Various "local" papers serve the area, though ownership, and therefore accountability, has been agglomerated higher and higher. A few independent monthlies have served Ann Arbor reliably. The campus and indie print media includes one long-standing daily and an assortment of weeklies, monthlies, bimonthlies, and every three weeklies, plus a student publication for almost every school around. Ethnic media serving religious or cultural groups round out the mix.

The Library of Congress maintains a list of Washtenaw County newspapers and their archives.

See also List of free newspapers