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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 (formerly Audit Bureau Circulation) lists it as the 59th largest U.S. newspaper in circulation.

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79-563: The Oklahoman has been published by Gannett (formerly known as GateHouse Media) owned by Fortress Investment Group and its investor Softbank since October 1, 2018. On November 11, 2019, GateHouse Media and Gannett announced GateHouse Media would be acquiring Gannett and taking the Gannett name. The acquisition of Gannett was finalized on November 19, 2019. Copies are sold for $ 2 daily or $ 3 Sundays/Thanksgiving Day; prices are higher outside Oklahoma County and adjacent counties. The newspaper

158-399: A biased agenda." The memo additionally claimed that editorial content is the least-read content in the papers while being the most likely reason someone gives for cancelling a subscription. In March 2024, the company announced that effective March 25, it would end its legacy Associated Press premium subscription, meaning it would no longer pay to publish AP dispatches, photos and video from

237-661: A controlling interest in The Daily Oklahoman upon his father's death in 1974. He purchased the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville , Tennessee, when it was in dire financial straits and kept it operating. He created The Nashville Network TV Channel, as well as Country Music Television, or CMT, which is similar to MTV , and owned Hee Haw , a long-running country and western variety show. He was also an investor in Texas Rangers at

316-616: A desire to have a unified brand across print and digital media, The Oklahoman announced it would retire the NewsOK brand and redirect all NewsOK.com URLs to Oklahoman.com on May 22, 2019. As of June 9, 2020, over one year after the brand was retired, the NewsOK brand could still be seen at Oklahoman.com, including as the site's favicon and branding within several sections of the website, including Autos, BrandInsight, Homes, Obituaries, Local A&E, Parties Extra, Videos, Shop, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Use. In November 2019, while attempting to merge

395-525: A former paperboy who accused the company of enabling a former district manager to sexually abuse him in the 1980s. In late 2018 as Gannett was seeking partners for a merger, fending off a hostile takeover and its stock fell, this former paperboy emailed investigative reporters and Gannett management asking them to investigate his claims. In response, Karen Magnuson, then Executive Editor for Gannett's Democrat and Chronicle , told reporters to put their investigative reporting of abuse claims on "pause", and brought

474-448: A government-approved third-party that would be barred from entering into any agreements with Gannett, in order to fully preserve competition in advertising sales with Gannett-owned KSDK. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 20, and it was completed on December 23. On February 28, 2014, Meredith Corporation officially took over full control of KMOV. On May 14, 2014, Gannett announced

553-457: A large chain, a 20th-century trend that helped the newspaper industry remain financially viable. In April 1957, Paul Miller succeeded Frank Gannett as president and CEO when the group held 19 newspapers over four states; Florida not among them. Miller became frustrated after repeated unsuccessful attempts to acquire a foothold in Florida, then targeted Brevard County . He spoke to Marie Holderman,

632-471: A publicly traded company. On November 11, 2019, GateHouse Media and Gannett announced GateHouse Media would be acquiring Gannett and taking the Gannett name. The Gannett corporate merger/acquisition closed on November 19, 2019. The November 20, 2019 (Volume 129,323) issue of The Oklahoman was the first to show Gannett as the copyright owner, reflecting the rebranding of GateHouse Media to Gannett. The Oklahoman ' s offices are located at 100 W. Main in

711-634: A rookie political cartoonist at the newspaper, won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning . The winning cartoon, " Nomination for 1938 ", depicted the Nobel Peace Prize resting on a grave marked " Czechoslovakia 1919–1938". Published on October 6, 1938, the cartoon bit at the recently concluded Munich Agreement , which transferred the Sudetenland (a strategically important part of Czechoslovakia) to Nazi Germany . Another notable cartoonist for

790-535: A salary $ 900,000 and long term stock incentives adding to a total of $ 7.7 million in 2021, the first full year after the merger. The total compensation was estimated with Gannett stock valued at the then current price. During Reed's tenure, Gannett stock has fallen 70%, reducing the value of future equity incentive plan awards. Gannett was sued in October 2019 under the New York State Child Victim's Act by

869-695: A time, though Tegna has since moved to a new 440,000-square-foot office tower nearby, occupying roughly 60,000 square feet. On October 7, 2015, Gannett struck a deal to buy the Journal Media Group for $ 280 million, giving it control of publications in over 100 markets in the Midwestern and Southern U.S. Similar to what Gannett had earlier done with its broadcasting assets, the Milwaukee -based Journal had separated its publishing and broadcasting arms in April 2015, with

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948-670: Is owned by the Japanese conglomerate Softbank . Apollo Global Management funded the acquisition with a $ 1.792 billion loan. Although GateHouse was the nominal survivor, the combined company took the better-known Gannett name. Michael E. Reed, the CEO of GateHouse's parent company, was named CEO. The new management team immediately announced it would target "inefficiencies", which could lead to cutbacks at newspapers and reduction in newspaper staff. Gannett's board of directors, which does not include anyone with journalism background, paid CEO Mike Reed

1027-687: The Austin American-Statesman ; Detroit Free Press ; The Indianapolis Star ; The Cincinnati Enquirer ; The Columbus Dispatch ; The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida ; The Tallahassee Democrat in Tallahassee, Florida ; The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee ; The Daily News Journal , in Murfreesboro, Tennessee ; The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky ;

1106-703: The Columbia Journalism Review published an article calling The Oklahoman the "Worst Newspaper in America"; the CJR cited the paper's conformance to the right-wing political views of the Gaylord family, alleged racist hiring practices, and high costs of ads. In more recent years OPUBCO Communications Group has won a number of awards for innovations, newspaper redesign, First Amendment coverage, sports coverage, breaking news and in-depth multimedia projects. On May 1, 2014,

1185-915: The Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York ; The Des Moines Register ; the El Paso Times ; The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona ; The News-Press in Fort Myers, Florida ; the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; the Argus Leader , the Pueblo Chieftain, and the Great Falls Tribune . In 2015, Gannett split into two publicly traded companies, one focusing on newspapers and publishing and

1264-700: The Poughkeepsie Journal , founded in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1785, and The Leaf-Chronicle founded in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1808. In 1984, John Curley was appointed president and COO. In 1985, Curley became CEO and continued as president. The company was headquartered in Rochester until 1986, when it moved to Arlington County, Virginia . Its former headquarters building, the Gannett Building ,

1343-564: The 2018 midterm elections in the United States, meaning that next-day newspapers would no longer contain the election's results, instead directing readers to the Internet. In January 2019, Digital First Media (DFM) made an unsolicited bid to acquire Gannett for $ 1.36 billion, but it was rejected for being undervalued. In an attempt to pursue a hostile takeover , DFM built up a 7.5% stake of Gannett's public shares. Gannett subsequently accused

1422-542: The AP Stylebook . Gannet's contract with AP was set to expire at the end of 2024. It is unclear why the company ended the agreement early or how much it was paying AP. In the second quarter of 2022, Gannett's revenue was $ 749 million, sustaining a loss of $ 54 million. In reaction to the news, the company announced, "In the coming days, we will be making necessary but painful reductions to staffing, eliminating some open positions and roles that will impact valued colleagues." At

1501-755: The Columbia Journalism Review . Gaylord also was a member of the conservative public policy think tank, Council for National Policy . The Gaylord family of Oklahoma City helped found the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and has given the University of Oklahoma contributions totaling over $ 50 million in the last three decades, and founded the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication . The home field of

1580-460: The E. W. Scripps Company acquiring the television and radio properties owned by the former's technical predecessor Journal Communications and spinning out their respective publishing operations into Journal Media Group. In December 2015, Gannett announced that its local newspapers would be branded as the "USA Today Network", signifying a closer association with the national USA Today paper. In April 2016, Gannett made an unsolicited bid to acquire

1659-599: The News-Press website. The practice has spread throughout the chain. In 2010, Gannett increased executive salaries and bonuses; for example, Bob Dickey, Gannett's U.S. newspapers division president, was paid $ 3.4 million in 2010, up from $ 1.9 million the previous year. The next year, the company laid off 700 U.S. employees to cut costs. In the memo announcing the layoffs, Dickey wrote, "While we have sought many ways to reduce costs, I regret to tell you that we will not be able to avoid layoffs." On March 7, 2011, Gannett replaced

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1738-650: The Oakland Tribune and The Cincinnati Enquirer , seven television stations, 13 radio stations, as well as an outdoor advertising division, for $ 370 million. The outdoor advertising became known as Gannett Outdoor, before being acquired by Outdoor Systems (previously a division of 3M), before the company was sold to Infinity Broadcasting , which later became part of Viacom , and was part of CBS Corporation , until 2014 when CBS Outdoor went independent and became Outfront Media . The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware

1817-558: The Phoenix, Arizona community for enabling its employees to sexually abuse them in the late 1970s. As the New York state window to file under its Childs Victim Act closed in August 2021, another man sued Gannett in Rochester, New York, alleging child sex abuse by the same former district manager of paperboys. This latest case brings the total to eleven men who are suing Gannett for enabling sexual abuse of former paperboys, some as young as eleven at

1896-541: The Star Advocate to Gannett for $ 1 million. Neuharth started Today in Cocoa, which eventually became Florida Today . By June 1966, paid subscriptions were 33,000, far exceeding their goal of 20,000 by the end of the year. The paper became profitable in 1968 after just 33 months. Miller was succeeded by Al Neuharth in 1973. In 1978, Gannett acquired Combined Communications Corp., operator of 2 major daily newspapers,

1975-625: The Tribune Publishing Company for $ 12.25 per-share, or around $ 400 million. This deal was rejected by Tribune's shareholders in May 2016; in turn, Gannett increased its offer to around $ 15 per-share (around $ 800 million). Although the two companies held talks during the summer and into the fall of 2016, disappointing earning reports for Gannett for the second and third quarters of 2016 caused Gannett to pull out of talks on November 1. Gannett announced it would not be delaying print deadlines for

2054-422: The University of Oklahoma Sooners football team was renamed Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium due to their contributions. Gaylord had two sisters, Virginia and Edith Kinney Gaylord , and several children, including Edward King Gaylord II, Mary Gaylord McClean , Louise Gaylord Bennett and Christy Gaylord Everest . Gaylord died of cancer on April 27, 2003, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His funeral

2133-549: The World to cover routine news events." In 2010, The Oklahoman introduced the first iPad app for a newspaper/multimedia company of its size in the United States. In 2018, publisher Chris Reen was replaced by interim publisher Jim Hopson. Later that year, editor Kelly Dyer Fry was announced to replace Hopson as publisher. She retained her roles as editor and vice president of news. Dyer Fry retired in November 2020, and in 2021, Ray Rivera

2212-542: The @NewsOK and @TheOklahoman Twitter handles, The Oklahoman lost control of both handles to an unknown third party. This forced the newspaper to begin using @TheOklahoman_ as its official Twitter handle. Circulation stood at 25,304 daily subscribers, according to a 2022 annual report published by Gannet. In 2018, The Oklahoman reported an average paid circulation of 92,073, with digital subscriptions making up 20,409 of that number, according to an Oklahoman article published December 27, 2018. In 1939, Charles George Werner,

2291-540: The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court. The nine plaintiff cases remain pending action by Judge Chimes and her court. In March 2020, Gannett announced that due to COVID-19 , it will be forced to make a series of cuts and furloughs. Executives would also take a 25% reduction in salary. In April 2022, a committee of Gannett editors made the formal recommendation that newspapers in

2370-584: The Century Center office building, connected to the Sheraton Hotel, in downtown Oklahoma City. In 2021, The Oklahoman ' s staff vacated the newsroom for renovations after KWTV-DT News9 took over the space as Griffin Communications , purchased the building. The Oklahoman rented part of the space from the new owners. The Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO) which owned The Oklahoman until 2018,

2449-533: The Gannett and Sander stations in retransmission consent negotiations, anti-media-consolidation groups (such as Free Press ) and pay television providers (such as Time Warner Cable and DirecTV ) have called for the FCC to block the acquisition. On December 16, 2013, the United States Department of Justice announced that Gannett, Belo, and Sander would need to divest Belo's station in St. Louis , KMOV , to

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2528-657: The Observer and Eccentric chain, in southeast Michigan , including the print editions of the Livonia Observer and papers covering Westland, Farmington, Plymouth, Canton, and Birmingham. Gannett indicated that the publications would provide online content. Gannett's media properties include the following newspapers among the top 100 by circulation in the United States: Edward L. Gaylord Edward Lewis Gaylord (May 28, 1919 – April 27, 2003)

2607-572: The Oklahoma Publishing Company remained independent in operation. Other Anschutz-owned newspapers include The Gazette of Colorado Springs and the Washington Examiner . In 2018, Anschutz sold The Oklahoman Media Company portion of OPUBCO to GateHouse Media for $ 12.5 million. which included The Oklahoman , NewsOK.com, BigWing and The Oklahoman Direct, marking the first time in the newspaper's history that it would be owned by

2686-792: The acquisition of six stations from the Texas -based London Broadcasting Company in a $ 215 million deal, including KCEN-TV (NBC) in Waco-Temple-Bryan, KYTX (CBS) in Tyler - Longview , KIII (ABC) in Corpus Christi , KBMT (ABC/NBC) in Beaumont - Port Arthur , KXVA (FOX) in Abilene - Sweetwater and KIDY (FOX) in San Angelo . The company's COO Phil Hurley will also join Gannett to continue his leadership role at

2765-401: The age of 101, having controlled the newspaper for the previous 71 years. Management of the newspaper passed to his son, Edward L. Gaylord , who managed the newspaper from 1974 to 2003. Christy Gaylord Everest , daughter of Edward L. Gaylord and granddaughter of E. K. Gaylord, was the company's chairwoman and CEO until 2011. Christy Everest was assisted by her sister Louise Gaylord Bennett until

2844-405: The chain should significantly pare back the opinion material that newspapers traditionally publish on their editorial pages, including editorials, op-ed columns, syndicated columns and editorial cartoons. According to the company-wide memo, "Readers don't want us to tell them what to think. They don't believe we have the expertise to tell anyone what to think on most issues. They perceive us as having

2923-429: The company announced that it would buy out the remainder of Classified Ventures —a joint venture between Gannett and several other media companies, for $ 1.8 billion, giving it full ownership of properties such as Cars.com . On April 21, 2015, Gannett announced that the publishing arm would continue to use the Gannett name, while the broadcasting and digital company would be named Tegna —an anagram of Gannett. The split

3002-461: The company of engaging in a proxy fight . After a failed attempt to place three DFM nominees on Gannett's board of directors through a proxy vote on May 16, 2019, DFM sold shares lowering their ownership to 4.2%. On August 5, 2019, New Media Investment Group, parent of GateHouse Media , announced that it would acquire Gannett. New Media Investment Group is managed and controlled by another private equity firm, Fortress Investment Group . Fortress

3081-688: The defunct Opryland USA theme park and a bankrupt airline, Western Pacific Airlines . Gaylord was born on May 28, 1919, in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma. His father, Edward King Gaylord , was the owner of The Daily Oklahoman . Gaylord graduated from Stanford University in 1941, where he earned a degree in business. He attended the Harvard Business School and served in the United States Army during World War II . Gaylord began his career for Oklahoma Publishing in 1946. He inherited

3160-529: The editorial board issued an apology. The last edition of the evening Oklahoma City Times was published on Feb. 29, 1984. It was folded into The Daily Oklahoman beginning with the March 1, 1984 issue. Look At OKC was launched in 2006 as a weekly alt magazine to compete with the Oklahoma Gazette . It was distributed in free racks throughout the Oklahoma City metro area until it was quietly discontinued, with

3239-821: The email to the attention of Gannett's management to conduct their own investigation. Gannett chief operating officer Michael G. Kane sent the original claimant a letter indicating no evidence had been found and they were "closing out" the matter. A few months later New York passed its Child Victim Act lifting statute of limitations on child sex abuse claims. This initial case is currently pending. Four more lawsuits were filed in February 2020 and are pending. Additionally, three more men filed suit against Gannett for child sex abuse in September 2020 and April 2021; these cases are all pending too. In December 2020, Gannett and its Arizona Republic newspaper were sued by two former paperboys in

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3318-437: The end of August, the company announced that it was laying off 3% of its United States workforce, which was about 400 employees. At this announcement, Gannett also said they would not be filling 400 open positions. At the time of the announcement, Gannett stock, which was already down about 45% on the year, fell an additional 28.5%. In October, the company announced the second round of financial austerity steps. These included

3397-590: The fact that the Workers Compensation Board has no mechanism to consider this question of justice and legal rights, as the Board is tasked by the state of New York solely to: " administer workers’ compensation, disability benefits and Paid Family Leave. " On July 26, 2024, this demand of Gannett, received and accepted fully by Judge Deborah Chimes, was reversed , by the Fourth Judicial Department of

3476-428: The final issue being published on June 28, 2018. In December 2017, The Oklahoman launched a premium quarterly magazine titled The OK (pronounced 'oak'). This magazine was bundled with Sunday editions of The Oklahoman , as well as distributed via newsstands. Each issue would cover a different topic including food, travel, or health, with the final issue of the year being a photography-centric issue. It appears The OK

3555-551: The fourth largest television broadcaster in the U.S. with 43 stations. Because of ownership conflicts that exist in markets where both Belo and Gannett own television stations and newspapers, the use of a third-party company (Sander Media, LLC, owned by former Belo executive Jack Sander) as a licensee to buy stations to be operated by the owner of a same-market competitor and concerns about any possible future consolidation of operations of Gannett- and Belo-owned properties in markets where both own television stations or collusion involving

3634-550: The largest newspaper publisher in the United States, which adopted the Gannett name. Mike Reed was named CEO. Gannett Company, Inc. was formed in 1923 by Frank Gannett in Rochester, New York , as an outgrowth of the Elmira Gazette , a newspaper business he had begun in Elmira, New York , in 1906. Gannett, who was known as a conservative , gained fame and fortune by purchasing small independent newspapers and developing them into

3713-447: The newspaper company, leaving Gannett's remaining broadcasting and digital operations under the leadership of Martore. In a statement, she explained that the split plans were "significant next steps in our ongoing initiatives to increase shareholder value by building scale, increasing cash flow, sharpening management focus, and strengthening all of our businesses to compete effectively in today's increasingly digital landscape." Additionally,

3792-486: The next 68 years. In 1928, E. K. Gaylord bought Oklahoma's first radio station, WKY . More than 20 years later, he signed on Oklahoma's first television station, WKY-TV (now KFOR-TV ). The two stations would be the anchors of a broadcasting empire that, at its height, included six television stations and five radio stations. Nearly all of the Gaylord broadcasting interests would be sold off by 1996, though The Oklahoman held onto WKY radio until 2002. E. K. Gaylord died at

3871-621: The office's current location in early 2015. In 2016, printing and production at the facility at Broadway Extension and Britton Road was shifted to The Tulsa World and the Oklahoman facility closed. As part of the closure, 130 employees were laid off, and pre-production and layout services were sourced to the GateHouse Media-owned Center for News and Design in Austin, Texas. The former production plant at Broadway Extension and Britton Road

3950-498: The only one to allow unrestricted access. On March 24, 2012, the company announced that it would discipline 25 employees in Wisconsin who had signed the petition to recall Governor Scott Walker , stating that this open public participation in a political process was a violation of the company's code of journalistic ethics and that their primary responsibility as journalists was to maintain credibility and public trust in themselves and

4029-469: The organization. On August 21, 2012, Gannett acquired Blinq Media. Around the first week of October 2012, Gannett entered a dispute against Dish Network regarding compensation fees and Dish's AutoHop commercial-skip feature on its Hopper digital video recorders . Gannett ordered that Dish discontinue AutoHop on the account that it is affecting advertising revenues for Gannett's television stations. Gannett threatened to pull all of its stations should

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4108-400: The other on broadcasting. The broadcasting company took the name Tegna , and owns about 68 TV stations. The newspaper company inherited the Gannett name. The split was structured so that Tegna is the legal successor of the old Gannett, while the new Gannett is a spin-off . In November 2019, New Media Investment Group acquired and merged its GateHouse Media subsidiary into Gannett, creating

4187-563: The owner and publisher of the Cocoa Tribune , and shared his plan for a morning daily paper in Brevard County. Holderman was not interested. Over the next few years, several Gannett representatives attempted to negotiate a purchase, without success. In the late 1950s, Al Neuharth was assistant managing editor at the Miami Herald and became acquainted with Marie Holderman. In 1963, he

4266-462: The paper and seemed to present more frequent opposing viewpoints on issues of public concern. The company that bore the family name, Gaylord Entertainment Company, transitioned into a real estate investment trust in 2012. As part of a long-term contract giving Marriott International the rights to manage its hotels and adjacent attractions, the company was renamed Ryman Hospitality Properties. The Gaylord name transferred to Marriott, and now exists as

4345-490: The paper was Jim Lange , who worked for the paper for 58 years and produced over 19,000 cartoons. Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. ( / ɡ ə ˈ n ɛ t / ) is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City . It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation. It owns the national newspaper USA Today , as well as several local newspapers, including

4424-411: The requirement that all employees take a week of unpaid leave in December, and a suspension of matching contributions to employee 401(k) accounts. Gannett also instituted a hiring freeze and is seeking volunteers for buyouts. Gannett announced around 200 more layoffs, or 6% of the news division, in November 2022. As part of the cuts, Gannett stopped printing six community papers, collectively known as

4503-416: The sale of the company in 2011 to Philip Anschutz. In October 2003, The Daily Oklahoman was renamed The Oklahoman with OPUBCO and future owner GateHouse Media officially retaining the registered trademarks of The Daily Oklahoman , The Sunday Oklahoman , and The Oklahoma City Times to this day. In November 2008, The Oklahoman announced that it was reducing its circulation area to cover approximately

4582-434: The same time as George W. Bush . Gaylord served as the chairman of the Gaylord Entertainment Company until February 2003. Gaylord was the president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. He also served on the board of directors of the American Newspaper Publishers Association . As the publisher of The Oklahoman , he consistently took conservative political positions in opposition to government spending, but at

4661-437: The same time the paper was sometimes accused of improperly dealing with conflicts of interests created by Gaylord's personal financial interests. One example was the paper's editorial support for the city to use public funds to promote the building of a new Bass Pro Shop in Oklahoma City, while Gaylord Entertainment was then a 19.9% shareholder of Bass Pro stock. The Oklahoman' s reporting on this topic again drew criticism from

4740-486: The six stations. The acquisition was completed on July 8, 2014; in total, Gannett stations now serve 83% of households in the state. Post acquisition, Gannett now outright owns and operates their first Fox affiliates, KIDY & KXVA. On August 5, 2014, Gannett announced that it plans to split into two independent publicly traded companies–one focused on newspapers and publishing, the other on broadcasting. Robert Dickey, head of old Gannett's newspaper division, became CEO of

4819-405: The skirmish continue beyond October 7, and Dish and Gannett fail to reach an agreement. The two parties eventually reached an agreement after extending the deadline for a few hours. On June 13, 2013, Gannett announced plans to buy Dallas -based Belo Corporation for $ 1.5 billion and the assumption of debt. The purchase would add 20 additional stations to Gannett's portfolio and make the company

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4898-422: The sports section ran the headline "Mr. Unreliable" in reference to Kevin Durant 's performance against the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2014 NBA Playoffs. The headline drew national criticism. Sports Director Mike Sherman later issued an apology. On June 3, 2020, the editorial board published an opinion piece about the George Floyd protests with the word "thuggish" in the headline. After considerable backlash,

4977-451: The stylized "G" logo in use since the 1970s (notably used on its TV stations as a corporate/local ID with different animations), and adopted a new company tagline: "It's all within reach." In February 2012, Gannett announced that it would implement a paywall system across all of its daily newspaper websites, with non-subscriber access limited to between five and fifteen articles per month, varying by newspaper. The USA Today website became

5056-420: The time of their injuries in the 1980s or upon enactment of the CVA in 2019. In December 2022, presiding Judge, Deborah A. Chimes acquiesced to Gannett's demands that NY Workers Compensation Board – despite the existence of the Child Victims Act as NY State law – determine if Plaintiffs have a valid cause of action for damages or whether they are limited to benefits under the Worker’s Compensation Law. This despite

5135-402: The time. Nearly three years after the first lawsuit filing, in July 2022, Gannett defense attorneys notified the court of their intent to file a motion to have the former paperboys' Child Victims Act cases taken "out of the state court system and turn them over to the New York Workers' Compensation Board" stating that the 11–14-year-old paperboys should have applied for workman's compensation at

5214-406: The trip in May 1965. Convinced of Gannett's determination and at age 81, Holderman decided to sell, and Pound told the executives they wanted $ 1.9 million in compensation. Neuharth's response: "We told them that was a fair price and we certainly paid her more than she expected to get." In 1966, Neuharth took charge of Gannett Florida. After a few months, the Hudson family in Titusville decided to sell

5293-454: The western two-thirds of the state, rather than statewide. This shift halted delivery in Tulsa, which reduced the paper's circulation by about 7,000 homes. In January 2009, The Oklahoman and the Tulsa World announced a content-sharing agreement in which each paper would carry some content created by the other; the papers also said they would "focus on reducing some areas of duplication, such as sending reporters from both The Oklahoman and

5372-487: The wire service in Gannett-owned publications. According to a statement from the company, this decision, regarded by observers as a cost-cutting move, "will give us the opportunity to redeploy more dollars toward our teams and build capacity where we might have gaps." In that same memo, Gannett said it signed an agreement with Reuters to publish the newswire's global content. Gannett will continue to pay AP for its election-related polling and vote-counting, and pay to access

5451-411: Was an American billionaire businessman, media mogul and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company that included The Oklahoman newspaper, Oklahoma Publishing Co., Gaylord Hotels, the Nashville Network TV Channel (later renamed SpikeTV, Spike, and Paramount Network after being sold off); the Grand Ole Opry , and the Country Music Television Channel (CMT) as well as

5530-401: Was completed on June 29, 2015. The split was structured so that the old Gannett changed its name to Tegna, and then spun off its publishing interests as a "new" Gannett Company. Tegna retained "old" Gannett's stock price history under a new ticker symbol, TGNA, while "new" Gannett inherited "old" Gannett's ticker symbol, GCI. The two companies shared a headquarters complex in Tysons Corner for

5609-458: Was discontinued in late 2018, with the final issue being released that December. NewsOK was originally launched on August 19, 2001, as a joint venture between KWTV-DT and The Oklahoman ; however, OPUBCO would obtain full control of NewsOK in 2008. NewsOK would continue to serve as OPUBCO's online news brand, and the "OK' branding would be expanded to other online properties including HomesOK, CarsOK, and JobsOK. However, due to market confusion and

5688-471: Was founded in 1889 by Sam Small and taken over in 1903 by Edward K. Gaylord . Gaylord would run the paper for 71 years, and upon his death, the paper remained under the Gaylord family. It was announced on September 15, 2011, that all Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO) assets, including The Oklahoman , would be sold to Denver -based businessman Philip Anschutz and his Anschutz Corporation . The sale of OPUBCO to Philip Anschutz closed in October 2011, and

5767-486: Was headquartered at N.W. 4th Street and Broadway in downtown Oklahoma City until 1991, when it moved to a 12-story tower at Broadway Extension and Britton Road in the northern part of the city. That building was sold to American Fidelity Assurance in 2012. Office space was then leased back to OPUBCO until plans were finalized for the company to move its headquarters. After a 23-year absence from downtown Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman staff (and most OPUBCO employees) moved to

5846-433: Was held at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum . The Daily Oklahoman remained under the Gaylord family's control until the sale in 2011; the news features and editorial position of the paper reflect affiliation with The Washington Examiner , which has the same owner. Edward L. Gaylord's daughters Christy Gaylord Everest and Louise Gaylord Bennett remain as board members. Both sought an updated look for

5925-571: Was hired by Miller to manage the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York . Two years later, he asked Miller for an opportunity to persuade Holderman. In their meeting, Neuharth complimented the Tribune , but told Holderman that she lacked the resources to win a competition. Holderman was invited to Rochester for a meeting to talk with Gannett executives. The Gannett corporate airplane flew four people from Florida to New York. John Pound, managing editor joined Holderman and her two granddaughters on

6004-822: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Douglas H. McCorkindale succeeded Curley as CEO in 2000 and chairman in 2001. That year, the company moved to its headquarters in Tysons Corner, Virginia , a suburb of Washington, D.C. Beginning in 2005 at the Fort Myers News-Press , Gannett pioneered the mojo concept of mo bile multimedia jo urnalists, reporters who were initially untethered from conventional newsrooms and drove around their communities filing hyperlocal news in various formats including text for print publication, still photos for print and online publication, and audio and video for

6083-501: Was named the new executive editor of The Oklahoman . He also oversees Gannett's Sunbelt region, which encompasses some 42 daily and weekly newspapers in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado. A 1998 American Journalism Review survey acknowledged The Oklahoman ' s positive contributions as a corporate citizen of Oklahoma, but characterized the paper as suffering from understaffing, uninspired content, and political bias. In 1999,

6162-514: Was purchased from DuPont and The Tennessean in Nashville in 1979, when the chain had grown to 79 newspapers. In 1982, the broadcasting unit partnered with Telepictures Corporation to start out its Newscope program. Gannett's oldest newspaper is the Berrow's Worcester Journal based in Worcester, England and founded in 1690. In the United States, the oldest newspapers still in circulation are

6241-450: Was razed by the site's new owner, American Fidelity Assurance, and as of 2021, new construction and development was taking place in the area. Founded in 1889 in Oklahoma City by Sam Small , The Daily Oklahoman was taken over in 1903 by The Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO), controlled by Edward K. Gaylord , also known as E. K. Gaylord. In 1916, OPUBCO purchased the failing Oklahoma Times and operated it as an evening newspaper for

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