Cody Enterprise
{{Short description|Newspaper in Cody, Wyoming, US}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Cody Enterprise
| type = Twice weekly newspaper
| founder = Buffalo Bill and John Peake
| publisher = JT Malmberg
| editor =
| newseditor =
| foundation = 1899
| headquarters = PO BOX 1090
Cody, WY 82414
| circulation = 4,675
| website = {{URL|codyenterprise.com}}
}}
The Cody Enterprise is a newspaper in Cody, Wyoming.
History
The newspaper was established by Buffalo Bill and John Peake in 1899.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.codyenterprise.com/site/about.html/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Cody Enterprise |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Hurlbut |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QlSIjH8IjI0C&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PA327 |title=Insiders' Guide® to Yellowstone & Grand Teton |date=2011-04-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-7627-6854-7 |language=en}}Richard W. Slatta, The Cowboy Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 1994, p. 74{{Cite book |last=Wheeler |first=Richard S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lc-ypVxpzWgC&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PA164 |title=The Honorable Cody |date=2006 |publisher=Sunstone Press |isbn=978-0-86534-521-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Slatta |first=Richard W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iczSBcAUC5oC&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PA91 |title=The Mythical West: An Encyclopedia of Legend, Lore, and Popular Culture |date=2001-11-20 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-57607-151-9 |language=en}} The first issue appeared on August 31, 1899, and it was firmly established in 1902.{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=Don |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qvU4Lq8NAcC&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PA428 |title=The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill |date=1960 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-1537-5 |language=en}} In 1904, it was bought by Caroline Lockhart, a Prohibition crusader and novelist originally from Boston.{{Cite book |last=Pitcher |first=Don |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMG0xC1Y_eoC&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PA559 |title=Wyoming |date=2006-06-02 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-56691-953-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Dixon |first=Charlotte |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4ooEJDLhF0C&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PT41 |title=Beautiful America's Wyoming |date=April 1998 |publisher=Beautiful America Publishing Co. |isbn=978-0-89802-691-7 |language=en}} She served as owner and editor from 1904 to 1962. In the summer of 1936, it featured articles about artists Edward Thomas Grigware and Stan Kershaw.{{Cite book |last=Winchell |first=Terry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WO7y5WA71EC&dq=%22cody+enterprise%22&pg=PA29 |title=Molesworth: The Pioneer of Western Design |last2=Molesworth |first2=Thomas |date=2005 |publisher=Gibbs Smith |isbn=978-1-58685-508-6 |language=en}} The newspaper was purchased by Sage Publishing Company in 1972 before it was bought by independent publisher J. Louie Mullen of Buffalo, Wyoming in 2022.{{cite web |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Enterprise sold to Wyoming publisher |url=https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_992f2de6-b05c-11ec-a6f3-7b915dbba7ef.html |website=Cody Enterprise}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-04 |title=Cody, Gillette newspapers sell to independent Wyoming publisher |url=https://jacksonholepress.com/cody-gillette-newspapers-sell-to-independent-wyoming-publisher/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=JacksonHolePress |language=en-US}} It is published twice weekly.{{Cite web |last=Enterprise |first=Cody |date=2016-01-18 |title=About Us / Contact Us |url=https://www.codyenterprise.com/site/about/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Cody Enterprise |language=en}} It has a circulation of over 4,000 between print and electronic memberships.{{Cite web |title=WPA Member Directory |url=https://www.wyopress.org/members/wpa_member_directory.html |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=WyoPress.org |language=en}}
In August 2024, a reporter for the Cody Enterprise was caught using artificial intelligence to create news stories and fabricate quotes, including fake statements from Wyoming governor Mark Gordon. The journalist responsible for the stories resigned and the publisher created an official AI policy to prevent similar issues.{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=C. J. |date=2024-08-08 |title=After getting caught fabricating quotes, Cody reporter resigns |url=https://www.powelltribune.com/stories/after-getting-caught-fabricating-quotes-cody-reporter-resigns,135514 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Powell Tribune |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Megan |date=2024-08-07 |title=AI-generated stories not acceptable |url=https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/opinion/article_e3b31660-54e8-11ef-935c-9ffad80f444a.html |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Cody Enterprise |language=en}}