The Oklahoma Times

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The Oklahoma Times
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO)
FoundedMay 9, 1889 (1889-05-09)
Ceased publication1984 (1984)

The Oklahoma Times was a newspaper published in Oklahoma City.

History[edit]

On May 9, 1889, Angelo C. Scott and his brother Winfield W. Scott published the first issue of The Oklahoma Times. The paper was soon forced to change its name to The Oklahoma Journal due to a conflict with Hamlin W. Sawyer's The Oklahoma City Times. Later, J. J. Burke and E.E. Brown bought the Journal and the Times, merging them to form the Times-Journal.[1] [2] In 1916, the struggling paper was purchased by Edward K. Gaylord's Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO) and operated under the name The Oklahoma Times as the evening counterpart to OPUBCO's The Daily Oklahoman until 1984, when it was incorporated into The Daily Oklahoman and ceased publication.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oklahoma, a Guide to the Sooner State. The University of Oklahoma. 1941. p. 80. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ^ Scott, Angelo W. (1939). The Story of Oklahoma City. Times-Journal Publishing Co. pp. 53–55. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  3. ^ Dary, David. "Oklahoma Publishing Company". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ^ "About The Oklahoma City times. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved November 30, 2012.