- The Norman Transcript
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The Norman Transcript Type Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. Publisher Terry Connor Editor Deb Parker Founded July 13, 1889 Headquarters 215 East Comanche Street
Norman, Oklahoma 73069
United StatesCirculation 13,825 daily, 14,036 Sunday in 2006[1] Official website normantranscript.com The Norman Transcript is a daily newspaper published in Norman, Oklahoma, USA, covering Cleveland and McClain counties, in the southern suburbs of Oklahoma City. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
The Norman Transcript is the oldest business in Norman, Oklahoma. It was founded by settler Edward Philip Ingle on July 13, 1889.
The newspaper's marketing slogan is "Trusted, Tested, Timeless." Its mission statement emphasizes its focus on promoting Norman -- home of the University of Oklahoma -- as "a unique identity and culture"; and maintaining a centrist and pragmatic editorial page.[2]
History
The newspaper was founded by settler Edward Philip Ingle on July 13, 1889, shortly after the Land Run of April 22, 1889. Ingle had previously owned and operated the Purcell Register newspaper from 1887-89.
The first edition described Ingle's hopes for the newspaper, that "It will ever be a champion of the people and will be found ready to investigate both sides of any question of importance for the welfare of the people." The first two issues of the Transcript were published in July 1889, with a hiatus until later in the autumn. The Norman Transcript has been published regularly since then.
The weekly newspaper was sold to J.J. Burke in 1903. Burke established a companion free daily newspaper in 1912, later merging the two editions into a paid daily in 1917. The paper's first chain owner was Donrey Media Group in 1985; CNHI bought The Transcript from Donrey in 1998.[3]
James M. Flinchum worked at The Transcript in the late 1930s before joining United Press and later as editor-in-chief of the Wyoming State Tribune, forerunner of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, Wyoming.[4]
External links
References
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations "e-circ" data for six months ending September 30, 2006.
- ^ Mission of The Norman Transcript, accessed February 18, 2007.
- ^ History of The Norman Transcript, accessed February 18, 2007.
- ^ "James M. Flinchum". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2011/08/05/obituaries/03obit_08-05-11.txt. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
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- Daily newspapers published by Community Newspaper Holdings
- Newspapers published in Oklahoma
- Cleveland County, Oklahoma
- McClain County, Oklahoma
- Norman, Oklahoma
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