The List of newspapers in Oklahoma lists every daily and non-daily news publication currently operating in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The list includes information on where the publication is produced, whether it is distributed daily or non-daily, what its circulation is, and who publishes it. For those newspapers that are also published online, the website is given.
Title | Locale | Year est. | Year ceased | Notes |
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Bigheart Times | Osage County | Formerly published by Louise Redcorn | ||
Bixby Bulletin | Bixby | 1905 | 2012 | In 2012, the Bulletin was combined with the Jenks Journal and Glenpool Post to form the South County Leader. The South County Leader ceased publication in 2014. [13] |
The Broken Arrow Ledger | Broken Arrow | 1904 | 2017 | Purchased by Tulsa World |
Choctaw County Times | Hugo | Formerly published by Stan Stamper | ||
Edmond Sun | Edmond | 1889 | 2020 | [14] |
El Dorado Courier | Eldorado | Formerly published by Joan Gilliam | ||
The Elk Citian | Elk City | |||
Hartshorne Sun | Hartshorne | Formerly published by CNHI | ||
The Muskogee Cimeter | Muskogee | 1904 | 1921 | African-American newspaper founded by William Twine [15] |
Muskogee Star | Muskogee | 1912 | 1913 | African-American newspaper founded by A. J. Smitherman; succeeded by the Tulsa Star [16] |
Skiatook Sentinel | Skiatook | 1905 | [17] | |
Tulsa Business Journal | Tulsa | Formerly published by Community Publishing | ||
Tulsa County News | Tulsa | 2012 | Published by Gary Percefull | |
Tulsa Star | Tulsa | 1913 | 1921 | African-American newspaper founded by A. J. Smitherman; defunct after Tulsa Race Massacre [18] |
Tulsa Tribune | Tulsa | 1919 | 1992 | |
Urban Tulsa Weekly | Tulsa | Formerly published by Keith Skrzypczak [19] |
Muskogee is the thirteenth-largest city in Oklahoma and is the county seat of Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately 48 miles (77 km) southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census, a 6.0 percent decrease from 39,223 in 2010.
The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma, United States, and is the only regional daily that covers the Greater Oklahoma City area. The Alliance for Audited Media lists it as the 59th largest U.S. newspaper in circulation.
The Tulsa World is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 2020 that a corporate purchase was made of BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company controlled by Warren Buffett. The printed edition is the second-most circulated newspaper in the state, after The Oklahoman. It was founded in 1905 and locally owned by the Lorton family for almost 100 years until February 2013, when it was sold to BH Media Group. In the early 1900s, the World fought an editorial battle in favor of building a reservoir on Spavinaw Creek, in addition to opposing the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The paper was jointly operated with the Tulsa Tribune from 1941 to 1992.
The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma dedicated to promotion and preservation of Oklahoma's history and its people by collecting, interpreting, and disseminating knowledge and artifacts of Oklahoma. The mission of the OHS is to collect, preserve, and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people.
The Journal Record is a daily business and legal newspaper based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Its offices are in downtown Oklahoma City, with a bureau at the Oklahoma State Capitol.
Charles Edward Creager was an American newspaper publisher and editor and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town is both a federally recognized Native American tribe and a traditional township of Muscogee Creek Indians, based in Oklahoma. The tribe's native language is Mvskoke, also called Creek.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Lillian Gallup Haskell was the inaugural First Lady of Oklahoma. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1939.
African Americans in Oklahoma or Black Oklahomans are residents of the state of Oklahoma who are of African American ancestry. African Americans have a rich history in Oklahoma. An estimated 7.8% of Oklahomans are Black.
Minor league baseball teams were based in Muskogee, Oklahoma in various seasons between 1905 and 1957. The final team, the Muskogee Giants, played as members of the Western Association (1951–1954) and the Sooner State League (1955–1957). Earlier Muskogee teams played as members of the Missouri Valley League (1905), South Central League (1906), Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League (1907–1908), Western Association (1909–1911), Oklahoma State League (1912), Western Association, Southwestern League (1921–1923), Western Association (1924–1932), Western League (1933), Western Association and Sooner State League (1955–1957). Muskogee never captured a league championship, making league finals on multiple occasions.
Andrew Jackson Smitherman was an American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist.
Frank Hilton Greer was an American journalist, Sooner, and politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma who founded the Daily State Capitol newspaper and served in the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature between 1892 and 1894.
NOTE: Uncited circulation information comes from Finder Binder: Oklahoma's Updated Media Directory, 2010 Winter Issue
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet