Media in Detroit


As the world's traditional automotive center, Detroit, Michigan, is an important source for business news. The Detroit media are active in the community through such efforts as the Detroit Free Press high school journalism program and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit. Wayne State University offers a widely respected journalism program.

Print

The daily newspapers serving Detroit are the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, both broadsheet publications that are published together under a joint operating agreement. The Free Press is owned by the Gannett Company, while the News is owned by MediaNews Group. Other publications include weekly, monthly, and quarterly alternative media publications.

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

TBD Magazine
The HUB Detroit

Bi-monthly

  • ''Ambassador''

Quarterly

  • ''INSPIREbride''

Periodical

Defunct

Radio

Metro Detroit is currently the 12th largest radio market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research; this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences.
- indicates a non-commercial station.

AM

FM

LPFM">Low-power broadcasting">LPFM

Canadian AM

Canadian FM

TV

The Detroit television market is the 14th largest in the United States, and it has additional viewers in Ontario, Canada. Detroit is home to owned-and-operated stations of CBS, Fox, and Daystar and two station duopolies owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation and the E.W. Scripps Company.

Full-power

Low-power

- indicates channel is a network owned-and-operated station.

Cable

Canadian viewership

Most of Metro Detroit receives stations from adjacent Windsor, Ontario, most notably, CBC Television owned-and-operated station CBET-DT. Conversely, multiple television stations in Detroit enjoy Canadian viewership and consider the market as part of their primary audience.

Internet

Media corporations