Media in Boston

{{Short description|Overview of mass media in Boston, Massachusetts, United States}}

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This is a list of television and radio stations along with a list of media outlets in and around Boston, Massachusetts, including the Greater Boston area. As the television media market titled as "Boston-(Manchester)" it stretches as far north as Manchester, New Hampshire, and ranks as the ninth-largest media market, and one of top-ten-largest radio media market in the United States according to Nielsen Media Research.

TV

{{See also|List of United States television markets|List of television stations in Massachusetts}}

The Boston television market includes all but the 4 westernmost counties and Bristol County in Massachusetts and the 6 southern counties in New Hampshire, plus Windham County, Vermont.

(*) – indicates a network owned-and-operated station.

= Cable channels =

{{See also|List of wired multiple-system broadband providers in Massachusetts (by municipality)}}

Radio

{{See also|List of radio stations in Massachusetts}}

The Boston radio market is the tenth largest in the country, encompassing over 4 million people in Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk counties.

(*) – indicates a non-commercial radio station.

= AM =

= FM =

= Part 15 =

= Silent =

Print

= Newspapers =

{{See also|List of newspapers in Massachusetts}}{{cite web |location=Washington, D.C. |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Massachusetts&county=Suffolk&city=&year1=1690&year2=2019&terms=&frequency=&language=ðnicity=&labor=&material_type=&lccn=&rows=50 |title=US Newspaper Directory: Massachusetts: Boston }}

== Daily ==

== Weekly ==

== Bi-weekly and monthly ==

  • Just Property, focused on real estate[http://www.mlshomefinder.com MLSHomeFinder]
  • Just Rentals, focused on real estate[http://www.bostonforrent.com Boston For Rent]
  • The Rainbow Times, the largest LGBTQ monthly newspaper in Boston, serving all of New England[http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/ The Rainbow Times]
  • Sampan, bilingual, Chinese and English
  • Spare Change News

== Neighborhood papers ==

  • Allston-Brighton TAB[http://www.wickedlocal.com/allston Allston-Brighton TAB]
  • Boston Guardian (effective successor of defunct Boston Courant)
  • Boston Sun[http://thebostonsun.com Boston Sun online] (formerly Back Bay Sun)
  • Beacon Hill Times[https://beaconhilltimes.com/ Beacon Hill Times]
  • Charlestown Patriot-Bridge
  • Dorchester Reporter[https://dotnews.com/ Dorchester Reporter]
  • East Boston Sun Transcript
  • Fenway News
  • Hyde Park Tribune
  • Jamaica Plain Gazette[http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/ The Jamaica Plain Gazette]
  • Mattapan Reporter
  • Mission Hill Gazette
  • South End News
  • West Roxbury Transcript

== Inner suburbs ==

  • Arlington Advocate
  • Belmont Citizen-Herald
  • Brookline TAB
  • Cambridge Chronicle & TAB[http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com Cambridge Chronicle & TAB online]
  • Cambridge Day[http://cambridgeday.com Cambridge Day online]
  • Newton TAB
  • Somerville Journal
  • Watertown TAB
  • The Patriot Ledger

== Outer suburbs ==

== College newspapers ==

=Wire Services=

  • Associated Press Boston bureau
  • State House News Service, a local news wire covering Massachusetts state government{{cite web |url=https://statehousenews.com/about |title=About Us |author= |website=statehousenews.com |publisher=State House News Service |access-date=2020-05-24 }}

=Others=

  • Barstool Sports[http://www.barstoolsports.com/about/ Barstool Sports]
  • Big Red & Shiny, online contemporary arts magazine with coverage and arts criticism for Greater Boston and New England[http://bigredandshiny.org Big Red & Shiny]
  • Boston Art Review, a print and online magazine on contemporary art in Boston[http://bostonartreview.com/ Boston Art Review]
  • Boston Common Magazine
  • The Boston Independent Media Center, provides alternative views[http://boston.indymedia.org/ Boston Independent Media Center]
  • Boston Live Magazine, live music and entertainment
  • Boston Magazine, a monthly lifestyles magazine[http://www.bostonmagazine.com Boston magazine online]
  • Boston Review, a national political and arts magazine
  • Boston Spirit Magazine, gay and lesbian life and style magazine, for Greater Boston and New England[http://www.bostonspiritmagazine.com Boston Spirit Magazine online]
  • CommonWealth, online magazine and quarterly print publication about politics and policy in Massachusetts
  • Nieman Lab, online publication covering media and journalism based at Harvard's Nieman Foundation
  • Open Media Boston, progressive online metro news weekly serving the Boston area
  • NewBostonPost, conservative news website[http://www.newbostonpost.com NewBostonPost]
  • STAT, an online publication covering health and life sciences, owned by The Boston Globe{{Cite news|url=http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/11/with-a-giant-staff-for-an-online-startup-the-boston-globes-stat-aims-to-reach-a-global-audience/|title=With a giant staff for an online startup, The Boston Globe's Stat aims to reach a global audience|work=Nieman Lab|access-date=2017-04-07}}

See also

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References

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