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The Top 10 New Mexico Daily Newspapers by Circulation

Even though the Santa Fe New Mexican stakes a claim as being the oldest newspaper in the west, it was a newspaper called La Verdad that was the first-ever New Mexican news publication (founded in 1844, when New Mexico was still a Mexican province).

Updated February 2020

  • 1. Albuquerque Journal
    Founded in 1880 as the Golden Gate, it soon became the Albuquerque Daily Journal and in 1889 became the Albuquerque Journal-Democrat. This was shortened to Albuquerque Journal in 1925.
  • 2. Santa Fe New Mexican
    Also known as The New Mexican and founded in 1849, it is known as “the west’s oldest newspaper”.
  • 3. Las Cruces Sun-News
    Founded in 1881 as the Rio Grande Republican, the Sun-News got its current name in 1939 after merging with the Las Cruces Sun.
  • 4. Gallup Independent
    Published six days a week, the Independent covers Gallup and the surrounding area of McKinley County.
  • 5. Roswell Daily Record
    Founded in 1891, the Daily Record’s claim to fame is being the first newspaper to report on the well-known Roswell UFO crash. It was founded in 1891.
  • 6. Hobbs News-Sun
    Published Tuesday-Sunday and serving Lea County, the News-Sun was founded in 1937.
  • 7. Farmington Daily Times
    Published by Gannett, the Daily Times serves northwest New Mexico and Navajo Nation and was founded in the late 1800s.
  • 8. Silver City Daily Press & Independent
    Published six days a week and founded in 1896 as the Silver City Independent, it was renamed Silver City Daily Press and Independent in 1935.
  • 9. Carlsbad Current-Argus
    The Current-Angus publishes every day except Mondays, and was founded in 1889.
  • 10. Alamogordo Daily News
    Published by Gannett in Alamogordo, the Daily News was founded in 1898 and mostly covers local news and issues.

Newspaper circulations and rankings are determined by Fullintel’s media intelligence analysts in combination with data supplied by LexisNexis.

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