The "Newspaper" category of the Gerald Loeb Award was awarded in 1958–1973.
It was split into two categories beginning in 1974: "Small Newspapers" and "Large Newspapers".
A third category, "Medium Newspapers", was created in 1987.
The small and medium newspaper awards were combined as "Medium & Small Newspapers" in 2009–2012, and "Small & Medium Newspapers" in 2013–2014.
The last year newspaper categories were awarded was 2014.