However, the decision of the Zimbabwe government will not stop the much-criticised tour from going ahead, according to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
"I expect the tour to proceed despite the very unfortunate situation regarding media accreditations," ECB chairman David Morgan said on Tuesday.
The first of five one-day internationals takes place in Harare on Friday.
England's media liaison officer Andrew Walpole said he had been told by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) that representatives of BBC television and radio, the Times, the Sun, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Times and the News of the World had been denied accreditation.
There was no information on whether the applications by the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Independent, the Guardian and Reuters had been successful.
Walpole said he had not been given reasons for the government's decision.
ZCU spokesman Lovemore Banda told reporters the Zimbabwe government was not required to give reasons. "It is our government's prerogative (not to give a reason)," Banda said.
Morgan is due to arrive in Zimbabwe on Wednesday and said he would pursue the accreditation issue urgently.
The head of world cricket's governing body has hinted England could pull out of their Zimbabwe tour without penalty, reports the BBC.
ICC president Ehsan Mani said any decisions would come down to a vote by the leading cricket nations.
But he added that they have "a huge amount of sympathy for the ECB (after) the way this matter has been handled by the government in Zimbabwe".
ICC rules do not demand universal access for foreign media.
And Mani said no player could directly be punished for pulling out but stressed a decision on the tour was down to the England and Wales Cricket Board.
