The sound of folded copies of The Oklahoman slapping concrete in the pre-dawn hours was once familiar, but repeated cuts to the size, coverage, advertising and distribution have left many wondering not only if they will receive their newspaper that day but whether there soon will no longer be a daily newspaper at all. Mary […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Journalism violation?
The Oklahoman might have crossed an ethics line when it published a feature story on a Georgia resort recently.
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Chicken-Fried News: Giddy up
Philip Anschutz, owner of The Oklahoman, has been named Citizen of the West.
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Oklahoman hospitality
In the late ’90s, CJR bestowed the paper the title “Worst Newspaper in America,” and Oklahoman columnists have also taken CJR to task. Now CJR is criticizing The Oke’s profile of its soon-to-be new owner, Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz, who is acquiring all of OPUBCO this month. In a Sept. 27 piece titled “How not […]
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SOLD!
Oklahoma Publishing Co., which owns The Oklahoman newspaper, NewsOK and a variety of other assets, announced it was being purchased by the Anschutz Corporation, owned by Colorado-based billionaire Philip Anschutz. All stock of the privately owned OPUBCO is to be sold to Anschutz in early October, Christy Gaylord Everest, chairwoman and CEO of OPUBCO, said […]
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‘Sea change’
The newspaper made the announcement on its website and stated that all Oklahoma Publishing Company stock will be sold to the Anschutz Corp., which is owned by Philip Anschutz, 71, a Denver-based businessman ranked by Forbes magazine as the 37th richest person in the United States and the 124th wealthiest person on the planet with […]