This is a list of newspapers in Ghana. In 2007, there were 136 newspapers.[1] Not all papers currently have a website.
List of newspapers
editNewspaper | Location | First issued | Publisher | Website | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accra Daily Mail [2] | [1] | private | |||
All Ghana News | [2] | private/national | |||
Business and Financial Times | [3] | private and four times weekly | |||
Business Guide | private weekly owned by the Daily Guide | ||||
Christian Messenger | private monthly owned by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana | ||||
Daily Democrat | private | ||||
Daily Ghana | [4] | private | |||
Daily Graphic | [5] | state-owned; along with the Mirror, the most widely read newspaper in Ghana | |||
Daily Guide | [6] | private | |||
Daily Statesman | private | ||||
The Dispatch | private | ||||
The Entrepreneur Newspaper | private, bi-monthly | ||||
The Evening News | state-owned | ||||
The Finder Newspaper | news from Ghana and Africa, politics, entertainment, world, health, business and sports | ||||
Today Newspaper | North Ridge,
Accra |
2007 | Ghana Sports
Publications Limited |
w.todaygh.com | private |
Free Press | private | ||||
The Gazette Newspaper | weekly newspaper | ||||
The Ghanaian Chronicle [3] | Accra | 1996 [4] | [7] | privately owned daily | |
Ghanaian Times | [8] | state-owned daily | |||
Ghanaian Voice | private liberal weekly | ||||
Green Dove | private bimonthly | ||||
Guide Young Blazers | privately owned by the Daily Guide; weekly | ||||
The Guide | private weekly | ||||
Heritage | private | ||||
The Independent | independent conservative weekly | ||||
Junior Graphic | state-owned, sister paper of the Daily Graphic, aimed at 11- to 22-year-olds | ||||
The Mirror | weekly, sister paper of the Daily Graphic | ||||
Network Herald | Accra | NBS Multimedia[5] | private | ||
News One Newspaper | privately owned by the Daily Guide; weekly | ||||
The Ghanaian Observer | |||||
90 Minutes Newspaper | privately owned by Arcadia Publication; three times a week | ||||
People & Places (P&P) | private | ||||
The Public Agenda | Accra-North | P.A. Communications[5] | private | ||
The Pioneer | independent semi-weekly | ||||
Catholic Standard | weekly, privately owned | ||||
The Christian Scoop Newspaper | South La Estate,
Accra |
2015 | Ropheka Media House | weekly, privately owned | |
The Searchlight | private | ||||
The Statesman | Accra | Kinesic Communications | independent private weekly; organ of the New Patriotic Party[5] | ||
Sunday Herald | weekly | ||||
The Timeline Newspaper | Ghana and Africa's first opportunities newspaper | ||||
News Ghana | [9] | independent | |||
Vibe Ghana | [10] | independent | |||
Weekly Express | private weekly | ||||
GhanaStar | [11] | (formerly operated by World News Network, currently Private) | |||
Republik City News | SuccessValley | [12] | ( Operated by SuccessValley, currently Private) | ||
Weekly Insight | private | ||||
Weekly Spectator | state-owned | ||||
Graphic Showbiz | state-owned, sister paper of the Daily Graphic, targeting entertainment stories | ||||
Modern Ghana | 2005 | Modern Ghana Media Communication Limited | https://www.modernghana.com/ | private. | |
Ghana Palaver | private |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Freedom of the Press 2007". www.freedomhouse.org. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ^ "Ghana: News". Africa South of the Sahara. USA: Stanford University. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Ghana Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Database". Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Ghana". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
Further reading
edit- Jennifer Hasty (2005), The press and political culture in Ghana, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253345243
External links
edit- Ghana Newspapers, World Press
- Ghana News (independent)
- "Newspapers Held in Microform: Ghana" (PDF). Cooperative Africana Materials Project. United States: Center for Research Libraries. 2012.