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At the beginning of 2020,Antigua Observer was the only newspaper inAntigua and Barbuda. Founded in 1993, it originally published via fax and was a daily newspaper, available from Monday to Saturday. Since 2018, it has been published exclusively online.^[1] It is owned by NewsCo Limited, based inSt. John's,Antigua.^[2]

Antigua.news is a digital news portal founded in 2022 as the official news channel of the Embassy of Antigua and Barbuda in Madrid, focused on covering current affairs inAntigua and Barbuda, as well as key global news stories.^{[citation needed]}

Antigua News Room is a news website.^[3]

A recent addition to the Antiguan news landscape is theAntiguan Herald, a non-political international publication that claims to be the #1 Source for Trusted news and Information.^[4]

• The Antigua Free Press, published by Benjamin Mekom (Benjamin Franklin's nephew)^[2]
• The Weekly Register, founded in 1814 by Henry Loving, ceased in 1839^[2]
• Herald Gazette, founded in 1831^[2]
• Antigua Almanac and Register, founded in 1843^[2]
• Antigua Observer, founded in 1843^[2]
• Antigua Times, founded in 1851 by an American, Fred S. Jewett, ceased in 1878^[2]
• Antigua Standard, founded in 1874, changed toAntigua Sun in 1909, ceased in 1922^[2]
• The Magnet, founded in 1931^[2]
• The Progress, founded in 1940^[2]
• The Antigua Star, founded in 1940^[2]
• The Worker's Voice, founded in 1944 by theAntigua Trades and Labour Union, ceased in the 1990s^[2]
• The Anvil, founded in 1956^[2]
• The Antigua Times, founded in the late 1960s^[2]
• Antigua Yearbook, founded in 1964^[2]
• The Outlet, founded in 1968, associated with theAntigua Caribbean Liberation Movement, ceased in the 1990s^[2]
• The Trumpet, founded in about 1968^[2]
• The Sentinel, late 1980s/1990s, founded byVere Bird Jr.^[2]
• News Pages Antigua, founded in the 2000s^[2]
• Carib Arena, founded in the 2000s, short-lived^[2]
• Antigua Sun andSun Weekend, founded in 1997 byAllen Stanford
• Caribbean Times, in Antigua and Barbuda, ceased to publish in January 2018.^[2][5] (There is a newspaper also calledCaribbean Times that is published in New York City.)

• Benjamin, Milton (Spring 2007). "Antigua's Media: Now and Then".CLR James Journal: A Review of Caribbean Ideas.13 (1).Caribbean Philosophical Association.
• Brown, Aggrey; Sanatan, Roderick (1987).Talking with Whom? A Report on the State of the Media in the Caribbean.ASIN B0725D997G.
• Drost, Harry (1991).The World's news media: a comprehensive reference guide. Longman. p. 13.ISBN 978-0-582-08554-1.

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