List of newspapers in Jamaica

This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica:

• Daily Star^[1]
• The Daily Gleaner, the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere^[2]
• The Agriculturalist, the oldest and most consistent agricultural newspaper in the Caribbean for 28 years. Published by Patrick Maitland
• The Jamaica Churchman OCLC 63206121
• Jamaica Herald^[1]
• Jamaica Information Service (JIS), information and news service of the Jamaican Government^[3]
• Jamaica Observer, Jamaican daily^[4]
• The Jamaica Star (1951–present), Jamaican daily^[5]
• Jamaican Times
• Royal Gazette
• Western Mirror^[6]

Defunct newspapers

• Jamaica despatch, and Kingston chronicle ceased between 1839 and 1841, OCLC 18324191
• Jamaica Courant, OCLC 793908775
• Abeng, weekly newspaper published in 1969
• Daily News, daily newspaper published from May 1973 to April 1983^[7][8]
• Weekly Jamaica Courant, weekly newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica, 1718‍–‍1755

See also

• List of newspapers

References

1. "Jamaica". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 185743255X.
2. "Media and Identity in the Caribbean". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
3. Jamaica Information Service
4. Jamaica Observer
5. Jamaica Star
6. Western Mirror
7. "Jamaican media: ringing the changes: 50 years and beyond". University of the West Indies. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
8. "Media and the political divide". Jamaica Observer. September 22, 2024. Retrieved November 7, 2024.

Bibliography

• Aggrey Brown (1990). "Mass Media in Jamaica". In Stuart H. Surlin; Walter C. Soderlund (eds.). Mass Media and the Caribbean. New York: Gordon and Breach. pp. 11–28. ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6.

External links

• "Jamaica: News and Media". Open Directory Project.
• "Jamaica Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center.