Miami News-Record
{{Short description|Newspaper in Miami, Oklahoma}}
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| type = Twice-weekly newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = 1903{{cite news|title=Miami News-Record|url=https://www.facebook.com/miamioknews/|website=Facebook page of Miami News-Record}}
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| owners = Reid Newspapers
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| circulation = 5,300
| headquarters = Miami, Oklahoma United States
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| website = {{URL|miamiok.com}}
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The Miami News-Record is a twice-weekly newspaper that serves Miami, Oklahoma, United States, and the surrounding Ottawa and Delaware counties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/36/5194/15499|title=About Miami news record|website=Mondo Times}} Its circulation is 5,300 copies with editions published on Tuesday and Friday. In 2021, it was sold to Reid Newspapers.
History
The first paper in Miami was The Miami Weekly Chief, founded by Charles Dagnet and John Warren, with a circulation of about 100.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21450155/miami_chief_with_circulation_of_only/|title=Miami Chief, with circulation of only 100, introduced journalism to this section half century ago.|date=4 October 1942|work=Miami Daily News-Record}} Founded in 1892, the publication was purchased by L. Dragoo two years later and folded into his newly launched effort, The Weekly Herald.{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96093319/|title=The weekly herald|website=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers|publisher=Library of Congress}} In 1897, The Record was founded by H.C. Brandon; the two Democratic weeklies would be merged with the Herald to form the Miami Record-Herald in 1904.{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064102/|title=About The record-herald|website=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers|publisher=Library of Congress}} The Record-Herald went to a daily publication schedule in 1917. A subsequent merger with the Republican Miami District Daily News in 1924 produced the earliest News-Record.{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86064101/|title=About Miami news-record|website=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers|publisher=Library of Congress}} From 1928 to 1962, it was the Miami Daily News-Record. On September 16, 1962, it began publishing under the banner Miami News-Record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96093322/|title=Miami Daily News-Record (Miami, Okla.) 1928-1962|website=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers|publisher=Library of Congress}}
In 1989, Woodson Newspapers was sold to Boone-Narrangansett Publishing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.apnews.com/8cd2865c16bb6ddcc4bdf93aae96f689|title=Newspaper Holding Company Sold to Publishing Firm|date=28 June 1989|work=AP}}
In January 2000, American Consolidated Media bought the News-Record from Boone Publishing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21453872/daily_newspapers_sold/|title=Daily Newspapers sold|date=8 January 2000|work=Victoria Advocate}}
In 2014, the previous owner, American Consolidated Media, sold its Texas and Oklahoma newspapers to New Media Investment Group.{{Cite web | title = New Media Acquires Texas and Oklahoma Newspapers | access-date = 22 August 2014 | url = http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/183/new-media-acquires-texas-and-o/ | archive-date = 16 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140816184010/http://www.dirksvanessen.com/press_releases/view/183/new-media-acquires-texas-and-o/ | url-status = dead }}
In 2017, the News-Record reduced its publication schedule to two days a week.{{Cite news|url=http://www.miamiok.com/news/20170322/miami-news-record-to-reduce-print-days|title=Miami News-Record to reduce print days|date=22 March 2017|work=Miami News-Record}}
In 2021, the News-Record was sold to Reid Newspapers by Gannett, the successor to GateHouse Media.{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2021 |title=Reid Newspapers buys three state publications |url=https://journalrecord.com/2021/02/15/reid-newspapers-buys-three-state-publications/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=The Journal Record}}
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