List of fictional newspapers

This is a list of fictional newspapers from forms of media such as films, television, and books.

Fictional newspapers

From the Discworld series

  • The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer
  • The Ankh-Morpork Times
  • The Sto Plains Dealer
  • The Pseudopolis Herald
  • The Tanty Bugle

From Metalocalypse

  • COMLIFE
  • The New York Chronicle
  • Your Liberal Lip
  • USA Mouth

From miscellaneous

  • Action Bulletin News - tabloid in Superman comics (with a logo similar to Action Comics)
  • The Arlen Bystander - King of the Hill
  • The Bay Mirror - Charmed
  • The Borchester Echo - The Archers
  • The Beast and The Daily Brute- Newspapers in Scoop (Novel by Evelyn Waugh)
  • Bikini Bottom News - SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Bloom Picayune and Bloom Beacon - Milo Bloom's papers in Bloom County
  • The Brentford Mercury - Robert Rankin novels
  • The Boston Telegraph - The Dead Zone
  • The Bulletin - a newspaper in the Superman Universe, shown in Showdown
  • The Caledonian - Complicity
  • Canley Evening News - Sun Hill's local newspaper in The Bill
  • The Cardiff Gazette - Doctor Who episode "Boom Town"
  • Casterbridge Chronicle - The Mayor of Casterbridge
  • Central City Picture News - The Flash comics, Iris West's employer
  • The Chicago Herald - Prison Break
  • The Comet - The [...] Truth
  • Da NewsPapes - Homestar Runner
  • The Daily Bugle - Marvel Comics, especially Spider-Man
  • The Daily Chronicle - Newspaper from The Monkees TV Series
  • The Daily Comet- a British tabloid owned by Derek Leech in Kim Newman's fiction
  • The Daily Fluxion - Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun
  • The Daily Fourth Gradian - Springfield Elementary School newspaper, The Simpsons
  • The Daily Glob - Monstropolis, Monsters, Inc., tabloid
  • The Daily Globe - Rival paper to the Daily Bugle in the Marvel Universe
  • The Daily Granite - The Flintstones, was for a time Captain Caveman, Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone's employer; edited by Lou Granite
  • The Daily Mole - Thursday Next novels
  • The Daily Planet from Metropolis - Superman
  • The Daily Prophet - Harry Potter series
  • The Daily Punctilio - A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Daily Register -a San Francisco paper shown on the television series Journeyman
  • Daily Sentinel - The Green Hornet
  • The Daily Slab - The Flintstones
  • The Daily Star - newspaper from the earliest Superman comics; sometimes also appears in modern comics as a competing paper to the Daily Planet or a newspaper in superhero Green Arrow's Star City
  • Daily Supernova - Futurama
  • Daily Tatler - Superman
  • DayFax - Spider Jerusalem's old employer in Transmetropolitan
  • The Dog River Howler - Dog River's official newspaper in Corner Gas
  • Eagle - Superman
  • Evening Compass - Superman
  • Exsquitor - Smallville
  • The Evening Prophet - The evening EDition of the Daily Prophet in Harry Potter
  • Fairwater Gazette - The Frighteners
  • The Flash - Brenda Starr
  • The Framley Examiner
  • Gotham Gazette - Batman comics, Vicki Vale's employer
  • Gotham Globe - Batman (movie), Vicki Vale's employer
  • Hill Valley Telegraph - Back to the Future
  • Hooterville World Guardian- Petticoat Junction
  • Hope Falls Journal - Hope Falls Newspaper from the PSP exclusive video game, Dead Head Fred.
  • The Inquisitor - Zork Grand Inquisitor
  • La Paris - Santa Claus: The Movie
  • Langley Falls Post - The Newspaper which appears in the opening credits of each American Dad! episode
  • The Latest News - Homestar Runner
  • Lawndale Sun-Herald - Daria
  • Liberty Tree - Liberty City Newspaper in the Grand Theft Auto series of video games.
  • The Local Newspapes - Homestar Runner
  • The Los Angeles Sun - ''My Favorite Martian television series, where Tim works
  • The Los Angeles Tribune - Lou Grant
  • The Manhattan Guardian - Seven Soldiers:Manhattan Guardian
  • The Maycomb Tribune - To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Metropolis Herald Superman
  • Metropolis Star - Superman
  • Morning Pictorial - Superman
  • The Miami Record-Dispatch - Dave's World
  • Morning Globe - Superman
  • Morning Star - a newspaper in the Superman Universe, shown in Showdown
  • The National Register - a tabloid newspaper mentioned on both The Amazing Spider-Man and The INCredible Hulk TV series of the 1970's.
  • The New New York Post - Futurama
  • The News of the Sun - The Goodies
  • The Newspapes - Homestar Runner
  • New York Chronicle - Citizen Kane
  • New York Daily Inquirer - Citizen Kane
  • New York Herald - Oscar Madison's employer in The Odd Couple (named after a defunct real-life paper which was one of the ancestors of the New York Herald Tribune)
  • New York Ledger - Law & Order
  • New York Sentinel - Law & Order
  • New York Star - [...] and the City
  • New Zork Times - Zork I games."All the grues that fit, we print"''
  • Owl on Sunday - Thursday Next novels
  • Oxdown Gazette
  • The Pickax Picayune - Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun
  • The Pickford Penny Pincher - Phil of the Future (Disney Channel TV series).
  • Quahog Informant - Family Guy
  • The Quibbler - Wizarding world tabloid in Harry Potter
  • The Red Dress Press - a newspaper created by Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons episode "Fraudcast News"
  • Robot Times - Robots
  • Sacramento Register - Eight is Enough
  • The Seattle Courier - The 4400
  • The Shelbyville Daily - The Simpsons
  • The Sidereal Daily Mentioner - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  • The Smallville Ledger - Smallville (TV series)
  • Star Journal - The Nightmare Room
  • St. Louis Daily Inquirer - Citizen Kane
  • The Springfield Shopper - The Simpsons
  • The Sunday Comet - Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
  • The Tally Ho - The Prisoner
  • The Torch - Smallville (TV series)
  • The Toad - Thursday Next novels
  • Tomorrow - owned by Elliot Carver, villain of Tomorrow Never Dies
  • The Toronto Gazette - Law & Order
  • Universe Today - Babylon 5
  • The Valadilène Gezatte - Syberia
  • The Walford Gazette - EastEnders
  • The Willie T. Ribs Checkered Flag Times - The Proud Family (Disney Channel TV series)
  • Witch Weekly - Harry Potter
  • The Word - major journal of The City (Transmetropolitan comics)
  • World and the Globe - Superman
  • Yadretsey - Red Dwarf (Backwards universe version of Today)

See also

  • List of fictional magazines
  • List of fictional books
  • List of fictional comics