Southern Standard

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| name = Southern Standard

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| type = Semi-daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| owners = Paxton Media Group

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| foundation = 1879

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| language = English

| headquarters = 105 College Street, McMinnville, Tennessee {{USA}}

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| website = [http://www.southernstandard.com southernstandard.com]

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Southern Standard is a semi-daily newspaper based in McMinnville, Tennessee. It has a sports and business section. The newspaper was founded in 1879. In March 2025, Paxton Media Group purchased the Southern Standard and Smithville Review from Morris Multimedia.{{Cite web |last=Press Release |first= |date=2025-03-11 |title=Paxton Media Group acquires newspaper operations in Middle Tennessee |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/paxton-media-group-acquires-newspaper-operations-in-middle-tennessee,254716 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}