Newspaper Obituaries, Circulation, Contacts and More
According to internet research, newspaper obituaries are the most widely read section of a newspaper. No one really understands America's maudlin fascination with death, but then again, some of us don't understand why people care about sports, either. In any case, those who enjoy newspaper obituaries should click on the link at the bottom of this page for a fascinating (and morbidly amusing) list of premature obituaries. Famous recipients include Alfred Nobel (creator of the Nobel Prize) and Marcus Garvey, whose actual death was supposedly caused by reading his own newspaper obituary. But first...
Below is a Top 50 list of United States newspapers. It includes the name of each state's largest newspaper, its web address, and each paper's average daily circulation (including Sundays), rounded off to the nearest thousand. The image shown here is a quaint little newspaper office in Iowa.
STATE ........ NEWSPAPER .......... WEBSITE ...... CIRC.
ALABAMA ............. Birmingham News ..................bhamnews.com....... 149,000
ALASKA ............... Anchorage Daily News ...........adn.com.................. 74,000 ARIZONA .............. Arizona Republic ..................arizonarepublic.com.. 453,000 ARKANSAS ............ Arkansas Democrat Gazette ...ardemgaz.com......... 180,000 CALIFORNIA .......... Los Angeles Times ................latimes.com............ 843,000
COLORADO ............ Denver Post ........................denverpost.com...... 256,000
CONNECTICUT ....... Hartford Courant ...................courant.com.......... 150,000 DELAWARE ............ Wilmington News Journal ........wnewsj.com........... 120,000 FLORIDA ............... St. Petersburg Times .............sptimes.com........... 347,000 GEORGIA .............. Atlanta Journal-Constitution .....ajc.com................ 484,000
HAWAII ................ Honolulu Advertiser ........honoluluadvertiser.com..... 158,000 IDAHO .................. Idaho Statesman ...........idahostatesman.com......... 68,000 ILLINOIS ............... Chicago Tribune .............chicagotribune.com........ 628,000
INDIANA ............... Indianapolis Star .....................indystar.com......... 267,000 IOWA ................... Des Moines Register ........desmoinesregister.com.... 164,000
KANSAS ................ Wichita Eagle .........................kansas.com............ 99,000
KENTUCKY ............. Louisville Courier Journal ......courier-journal.com..... 518,000 LOUISIANA ............ Baton Rouge Advocate .........2theadvocate.com..... 104,000
MAINE .................. Portland Press Herald ..............pressherald.com...... 150,000
MARYLAND ............ Baltimore Sun ........................baltimoresun.com.... 272,000 MASSACHUSETTS ... Boston Globe ........................boston.com............ 380,000
MICHIGAN ............. Detroit News .........................detnews.com.......... 237,000 MINNESOTA .......... Minneapolis Star Tribune ..........startribune.com....... 380,000 MISSISSIPPI ......... Clarion Ledger ........................clarionledger.com...... 99,000 MISSOURI ............. St. Louis Post Dispatch ...........stltoday.com........... 520,000 MONTANA ............. Billings Gazette ......................billingsgazette.net..... 48,000
NEBRASKA ............. Omaha World Herald ...............omaha.com............. 192,000 NEVADA ................ Las Vegas Review-Journal ..........lvrj.com............... 202,000
NEW HAMPSHIRE .... Union Leader .......................theunionleader.com..... 65,000
NEW JERSEY .......... Newark Star Ledger ................starledger.com........ 429,000 NEW MEXICO ......... Albuquerque Journal Tribune ......abqtrib.com........... 145,000 NEW YORK ............ Wall Street Journal ....................wsj.com............ 2,600,000
NORTH CAROLINA ... Charlotte Observer ....................charlotte.com....... 232,000 NORTH DAKOTA ...... Fargo-Moorhead Forum ......................................... 53,000 OHIO .................... Cleveland Plain Dealer ..............cleveland.com........ 816,000 OKLAHOMA ............ The Oklahoman ........................newsok.com......... 218,000
OREGON ................ Portland Oregonian ...................oregonlive.com...... 350,000 PENNSYLVANIA ....... Philadelphia Enquirer .................philly.com............. 650,000 RHODE ISLAND ........ Providence Journal ...................projo.com............... 44,000
SOUTH CAROLINA .... The State ..............................thestate.com......... 121,000
SOUTH DAKOTA ...... Argus Leader .........................argusleader.com......... 57,000 TENNESSEE ............ The Tennessean ....................tennessean.com........ 210,000 TEXAS ................... Houston Chronicle ..................chron.com............... 550,000 UTAH .................... Salt Lake Tribune ....................sltrib.com............... 134,000
VERMONT ............... Burlington Free Press .......burlingtonfreepress.com...... 49,000 VIRGINIA ................ Richmond Times Dispatch .......timesdispatch.com...... 155,000
WASHINGTON .......... Seattle Times .............seattletimes.nwsource.com... 215,000
WEST VIRGINIA ........ Charleston Gazette ...............wvgazette.com........... 50,000 WISCONSIN ............. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ..........jsonline.com......... 271,000 WYOMING ............... Casper Star Tribune ..................trib.com................. 31,000
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