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List of newspapers in Guyana

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This is a list of newspapers in Guyana.

Newspapers

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Newspaper City Founded Publisher Notes URL
Guyana Chronicle[1][2] Georgetown 1975 Guyana National Newspaper Ltd. Government-owned. guyanachronicle.com
Village Voice Guyana[3] Georgetown News site. villagevoicenews.com
Demerara Waves[4] Georgetown News site. demerarawaves.com
Guyana Graphic Georgetown Not related to Guyana Graphic (1944-1975) guyanagraphic.com
Guyana Press Georgetown guyanapress.com
Guyana Times[5] Georgetown 6 June 2008 News site. guyanatimesgy.com
Kaieteur News[6] Georgetown Private daily. kaieteurnewsonline.com
The Official Gazette of Guyana[7] Georgetown Official country Gazette[8] officialgazette.gov.gy
Stabroek News Georgetown 1986[9] Private daily. (Absorbed The Guyana Review; est 1993) stabroeknews.com
iNewsGuyana[6] Georgetown News site. inewsguyana.com
More News Georgetown Simplifying Guyana News https://news.more.gy

Defunct newspapers

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Defunct newspapers include:[5]

  • Courant van Essequebo en Demerary - 1793, published in Stabroek, Essequibo. The oldest newspaper in the country.[5]
  • The Essequebo en Demerary Gazette - 1796. the first English language newspaper.[5][10]
  • Demerara Daily - fin. 1884. Published by C.K. Jardine.[11]
  • Berbice Gazette - Published in New Amsterdam by G.A. M'Kidd.[12]
  • Royal Gazette - Early 19th cen.[13][14]
  • The Colonist - 1884. Published by L. McDermott.[15]
  • The Argosy - 1880, printed a daily, weekly, and sports paper.[1]
  • Guyana Graphic - 1944-1975.[16][17][18]
  • The Echo - A weekly paper.[19]
  • The People - Published in Berbice.[19]
  • Freeman's Sentinel - Focused on Afro-Guyanese content.
  • New Nation - Official publications of the People's National Congress.[20]
  • Mirror[21] - Official publications of the PPP.[9]
  • A Liberdade - Portuguese language
  • Indian Opinion - Focused on Indo-Guyanese content.
  • The Workingman - Working-class content.
  • The Liberator - Working-class content.[22]
  • Guyana Star - published by H.T. Harper[23]

Magazines

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Magazines include:[5]

  • The Arts Journal - Literary journal.
  • Commercial Review
  • Guiana Diocesan Magazine
  • Guiana Times (Also known as Times of Guiana) - 1947, published by Percy Armstrong. Anti-communist (PPP) content.
  • Catholic Standard Magazine[9]
  • Guyana Journal of Public Administration
  • Kaie - Literary journal, 1965-1985
  • Kyk-Over-Al - Literary journal, Published by British Guiana Writers’ Association.
  • New World Fortnightly - 1964
  • Farm Journal - Formerly The Agricultural Journal of British Guiana
  • Timehri - 1882, published by the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society.
  • British Guiana Medical Annual
  • Police Magazine - Guyana Police Force
  • The Scarlet Beret - Guyana Defence Force
  • Chronicle Christmas Annual
  • Queen’s College Annual - Established in 1936.
  • Bishops’ High School Journal
  • St. Stanislaus Magazine
  • Guyana Historical Journal - Sporadically issued by the University of Guyana
  • Guyana Law Journal - Sporadically issued by the University of Guyana
  • Guyana Journal of Sociology and Transition - Sporadically issued by the University of Guyana
  • Bar Association Review
  • The Guyana Association of Professional Engineers Magazine
  • Commercial Review[24]
  • Industrial Review
  • Guyana Business
  • The Public Servant
  • Guiana Diocesan Magazine and Gazette
  • Aarya Marga - Hindu
  • Sandeep - Hindu
  • The Islamic Muslim Journal
  • Al Muallim
  • African Emancipation
  • Indian Horizons
  • Ajedrez - Sport magazine
  • Bourda Beat - Sport magazine
  • Sports Beat - Sport magazine
  • Caribbean Entertainer
  • Guyana Entertainment Magazine (GEM) - 2002[25]
  • The Creole - 1803-1966 Published by William S. Stevenson. Political weekly journal.[26]
  • Thunder - PPP journal, 1950[27]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Newspaper – National Archives of Guyana". Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ East View Publications (1975). Guyana chronicle. Georgetown, Guyana: Guyana National Newspaper Ltd. OCLC 555851457.
  3. ^ "GPL Inc. is taking all necessary precautionary measures to protect employees and customers". Department of Public Information. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ^ "President Granger has responsibility for oil and gas sector". Department of Public Information. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Guyana's periodicals". Stabroek News. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Guyana profile - Media". BBC News. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Min Harmon shuts down arguments that changes in ministers' portfolio not gazetted". Department of Public Information. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ "OFFICIAL GAZETTE ACT 2012" (PDF). Organization of American States. 31 August 2012.
  9. ^ a b c Surlin, Stuart H.; Soderlund, Walter C. (1990). Mass Media and the Caribbean. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6.
  10. ^ "The Demerary & Essequebo Royal Gazette". 1813. OCLC 751635130. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Demerara daily chronicle". 1881. OCLC 34999606. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  12. ^ Berbice gazette, and British Guiana advertiser. New Amsterdam [Guyana]: G.A. M'Kidd. 1877. OCLC 49300649.
  13. ^ "The Royal Gazette". 1889. OCLC 556525563. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Royal Gazette of British Guyana". 1838. OCLC 765944035. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  15. ^ "The colonist". OCLC 34999485. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  16. ^ "The Guiana graphic" (in undetermined language). 1951. OCLC 751666223. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  17. ^ Guyana graphic. Guyana Graphic. OCLC 19729818. Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via Library of Congress.
  18. ^ "Graphic newspaper's sale to gov't was forced – US cable". Stabroek News. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  19. ^ a b Bayley, George D.; Permanent Exhibitions Committee of British Guiana (1909). Handbook of British Guiana, 1909. Comprising general and statistical information concerning the colony. The Library of Congress. [Georgetown] Printed by "the Argosy" company, limited; Boston, J.H. Stark; [etc., etc.]
  20. ^ "New nation". OCLC 70841811. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Mirror". OCLC 23664031. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  22. ^ "The Liberator". 1868. OCLC 751716609. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Guyana star". 1966. OCLC 19719124. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  24. ^ "The Commercial Review". 1919. OCLC 751758254. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  25. ^ Cudjoe, Shawnel (2 May 2004). "New Entertainment Magazine Launched". Guyana Chronicle. p. 9. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  26. ^ "The Creole: a commercial, literary and political weekly journal". 1856. OCLC 52426250. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  27. ^ "THE OBSERVER". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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