The Billings Metropolitan Area is served by two major news television stations, four major non-news television stations, one community television station, 25 commercial radio stations and one major daily newspaper. Note: Community 7 is only available through cable or satellite.
The Billings Gazette was first published in 1885 and has since grown to become the largest newspaper in Montana and Northern Wyoming. The Billings Gazette is published as a daily newspaper and also publishes Billings Business, Thrifty Nickel, Magic City Magazine, Montana Land Magazine, Welcome Home, and Lifewise to target niche audiences. The Billings Gazette is currently owned by Lee Enterprises.
The Yellowstone County News is a weekly newspaper which was first published in 1977 by Dave and Jan Willms from their home in Ballantine, Montana. It covers a wide variety of topics and issues each week including news from the Yellowstone County Commissioners and other public government meetings, as well as hyperlocal news pertaining to the geographic area of Yellowstone County. It was owned by Pete Robison and Rebecca Tescher-Robison from 1993 to 2014. In 2014, Yellowstone County News was purchased by Jonathan McNiven and Tana McNiven, who own and operate the newspaper currently.
Founded in 1997, Billings Outpost was a weekly newspaper, distributed in Billings and nearby municipalities. It was edited and published by David Crisp. Its publication was suspended on January 28, 2016.
The Billings Times was a weekly legal/statistical newspaper established in 1891. The newspaper reported on legal publications and also reported vital statistics, such as births, deaths, and marriages, in the Yellowstone County Area. It also advertised all major city contracts for the City of Billings. From 1960 onward, the newspaper was operated by the Turner family. It ceased in 2024.
Last Best News was an online news site that covered Billings, Montana.