The Tennessean

The Tennessean
July 27, 2005 front page of
The Tennessean
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
EditorBenjamin Goad
FoundedMay 12, 1907 (1907-05-12) (as The Nashville Tennessean)
Headquarters1801 West End Ave
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
 United States
Circulation
  • 21,559 daily
  • 31,863 Sunday
(as of 2022)
Websitewww.tennessean.com

The Tennessean (known until 1972 as The Nashville Tennessean) is a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. Its circulation area covers 39 counties in Middle Tennessee and eight counties in southern Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett, which also owns several smaller community newspapers in Middle Tennessee, including The Dickson Herald, the Gallatin News-Examiner, the Hendersonville Star-News, the Fairview Observer, and the Ashland City Times. Its circulation area overlaps those of the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle and The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, two other independent Gannett papers. The company publishes several specialty publications, including Nashville Lifestyles magazine.