Muskogee Phoenix

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Muskogee Phoenix
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) CNHI
PublisherEd Choate
EditorElizabeth Ridenour
Founded1888
Headquarters214 Wall Street
Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Circulation 15,909 Daily
17,073 Sunday(as of 2006) [1]
Website muskogeephoenix.com

The Muskogee Phoenix is a daily newspaper published in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, covering several counties of northeastern Oklahoma. It is owned by CNHI. The paper is printed five days a week (Tuesday-Saturday), while digital access is available 7 days a week. [2]

The Phoenix was founded in February 1888, when Oklahoma was still a territory. [3]

From 1980 through 1986, Marjorie Paxson was publisher. [4]

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References

  1. Audit Bureau of Circulations "e-circ" data for six months ending September 30, 2006.
  2. "Subscribe". Muskogee Phoenix. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Muskogee Phoenix: About Us, accessed February 18, 2007.
  4. Voss, Kimberly Wilmot (2018). Re-Evaluating Women's Page Journalism in the Post World War II Era: Celebrating Soft News. Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN   9783319962139 . Retrieved 16 March 2019.