List of newspapers in Rhode Island

This is a list of newspapers in Rhode Island.

• The Boston Globe (Rhode Island) of Boston, owned by Boston Globe Media Partners, via their Providence-based bureau, covering all of Rhode Island
• The Brown Daily Herald of Providence, owned independently, covering Brown University
• The Call of Woonsocket, owned by RISN Operations, covering northern Providence County
• Kent County Daily Times of West Warwick, owned by RISN Operations, covering most of Kent County
• The Newport Daily News of Newport, owned by GateHouse Media, covering most of Newport County
• The Providence Journal of Providence, owned by GateHouse Media, covering all of Rhode Island
• The Times of Pawtucket, owned by RISN Operations, covering eastern Providence County
• The Westerly Sun of Westerly, owned by RISN Operations, covering western Washington County

Daily newspapers

Weekly newspapers (by owner)

Beacon Communications Cranston Herald of Cranston Johnston Sun Rise of Johnston Warwick Beacon of Warwick Breeze Publications The North Providence Breeze of North Providence The Valley Breeze of Cumberland & Lincoln, Providence County The Valley Breeze of North Smithfield and Woonsocket, Providence County; Blackstone, Massachusetts The Valley Breeze of Pawtucket, Providence County The Valley Breeze & Observer of Smithfield, Scituate, Foster & Glocester, Providence County East Bay Newspapers Barrington Times of Barrington Bristol Phoenix of Bristol East Providence Post of East Providence Sakonnet Times, covering Tiverton and Little Compton Times-Gazette of Warren Portsmouth Times of Portsmouth RISN Operations The Chariho Times of western Washington County The Coventry Courier of Coventry The East Greenwich Pendulum of East Greenwich The Narragansett Times of Narragansett The Standard-Times of North Kingstown The Independent, covering South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and The University of Rhode Island The Express of Westerly Independent newspapers The Block Island Times of New Shoreham Jamestown Press of Jamestown Motif Magazine, an alternative weekly in Pawtucket Newport This Week of Newport Providence Business News, based in Providence but covering the entire state The Providence American] (Website) College newspapers The Anchor of Rhode Island College The Archway of Bryant University The College Hill Independent of Brown University The Good 5 Cent Cigar of University of Rhode Island The Hawks' Herald of Roger Williams University The Unfiltered Lens of The Community College of Rhode Island

Monthly or bi-monthly newspapers

• The Rhode Island Wave,(https://www.therhodeislandwave.com/) published monthly and owned by The Rhode Island Wave, LLC. and Deana Grenier. Based in Providence, but covering the entire state.
• Jewish Rhode Island, published monthly and owned by the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. Based in Providence, but covering the entire state.
• Mercury, published monthly and owned by Gatehouse Media. An alternative weekly-style paper covering arts, entertainment and food in Newport and Middletown.

Defunct

Newport

Newspapers published in Newport, Rhode Island:

• The Companion; and Commercial Centinel. W., May 2-Sept. 8, 1798.^[1]
• Gazette Francoise. W., Nov. 17, 1780-Jan. 2, 1781.^[1][2]
• The Guardian Of Liberty. W., Oct. 3-Dec. 27, 1800+^[1]
• The Newport Gazette. W., Jan. 16, 1777-Oct. 6, 1779.^[1]
• The Newport Herald. W., Mar. 1, 1787-Sept. 17, 1791.^[1]
• The Newport Mercury. W., S.W, Jan. 30, 1759-Dec. 30, 1800+^[1]
• The Newport Mercury, Or, The Weekly Advertiser. W., June 19, 1758-Jan. 23, 1759.^[3]
• The Rhode-Island Gazette. W., Sept. 27, 1732- Mar. 24, 1733.^[1]
• Rhode Island Museum. W., July 7-Dec. 29, 1794.^[1]
• Weekly Companion. W., Apr. 27-July 20, 1799.^[1]
• Weekly Companion; and the Commercial Centinel. W., Sept. 15, 1798-Apr. 20, 1799.^[1]

Providence

Newspapers published in Providence, Rhode Island:

• The American Journal and General Advertiser. W., S.W., Mar. 18, 1779-Aug. 29, 1781.^[1]

Providence Gazette, and Country Journal, 1762

• Manufacturers and Farmer's Journal, Semiweekly, May 1, 1848-Dec. 30, 1907^[4]
• Providence Evening Bulletin. 1863–1995 ^{[citation needed]}
• The Providence Gazette. W., Jan. 10, 1795-Dec. 27, 1800+^[1]
• The Providence Gazette, and Country Journal. W., Oct. 20, 1762-Jan. 3, 1795.^[1][5]
• The Providence Journal, and Town and Country Advertiser. W., Jan. 2, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+^[1]
• State Gazette, and Town and Country Advertiser. S.W., Jan. 4-July 2, 1796.^[1]
• The United States Chronicle. W., Feb. 21, 1793- Dec. 25, 1800+^[1]
• The United States Chronicle: Political, Commercial, Historical. W., Jan. 1, 1784-Feb. 14, 1793.^[1]
• The Providence Phoenix, 1978 - Oct. 17, 2014^[6]

Warren

Newspapers published in Warren, Rhode Island:

• Herald of the United States. W., Jan. 14, 1792-Dec. 26, 1800+^[1]

See also

• Media in Rhode Island
• List of African-American newspapers in Rhode Island

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References

1. "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Rhode Island". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
2. Desmarais, Norman; Becker, Carl (January 1780). "The French Gazette". Primary Sources.
3. Evans, Charles (1905). American Bibliography: 1751-1764. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
4. LCCN sn83-21620 – Manufacturers and Farmer's Journal
5. Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America (2nd ed.). Retrieved 2010-10-22.
6. Providence Phoenix to cease publication after 36 years The Providence Journal. October 9, 2014. Archived November 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

• 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.
• Winship, George Parker (Oct 1914). "Newport newspapers in the eighteenth century". Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society. Retrieved 2010-10-22.