Tennessee

Press

In 2002, there were 14 morning newspapers, 11 evening dailies, and 17 Sunday papers. The following table lists leading Tennessee newspapers with their approximate daily circulation in 2002:

Tennessee

AREA NAME DAILY SUNDAY
Chattanooga Times Free Press (m,S) 74,637 101,257
Knoxville News-Sentinel (m,S) 114,989 156,208
Memphis Commercial Appeal (m,S) 155,196 231,755
Nashville Tennessean (m,S) 183,406 256,437

Several dozen trade publications, such as Southern Lumberman, appear in Nashville, the state's major publishing center, where there is also a thriving religious publishing industry.