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- ↑ Finder Binder: Oklahoma's Updated Media Directory, 2010 Winter Issue
- 1 2 3 Painter, Bryan (August 25, 2009). "In downtown Anadarko, a double dose of bad news". Oklahoman. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ↑ Crespo, Aaron (August 23, 2009). "Anadarko Daily News editor Carolyn McBride watches newsroom burn". Oklahoman. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
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