Jacksonville, Florida is served by local media, as well as regional and national media. As of 2017, Jacksonville is ranked as the 47th largest media market, with 688,500 homes. Radio and television broadcasts are governed by the FCC.
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Print media
The Florida Times-Union is the major daily newspaper in Jacksonville. Jacksonville.com is its official website. It is owned by Morris Communications, which also publishes the Georgia Times-Union for southeast Georgia residents. Financial News & Daily Record is another daily paper focused on the business and legal communities. The Jacksonville Business Journal is a weekly American City Business Journals publication focused on business news. Folio Weekly is the city's largest alternative weekly. The Florida Star is the city's oldest African-American focused paper. Jacksonville Free Press is another weekly catering to the black community. Metro Jacksonville is an online publication.
Television
Jacksonville is the 47th largest local television market in the United States, and is served by television stations affiliated with all the major American networks. The Jacksonville designated market area has the distinction of being the only United States television market in which affiliates of all four major broadcast networks are involved in both virtual and legal duopolies (Gannett Company owns WJXX and WTLV outright, while Cox Media Group owns WFOX-TV and operates WJAX-TV through joint sales and shared services agreements with Bayshore Television). WJXT is a former longtime CBS affiliate that turned independent in 2002. The Jacksonville television market serves Northeastern Florida and Southeastern Georgia.
Radio
Jacksonville is the 49th largest local radio market in the United States, and is dominated by the same two large ownership groups that dominate the radio industry across the United States: Cox Radio and Clear Channel Communications. There are a total of 39 FM radio stations ranging from Alternative Rock, Top 40, News and Information, Hip-Hop & R&B, Country and more. There are 20 AM radio stations ranging from News and Information, Foreign Language music and talk and more.
Online media
Jacksonville.com is the online edition of the Florida Times-Union. Each of the television stations that offer a news program also has a website for news.
The Coastal, a web-based magazine geared toward young professionals in the area, launched in late 2015.
Most of the area's printed publications also have websites that offer some or all of the current major articles online, but not all offer archival access. The wikitable under "Print Media" specifies their URLs.
Several popular local blogs include Metro Jacksonville.