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List of newspapers in Rhode Island

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This is a list of newspapers in Rhode Island.

Daily newspapers

:This is a list of all daily newspapers in Rhode Island. For weeklies, please see List of newspapers in Rhode Island.

Weekly newspapers (by owner)

*Beacon Communications

Monthly or bi-monthly newspapers

  • The Rhode Island Wave,[https://www.therhodeislandwave.com/ The Rhode Island Wave] 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 Rhode Island 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.{{cite web|accessdate=2010-10-22 |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/rhodeisland.html |title=Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Rhode Island |publisher=Library of Congress }}
  • Gazette Francoise. W., Nov. 17, 1780-Jan. 2, 1781.{{Cite journal|url=http://digitalcommons.providence.edu/primary/4/|title = The French Gazette|journal = Primary Sources|date = January 1780|last1 = Desmarais|first1 = Norman|last2 = Becker|first2 = Carl}}
  • The Guardian Of Liberty. W., Oct. 3-Dec. 27, 1800+
  • The Newport Gazette. W., Jan. 16, 1777-Oct. 6, 1779.
  • The Newport Herald. W., Mar. 1, 1787-Sept. 17, 1791.
  • The Newport Mercury. W., S.W, Jan. 30, 1759-Dec. 30, 1800+
  • The Newport Mercury, Or, The Weekly Advertiser. W., June 19, 1758-Jan. 23, 1759.{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Charles |year=1905 |title=American Bibliography: 1751-1764 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KqPfAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=2010-10-22 }}
  • The Rhode-Island Gazette. W., Sept. 27, 1732- Mar. 24, 1733.
  • Rhode Island Museum. W., July 7-Dec. 29, 1794.
  • Weekly Companion. W., Apr. 27-July 20, 1799.
  • Weekly Companion; and the Commercial Centinel. W., Sept. 15, 1798-Apr. 20, 1799.

=Providence=

Newspapers published in Providence, Rhode Island:

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

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  • Manufacturers and Farmer's Journal, Semiweekly, May 1, 1848-Dec. 30, 1907{{LCCN|sn83021620|Manufacturers and Farmer's Journal}}
  • Providence Evening Bulletin. 1863–1995 {{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
  • The Providence Gazette. W., Jan. 10, 1795-Dec. 27, 1800+
  • The Providence Gazette, and Country Journal. W., Oct. 20, 1762-Jan. 3, 1795.{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Isaiah |year=1874 |title=History of printing in America|edition=2nd|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j02qD7Yfx5YC |access-date=2010-10-22 }}
  • The Providence Journal, and Town and Country Advertiser. W., Jan. 2, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+
  • State Gazette, and Town and Country Advertiser. S.W., Jan. 4-July 2, 1796.
  • The United States Chronicle. W., Feb. 21, 1793- Dec. 25, 1800+
  • The United States Chronicle: Political, Commercial, Historical. W., Jan. 1, 1784-Feb. 14, 1793.
  • The Providence Phoenix, 1978 - Oct. 17, 2014[http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20141009-providence-phoenix-to-cease-publication-after-36-years.ece Providence Phoenix to cease publication after 36 years] The Providence Journal. October 9, 2014. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130203610/http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20141009-providence-phoenix-to-cease-publication-after-36-years.ece|date=November 30, 2014}}

=Warren=

Newspapers published in Warren, Rhode Island:

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

See also

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References

Further reading

  • {{cite book |last=Van Ness Ingram |first=John |year=1912 |title=A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924096298272 |accessdate=2010-10-21 }}
  • {{cite journal |last=Winship |first=George Parker |date=Oct 1914 |title=Newport newspapers in the eighteenth century |journal=Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8MTAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=2010-10-22 }}

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