The ''Miami News-Record'' is a twice-weekly newspaper that serves
Miami, Oklahoma
Miami ( ) is a city in and county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, founded in 1891. Lead and zinc mining were established by 1918, causing the area's economy to boom.
This area was part of Indian Territory. Miami is the capital of ...
, USA, and the surrounding Ottawa and Delaware counties. 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. Founded in 1892, the publication was purchased by L. Dragoo two years later and folded into his newly launched effort, ''The Weekly Herald''. 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. 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''. From 1928 to 1962, it was the ''Miami Daily News-Record''. On 16 September 11962, it began publishing under the banner ''Miami News-Record''.
In 1989, Woodson Newspapers was sold to Boone-Narrangansett Publishing.
In January 2000,
American Consolidated Media
American Consolidated Media (ACM) was a United States publisher of approximately 100 daily and weekly newspapers, which it divested in 2014.
In March 2014, ACM announced the it was selling three of its regional newspaper groups, encompassing 34 ...
bought the ''News-Record'' from Boone Publishing.
In 2014, the previous owner, American Consolidated Media, sold its Texas and Oklahoma newspapers to