Arkansas Business List: Largest Daily Newspapers
Ranked by average daily circulation in 2004, except as noted
Newspaper Publisher Rank Address, Telephone, Fax Daily Circulation Sunday Circulation Web site Editor or Managing Editor
1 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 182,391 (1) 280,529 (1) www.ardemgaz.com Walter E. Hussman 121 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock 72201, (501) 378-3400, (501) 372-4765 Griffin Smith
2 The Morning News 38,536 39,551 www.nwaonline.net Tom Stallbaumer 2560 N. Lowell Road, Springdale 72764, (479) 751-6200, (479) 872-5077 Rusty Turner
3 Southwest Times Record 38,438 43,461 (2) www.swtimes.com Gene Kincy 3600 Wheeler Ave., Fort Smith 72901, (479) 785-7700, (479) 784-0424 Byron Tate
4 Texarkana Gazette 33,990 32,624 www.texarkanagazette.com Walter E. Hussman 315 Pine St., Texarkana 75501, (903) 794-3311, (903) 792-7183 Les Minor
5 The Sun 24,023 28,677 (3) www.jonesborosun.com David Mosesso 518 Carson, Jonesboro 72401, (870) 935-5525, (870) 935-5823 Roy Ockert
6 Northwest Arkansas Times (4) 20,803 21,152 www.nwanews.com Jeff Jeffus 212 N. East Ave., Fayetteville 72701, (479) 442-1700, (479) 442-5477 Greg Harton
7 Pine Bluff Commercial 19,997 (5) 19,405 (5) www.pbcommercial.com Charles Berry 300 Beech St., Pine Bluff 71611, (870) 534-3400, (870) 534-0113 Larry Fugate
8 The Sentinel-Record 18,065 19,437 (2) www.hotsr.com Walter E. Hussman 300 Springs St., Hot Springs 71901, (501) 623-7711, (501) 623-2984 Melinda Gassaway
9 Benton County Daily Record (4) 15,544 19,268 www.nwanews.com Kent Marts 104 SW A St., Bentonville 72702, (479) 271-3700, (479) 273-3744 Kent Marts
10 Baxter Bulletin 11,216 0 www.baxterbulletin.com Betty Smith 16 W. Sixth St., Mountain Home 72653, (870) 508-8000, (870) 508-8020 Kandra Branam
11 Log Cabin Democrat (6) 10,271 11,894 www.thecabin.net Scot Morrissey 1058 Front St., Conway 72032, (501) 327-6621, (501) 327-6787 David Keith
12 The Courier 9,639 N/A www.couriernews.com Neal Ronquist 210 E. Second St., Russellville 72811, (479) 968-5252, N/A Scott Perkins
13 El Dorado News-Times 9,628 15,615 (7) www.eldoradonews.com Walter E. Hussman 115 N. Madison, El Dorado 71730, (870) 862-6611, (870) 862-5226 Shea Wilson
14 Harrison Daily Times 9,555 11,103 www.harrisondailytimes.com Jeff Christenson 111 Rush St., Harrison 72601, (870) 741-2325, (870) 741-7209 Dwain Lair
15 Batesville Daily Guard 8,982 0 www.guardonline.com O.E. Jones 258 W. Main, Batesville 72501, (870) 793-2383, (870) 793-9268 Angelia Roberts
16 Evening Times 7,877 0 www.theeveningtimes.com Alexander P. Coulter 111 E. Bond, West Memphis 72303, (870) 735-1010, (870) 735-1020 Mike Bowie
17 Benton Courier 6,256 6,256 www.bentoncourier.com Kenneth Jones 321 N. Market, Benton 72015, (501) 315-8228, (501) 315-1920 Whit Jones
18 The Daily Citizen 5,686 N/A www.thedailycitizen.com Mike Murphy 3000 E. Race St., Searcy 72143, (501) 268-8621, (501) 268-6277 Philip Holsinger
19 Paragould Daily Press 4,548 4,820 www.paragoulddailypress.com Sean Evans 1401 W. Hunt St., Paragould, Paragould 72451, (870) 239-8562, (870) Travis Justice 239-8565 20 Times-Herald 4,452 0 www.thnews.com Weston McCollum Lewey 222 N. Izard, Forrest City 72335, (870) 633-3130, (870) 633-0599 Tamara Johnson
21 Courier News 4,421 N/A www.couriernews.net David Tennyson 900 N. Broadway, Blytheville 72316, (870) 763-4461, (870) 763-6874 Andy Weld
22 Malvern Daily Record 4,251 0 www.malvern-online.com Richard Folds 219 Locust, Malvern 72104, (501) 337-7523, (501) 337-1226 Mark Bivens
23 The Banner-News 4,040 15,615 (7) www.bannernews.net Walter E. Hussman 134 S. Washington, Magnolia 71753, (870) 234-5130, (870) 234-2551 Mike McNeill
24 Camden News 3,840 15,615 (7) www.camdenarknews.com Walter E. Hussman 113 Madison, Camden 71701, (870) 836-8192, (870) 837-1414 Jim Edwards
25 Hope Star 2,840 0 www.hopestar.com George Jinks 522 W. Third & Grady, Hope 71801, (870) 777-8841, (870) 777-3311 Pat Harris
26 The Daily Siftings Herald 2,669 0 www.siftingsherald.com George Jinks 205 S. 26th St., Arkadelphia 71923, (870) 246-5525, (870) 246-6556 Steve Fellers
27 De Queen Daily Citizen 2,289 0 www.dequeen.com Anita Kimball-Marshall 404 De Queen Ave., De Queen 71832, (870) 642-2111, (870) 642-3138 Scott Smith
28 Stuttgart Daily Leader 2,278 0 www.stuttgartdailyleader.com Clark Smith 111 W. Sixth St., Stuttgart 72160, (870) 673-8533, (870) 673-3671 Jeannie Nugent
29 The Daily World 2,157 0 www.helena-arkansas.com Clark Smith 417 York St., Helena 72342, (870) 338-9181, (870) 338-9184 Randy Hogan
30 The Daily Record 772 0 www.dailyrecord.us William F. Rector, Jr. 300 S. Izard, Little Rock 72201, (501) 374-5103, (501) 372-3048 Ashley Lyle
(1) As of March 2004 (2) Average for six months ended March 31, 2005. (3) As of September 2003 (4) The Benton County Daily Record and the Northwest Arkansas Times are distributed with the Northwest Arkansas edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which leased the two papers for five years before acquiring them outright on Sept. 30. (5) As of September 2004 (6) As of Dec. 31, 2003. (7) The News-Times, the Banner News and the Camden News, all dailies, have collaborated since 1997 to produce a Sunday newspaper, the South Arkansas Sunday News. Researched by Gwen Moritz