United States

The American press features the world's largest and most varied newspaper market, anchored by national broadsheets like The New York Times (founded 1851), The Washington Post (1877, owned by Jeff Bezos), The Wall Street Journal (1889, News Corp), and USA Today (Gannett). Major metropolitan dailies include the Los Angeles Times (centre-left, owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong), Chicago Tribune (Tribune Publishing), and Boston Globe. The conservative-populist New York Post (News Corp, founded 1801) is among the oldest continuously published papers. Beyond national and metro titles, regional chains like Gannett and McClatchy own hundreds of state and local dailies, while thousands of independent community weeklies serve smaller cities and towns.

Compiled by Paperboy editorial · Updated 2026-06-20