Emmerich Newspapers


Emmerich Newspapers is a privately held American publisher of community newspapers based in Jackson, Mississippi. The company owns 22 newspapers.

History

Members of the Emmerich family have been active in Mississippi journalism since the early twentieth century, notably editor and publisher J. Oliver Emmerich Sr. of the Enterprise-Journal in McComb; the Mississippi Press Association’s annual J. O. Emmerich Award for editorial writing is named in his honor.
One Emmerich-owned weekly, the Rankin Record, ceased publication in 2015.
Beginning in 2021, Emmerich Newspapers pursued copyright claims against Particle Media, Inc., operator of the NewsBreak app, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, leading to multiple rulings in 2022 and 2025.
In February 2025, a Mississippi chancery judge ordered the Emmerich-owned Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial criticizing city officials, drawing national criticism from press-freedom advocates; the city soon dropped its lawsuit and the judge later vacated the order.

Publications

Mississippi

Arkansas

Louisiana