monmouth and Ocean counties and is published by Gannett Co. It […]
Like all states along the U.S Eastern Seaboard, New Hampshire has a long and rich history with newspapers, with the oldest continuous newspaper in the country having been founded there (the bi-weekly New Hampshire Gazette, based in Portsmouth). Updated November 2019 1. New Hampshire Union Leader Published by Union Leader Corp. in Manchester, and known […]
