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Newspaper Name Generator

Mastheads for fictional dailies, weeklies, and tabloids

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Generate newspaper names that read like real mastheads: town dailies, hyphenated merger papers, weekly gazettes, tabloids, and fantasy or sci-fi broadsheets for novels, games, and screenplays.

About newspaper names

Newspaper names follow a formula that has barely changed in two hundred years: a place name (or "The") plus one of a small pool of masthead words. Herald, Gazette, Chronicle, Tribune, Courier, Sentinel, Ledger, Register, Dispatch, Observer, Examiner, and Standard account for the majority of American and British papers, with regional favorites like Picayune, Argus, Pantagraph, and Intelligencer showing up where 19th-century editors got creative. When two papers merged, they hyphenated (Star-Ledger, Post-Dispatch, Courier-Journal), which is why a hyphenated name instantly reads as an old, established daily.

The names here use those conventions deliberately. There are invented town names paired with classic masthead words, hyphenated merger papers, day-of-the-week and morning/evening editions, and a set of tabloids with the shouty one-word titles (The Blaze, The Screamer, The Tattler) that scandal sheets favor. Beyond that, you'll find student and campus papers, business and shipping ledgers, and fantasy, steampunk, and sci-fi mastheads for tabletop props and worldbuilding.

For fiction, the strongest choice is usually the most boring one: a plausible town plus Herald or Gazette sells realism, while a wink like The Rumour Mill signals satire.

Tips for choosing a name

  • Pair a specific place with a classic masthead word (The Millbrook Gazette) for realism; a place-less title (The Blaze) reads as a tabloid or national paper.
  • Hyphenate two masthead words (Star-Ledger, Post-Dispatch) to imply a long history and a past merger.
  • Match the era: Intelligencer, Argus, and Palladium feel 1800s; Digest, Reader, and Signal feel modern.
  • For fantasy or sci-fi settings, keep the traditional structure and swap only the noun (The Dragonwatch Gazette, The Orbital Times) so it still reads as a newspaper.
  • Search the exact name before using it in published work; many small real papers use invented-sounding town names.

Frequently asked questions

Why do so many newspapers use words like Herald, Gazette, and Tribune?

They come from older words for public announcements: a gazette was an Italian news sheet, a herald announced news, and a tribune protected the people's interests in ancient Rome. Early editors borrowed them to signal authority, and later papers copied the convention.

What are good school newspaper names?

Most use the school mascot or a landmark plus a masthead word (The Panther Press, The Hilltop Herald), or a symbol of learning like The Lantern or The Beacon. Keep it short enough to fit a masthead and a social media handle.

Can I use these newspaper names in my novel or game?

Yes, they're free to use in creative work. If a name closely matches a real paper, either alter the town name or check that using it won't imply a connection to the actual publication.

How do tabloid names differ from broadsheet names?

Broadsheets tend toward measured, place-based mastheads (The Weston Observer), while tabloids use punchy one- or two-word titles that promise excitement: The Sun, The Mirror, The Daily Snap, The Screamer.

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  • The Harrowgate Herald
  • The Millbrook Gazette
  • The Ashford Chronicle
  • The Fairhaven Courier
  • The Redwood Sentinel
  • The Brookline Tribune
  • The Calder Falls Register
  • The Weston Observer
  • The Pinecrest Ledger
  • The Northgate Examiner
  • The Coldwater Dispatch
  • The Larkspur Bulletin
  • The Elmwood Standard
  • The Havenport Journal
  • The Ridgeview Record
  • The Cypress Bay Clarion
  • The Silverton Beacon
  • The Bramblewood Advertiser
  • The Meridian Star
  • The Oakhurst Times
  • The Kestrel County Press
  • The Halloway Independent
  • The Greyfield Argus
  • The Windmere Enterprise
  • The Thornbury Mercury
  • The Fallbrook Post
  • The Alder Valley News
  • The Sutton Daily Mail
  • The Rockport Democrat
  • The Marlow Republican
  • The Herald-Tribune
  • The Ledger-Picayune
  • The Star-Ledger
  • The Post-Dispatch
  • The Courier-Journal
  • The Sun-Sentinel
  • The Gazette-Mail
  • The News-Press
  • The Record-Eagle
  • The Register-Guard
  • The Journal-Courant
  • The Press-Enterprise
  • The Union-Bulletin
  • The Herald-Leader
  • The Times-Standard
  • The Chronicle-Telegram
  • The Star-Advertiser
  • The Tribune-Democrat
  • The Daily Meridian
  • The Morning Ledger
  • The Evening Clarion
  • The Sunday Argus
  • The Weekly Sentinel
  • The Midweek Courier
  • The Saturday Standard
  • The Daily Lantern
  • The Morning Beacon
  • The Evening Wire
  • The Weekend Register
  • The Weekly Free Press
  • The Daily Standard
  • The Sunday Dispatch
  • The Metropolitan
  • The Capital Ledger
  • The Continental
  • The National Argus
  • The Federal Standard
  • The Commonwealth Herald
  • The Republic Daily
  • The Union Chronicle
  • The Atlantic Courier
  • The Pacific Standard
  • The Northern Star
  • The Southern Cross Herald
  • The Midland Post
  • The Coastal Ledger
  • The Prairie Sentinel
  • The Mountain Clarion
  • The Harbor Gazette
  • The Valley Voice
  • The Delta Dispatch
  • The Frontier Times
  • The Daily Snap
  • The Morning Shout
  • The Blaze
  • The Grapevine
  • The Daily Buzz
  • The Evening Scoop
  • The Weekly Whisper
  • The Tattler
  • The Peephole
  • The Rumour Mill
  • The Sunday Splash
  • The Insider
  • The Daily Racket
  • The Nightly Muckraker
  • The Screamer
  • The Weekly Exposé
  • The Rag
  • The Sun-Sizzler
  • The Merchant's Ledger
  • The Exchange Daily
  • The Trade Register
  • The Market Standard
  • The Commercial Gazette
  • The Financial Argus
  • The Shipping Chronicle
  • The Business Courier
  • The Ironbridge Chronicle
  • The Cinder Street Gazette
  • The Foundry Herald
  • The Old Town Crier
  • The Weekly Broadsheet
  • The Penny Post
  • The Lamplight Ledger
  • The Steam Whistle
  • The Cogwheel Courier
  • The Airship Advertiser
  • The Brass Bulletin
  • The Crown Gazette
  • The Royal Herald
  • The King's Courier
  • The Guildhall Register
  • The Raven's Ledger
  • The Wyvern Weekly
  • The Dwarrow Dispatch
  • The Elderwood Almanac
  • The Moonrise Chronicle
  • The Sorcerer's Circular
  • The Dragonwatch Gazette
  • The Bard's Broadsheet
  • The Whispering Quill
  • The Rune & Ledger
  • The Orbital Times
  • The Colony Register
  • The Martian Chronicle
  • The Void Dispatch
  • The Starport Standard
  • The Lunar Ledger
  • The Outer Rim Observer
  • The Frontier Uplink
  • The Neon Daily
  • The Grid Gazette
  • The Sector Seven Sentinel
  • The Cryo Courier
  • The Signal
  • The Marquee Weekly
  • The Downtown Digest
  • The Neighbor
  • The Riverfront Reader
  • The Village Crier
  • The Parish Post
  • The Community Ledger
  • The Corner Gazette
  • The Township Times
  • The County Line
  • The Backroads Bulletin
  • The Wednesday Word
  • The Campus Clarion
  • The Student Sentinel
  • The Quad
  • The Hilltop Herald
  • The Lantern
  • The Bruin Bulletin
  • The Varsity Voice
  • The Falcon Free Press
  • The Panther Press
  • The Wildcat Weekly
  • The Owl Observer
  • The Chalkboard
  • The Beacon Hill Post
  • The Ivy Independent
  • The Lamplighter
  • The Cornerstone
  • The Freeholder
  • The Plain Speaker
  • The Intelligencer
  • The Vindicator
  • The Reflector
  • The Sun-Herald
  • The Palladium
  • The Pantagraph
  • The Repository
  • The Union Leader
  • The Standard-Times
  • The Freelance-Star
  • The Star-Gazette
  • The Post-Standard
  • The Item
  • The Progress
  • The Advocate
  • The Patriot-Ledger
  • The Telegram
  • The Republic
  • The Daily Freeman
  • The Journal-Star
  • The Compass Rose Courier
  • The Sierra Observer
  • The Railway Register
  • The Prescott Republican
  • The Centaur Chronicle
  • The Tornado Times
  • The Hyperspace Herald
  • The Castle Courier
  • The Territory Times
  • The Lakeshore Times
  • The Post-Bulletin
  • The Storm Sentinel
  • The Universal Register
  • The Prep Post
  • The Sunday Shocker
  • The Barrow Bulletin
  • The Alchemist's Almanac
  • The Post-Gazette
  • The Daily Flash
  • The Thistledown Gazette
  • The Minstrel's Mercury
  • The Desert Dispatch
  • The Free Enquirer
  • The Stagecoach Standard
  • The Linden Falls Enterprise
  • The Upland Argus
  • The Thornton Daily Mail
  • The Weekly Wink
  • The Daily Examiner
  • The Wyrmwood Weekly
  • The Meteor Messenger
  • The Raider Record
  • The Cybernetic Chronicle
  • The Marina Messenger
  • The Imperial Tribune
  • The Joust Journal
  • The Wizard's Weekly
  • The Stillwater Ledger
  • The Highland Press
  • The Docklands Daily
  • The Athletic Ledger
  • The Municipal Ledger
  • The Foxcroft Clarion
  • The Chrome Chronicle
  • The Kiln Courier
  • The Manufacturers' Record
  • The Yewbridge Register
  • The Pembrook Tribune
  • The Applegate Ledger
  • The Hadleigh Independent
  • The Sunday Sensation
  • The Faculty Forum
  • The Sound Star
  • The Daily Observer
  • The Mesa Standard
  • The Yardley Journal
  • The Gopher Gazette
  • The Pirate Post
  • The Court Reporter
  • The Polestar
  • The Piston Post
  • The Gulf Mercury
  • The Senior Sentinel
  • The Liberator Weekly
  • The Depot Dispatch
  • The Hourglass Herald
  • The Fenwick Times
  • The Chatterbox
  • The Argus-Leader
  • The Neon Nightly
  • The Cascade Register
  • The Statesman
  • The Ram Register
  • The Jasper Hollow Enterprise
  • The Summit Sentinel
  • The Property Register
  • The Aldwick Star
  • The Torrington Chronicle
  • The Continental Journal
  • The Homesteader
  • The Journal-Standard
  • The Wayfarer's Weekly
  • The Wand & Ward
  • The Reporter
  • The Boiler Room Bulletin
  • The Network News
  • The Arcology Advertiser
  • The Labor Advocate
  • The Anvil Advertiser
  • The Twilight Times
  • The Record-Courier
  • The Clearwater Dispatch
  • The Daily Bulletin
  • The Star-Bulletin
  • The Orbit Observer
  • The Knight's Chronicle
  • The Island Beacon
  • The Keep Chronicle
  • The Herald of Liberty
  • The Buccaneer Bulletin
  • The Comet Courier
  • The Bellhaven Clarion
  • The Bond Ledger
  • The Chimney Sweep's Chronicle
  • The Cardinal Chronicle
  • The Town Square Times
  • The Wolverine Word
  • The Canyon Bulletin
  • The Hearthside Herald
  • The Loyal Standard
  • The Sunset Star
  • The Advocate-Messenger
  • The Hazelmere Clarion
  • The Daily Clarion
  • The Terraform Times
  • The Tower Times
  • The Synthetic Standard
  • The Wharf Register
  • The Dirigible Dispatch
  • The Hot Sheet
  • The Birchwood Examiner
  • The Ranch Register
  • The Navigator
  • The Wandering Star
  • The Journal-Gazette
  • The Keyhole
  • The Monday Ledger
  • The Tribune-Herald
  • The Orchard Hill Argus
  • The Troll Bridge Tribune
  • The Holo Herald
  • The Northside News
  • The Freeman's Journal
  • The Downtown Dispatch
  • The Hillside Republican
  • The Crest Courier
  • The Fenland Argus
  • The Titan Times
  • The Trojan Times
  • The Motor Trader
  • The Bluegrass Sentinel
  • The Otterburn Democrat
  • The Elkhorn Standard
  • The General Advertiser
  • The Star-News
  • The Tumbleweed Times
  • The Galaxy Gazette
  • The Boardwalk Bulletin
  • The Acme Advertiser
  • The Metro Mail
  • The Union-Recorder
  • The Dwarfhold Dispatch
  • The Reactor Register
  • The Sedgefield Independent
  • The Tourney Times
  • The Dormitory Daily
  • The Tannery Times
  • The Lantern Slide Ledger
  • The Daguerreotype Daily
  • The Smithy Standard
  • The Kestrel Ridge Star
  • The Milepost Messenger
  • The Noonday News
  • The Astral Advertiser
  • The Cyclone Courier
  • The Grange County Press
  • The Rural Record
  • The Mossley News
  • The Chronicle-Herald
  • The Daily Courier
  • The Grain Exchange Ledger
  • The Neighborhood News
  • The Cattle Trail Courier
  • The Back Forty Bulletin
  • The River News
  • The Snapshot
  • The Fortnightly Argus
  • The Daily Chronicle
  • The State Examiner
  • The Wold Enterprise
  • The Cattlemen's Chronicle
  • The Daily Beacon
  • The Scandal Sheet
  • The Bayou Journal
  • The Herald-Mail
  • The Evening Howl
  • The Civic Observer
  • The Dover Point Bulletin
  • The Ledger-Enquirer
  • The Corwin Republican
  • The Tinker's Tribune
  • The Bookman's Journal
  • The Lion's Roar
  • The Daily Prod
  • The Musical Courier
  • The Sunrise Sentinel
  • The Chronicle-Independent
  • The Orchard Observer
  • The Smokestack Standard
  • The Coal Yard Courier
  • The Times-Herald
  • The Nettleford Independent
  • The Friday Gazette
  • The People's Press
  • The Junction Journal
  • The American Standard
  • The Legal Intelligencer
  • The Sprawl Sentinel
  • The Lowland Independent
  • The Sun-Journal
  • The Northern Advertiser
  • The Yeoman
  • The Wharfside Whistle
  • The Goblin Market Gazette
  • The Stonehaven Sentinel
  • The Campus Courier
  • The Herald-Dispatch
  • The Turf Register
  • The Juniper Advertiser
  • The Bexley Mercury
  • The True Democrat
  • The Nosy Parker
  • The Morning Press
  • The Wickford Daily Mail
  • The Press-Gazette
  • The Wexley Courier
  • The Daily Gawk
  • The Tribune-Star
  • The Cape Advertiser
  • The Marston Tribune
  • The Suffragist Standard
  • The Thunder Tribune
  • The Register-Herald
  • The Daily Dirt
  • The Eastcastle Star
  • The Castleford Beacon
  • The Chapel Chronicle
  • The Library Ledger
  • The Cove Courier
  • The Warp Weekly
  • The Countryman
  • The Wagon Train Weekly
  • The Register-Star
  • The Union-Tribune
  • The Pier Press
  • The Courthouse Chronicle
  • The Merribrook Times
  • The Moorland Independent
  • The Guild Gazette
  • The Dunmore County Press
  • The Piedmont Chronicle
  • The Sable Creek News
  • The Northfield Sentinel
  • The Hurricane Herald
  • The Diocesan Herald
  • The Provincial Gazette
  • The Tuesday Tribune
  • The Emancipator
  • The Sundial Standard
  • The Woodland Herald
  • The Torch
  • The Heartland Gazette
  • The Meadow Messenger
  • The Red Top
  • The Rivet Register
  • The Tavern Tattler
  • The Undergraduate
  • The Bankers' Gazette
  • The Insurance Ledger
  • The Shire Sentinel
  • The Celestial Chronicle
  • The Farmers' Almanac Weekly
  • The Hydra Herald
  • The Missionary Record
  • The Bear Bulletin
  • The Claim Jumper's Chronicle
  • The Ridge Reporter
  • The Strath News
  • The Dawn Dispatch
  • The Weekend Chronicle
  • The Homestead Herald
  • The Telegraph Times
  • The Necromancer's Notice
  • The Morning Squawk
  • The Weekly Snoop
  • The Alehouse Argus
  • The Bay Post
  • The Ironvale Gazette
  • The Enchanter's Examiner
  • The Daily Jolt
  • The Copperfield Bee
  • The Ashgrove Enquirer
  • The Millstone Recorder
  • The Foghorn
  • The Saltmarsh Sentinel
  • The Owl Creek Gleaner
  • The Ironmonger's Gazette
  • The Sky Harbor Beacon
  • The Griffin's Gazette
  • The Nebula News
  • The Kettle Falls Courier
  • The Vale Vindicator
  • The Barleyfield Bugle
  • The Slag Heap Bugle

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