Texas

The first newspaper in Texas was a revolutionary Spanish-language sheet published in May 1813 at Nacagdoches. Six years later, the Texas Republican was published by Dr. James Long in the same city. In 1835, the Telegraph and Texas Register became the official newspaper of the Texas Republic and it continued to publish until 1877. The first modern newspaper was the Galveston News (1842), a forerunner of the Dallas Morning News (1885).

In 2002, Texas had 45 morning dailies, 42 evening dailies, and 83 Sunday papers. Texas had the 2nd-largest number of daily newspapers in the country in 2002 (2nd to California). In 2001, the Houston Chronicle and the Dallas Morning News were ranked as the 9th- and 12th-largest daily newspapers nationwide. The newspapers with the largest daily circulations (2002 est.) were as follows:

In 1997, there were 437 weekly newspapers. The Texas Almanac, a comprehensive guide to the state, has been issued at regular intervals since 1857 by the A.H. Belo Corp., publishers of the Dallas Morning News. Leading magazines include the Texas Monthly and Texas Observer, both published in Austin.