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Magazines in the United States date back to the middle of the 18th century, with the initial publication of Andrew Bradford’s American Magazine and, a few months later, Benjamin Franklin’s General Magazine. While neither of these publications lasted longer than a few...

Newspaper circulations have fallen in recent years thanks to stiff online competition and declining advertising revenues. But that doesn’t mean they’re not important – far from it, in fact. Newspapers are still one of the main ways Americans find and consume news across all demographics and age groups.

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...

Newspapers in Alabama got their start back in 1811, with the advent of the (now defunct) Mobile Centinel – and yes, that’s the correct spelling! Just 39 years later, Alabama boasted 82 newspapers across the state including nine dailies. Since then, the Yellowhammer...

The first newspaper in Arizona was published in 1859, with the state currently hosting 13 daily newspapers and several dozen weeklies. Updated February 2020 Newspaper circulations and rankings are determined by Fullintel’s media intelligence analysts in combination...

The genesis of newspapers in the Golden State dates back to 1846, with the establishment of The Californian in Monterey (its first edition was fully bilingual in English and Spanish, and announced the beginning of the Mexican-American War). Since then California has...

Newspapers have operated in Colorado since 1859 and continue to flourish to this day, with dozens of dailies and weeklies across the state. Perhaps the shortest-lived of all Colorado newspapers was the Boulder Planet, which existed for just four years (1996-2000)....

Newspapers began appearing in Connecticut midway through the 18th century, in the 1750s, with newspapers appearing in New Haven, New London, and Hartford (with the Courant, still publishing to this day).Updated February 2020  Newspaper circulations and rankings are...

There are several dozen daily or weekly newspapers throughout Florida, with the oldest of them founded during the height of the U.S. Civil War. Today several large daily newspapers serve the state from Miami to the Panhandle. Updated October 2019   Newspaper...