Sapulpa Herald
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sumner Family |
| Publisher | Darren Sumner |
| Editor | Angenene Gibbs |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Headquarters | 16 South Park Street Sapulpa, Oklahoma 74066  United States |
| Circulation | 2,900 daily[citation needed] |
| Website | sapulpaheraldonline.com |
The Sapulpa Daily Herald, "Creek County's Only Daily Newspaper," is a five-day (Sunday and Tuesday through Friday) daily newspaper published in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States. It is owned by the Sumner family, Daryl, Patricia, Darla, Derrick and Darren. They are also the owner of four other Oklahoma papers (If they are not being sold yet.) Founded in September 1914 by John W. Young and O.S. Todd, the Sapulpa Daily Herald later merged with the older Sapulpa Evening Light -- the city's oldest newspaper, founded in 1896 as a weekly, and relaunched as a daily in 1908 -- when the Light's publisher, Oren Miller Irelan, entered a partnership with Young. By the time the two sold the Herald to R.P. Matthews in 1944, it was one of only two newspapers in the city (there had, at one point, been six).[1]
The Matthews family sold to Ed Livermore in 1959; he bought out his only competitor, the weekly County Democrat News, in 1965. Livermore, a Sapulpa resident after whom the University of Oklahoma journalism chair is named, was the last local owner. He sold the Herald to Roy H. Park in 1979; Park sold to Community Newspaper Holdings in 1997.[1] The Herald changed owners again in October 2007, when CNHI sold it and two other papers to the Sumner family.[2]
Newspaper Controversy
In 2008, the Sapulpa Daily Herald made no mention whatsoever of President Obama's presidential victory. The newspaper claimed that it only supported local news and not national news. The move prompted protests that the newspaper was practicing racism. The newspaper did report every other presidential victory since Woodrow Wilson's second term. [3]
Current Management
Angenene Gibbs - Editor
John Brock - Assistant Editor
Eric Bruce - Sports Editor
Vicki Toothman - Business Manager
Connie Jones - Circulation Manager
Teresa Cooper - Production Manager
Current Circulation - 2900[citation needed] (When CNHI was the owner of the Sapulpa Daily Herald the circulation was 5400)
External links
References
- ^ a b History of Sapulpa Newspapers, accessed February 19, 2007.
- ^ "Sumner Family Buys Three CNHI Dailies". Editor & Publisher. 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
- ^ CNN Story
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