Weatherford Daily News

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Weatherford Daily News
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
PublisherPhillip R. Reid
Founded1929
Headquarters Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States
Circulation 6,500(as of 2009) [1]
Website ,

The Weatherford Daily News is a five-day daily newspaper published in Weatherford, Oklahoma. [1] The newspaper is owned by Phillip and Jeanne Ann Reid, who also own the Vinita Daily Journal , the Perry Daily Journal , the Nowata Star , the OKC Tribune the Afton/Fairland American and the GrandLaker . [2]

Southwestern Oklahoma State University graduate James Craddock purchased the Weatherford Democrat, the newspaper that he would rename the Weatherford Daily News in 1929. [2] The Weatherford Democrat was established with the town in 1898. [2] In order to expand it into a daily newspaper, Craddock enlisted the help of Kenneth Reid, who purchased the publication in 1972. Ken and Phyllis Reid's son, Phillip and wife Jeanne Ann Reid purchased the newspaper in 1994. The Weatherford Daily News is recognized as the legal newspaper of Weatherford, Oklahoma. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Weatherford Daily News", Finder Binder: Oklahoma's Updated Media Directory, 2009 Winter Issue.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About us" at Weatherford Daily News On-Line Edition (accessed February 24, 2010).