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

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

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.