The Oklahoman The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma and is the only daily newspaper that covers the Greater Oklahoma City area . The Alliance for Audited Media ( formerly Audit Bureau Circulation ) lists " The Oklahoman " published by the Oklahoma Publishing Company ( OPUBCO ) as the 59th largest U . S . newspaper in circulation . " The Oklahoman " circulation has declined in the 5 years from 2007 to 2012 . Ownership . The newspaper was founded in 1889 by Sam Small and taken over in 1903 by Edward K . Gaylord . Gaylord would run the paper for 71 years . Upon his death , the paper was turned over to his son and later to his granddaughter . It was announced on September 15 , 2011 that all Oklahoma Publishing Company ( OPUBCO ) assets , including " The Oklahoman " , would be sold to Denver based businessman Philip Anschutz and his Anschutz Corporation . The sale of OPUBCO to Philip Anschutz closed in October 2011 , and the Oklahoma Publishing Company remained independent in operation . Other Anschutz owned newspapers include The Gazette ( Colorado Springs ) and The Washington Examiner . Headquarters . The Oklahoma Publishing Company ( OPUBCO ) office tower on Broadway Extension and Britton Road in Oklahoma City was sold to American Fidelity in 2012 . Office space was then leased back to OPUBCO until plans were finalized for the company to move its headquarters . After a 23 - year absence , " The Oklahoman " staff ( and most OPUBCO employees ) will be moving back to downtown Oklahoma City in late 2014 . The new OPUBCO offices will be located at 100 W . Main in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City in the existing Century Center office building ( connected to the Sheraton Hotel ) . " The Oklahoman " will continue to be printed at the existing production facility on Broadway Extension and Britton Road . History . Founded in 1889 in Oklahoma City by Sam Small , " The Daily Oklahoman " was taken over in 1903 by The Oklahoma Publishing Company ( OPUBCO ) , controlled by Edward K . Gaylord , also known as E . K . Gaylord . In 1916 , OPUBCO purchased the failing " Oklahoma Times " and operated it as an evening newspaper for the next 68 years . E . K . Gaylord died at the age of 101 , having controlled the newspaper for the previous 71 years . Management of the newspaper passed to his son , Edward L . Gaylord , who managed the newspaper from 1974 to 2003 . Christy Gaylord Everest , daughter of Edward L . Gaylord and granddaughter of E . K . Gaylord , was the company ' s chairwoman and CEO until 2011 . Christy Everest was assisted by her sister Louise Gaylord Bennett until the sale of the company in 2011 to Philip Anschutz . The current CEO of OPUBCO is Gary Pierson . Gary served as COO for OPUBCO under Christy Everest . In 1928 , E . K . Gaylord bought Oklahoma ' s first radio station , WKY . More than 20 years later , he signed on Oklahoma ' s first television station , WKY - TV ( now KFOR - TV ) . The two stations would be the anchors of a broadcasting empire that , at its height , included six television stations and five radio stations . Nearly all of the Gaylord broadcasting interests would be sold off by 1996 , though " The Oklahoman " held onto WKY radio until 2002 . In 1939 , Charles George Werner , a rookie political cartoonist at the newspaper , won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial art . The winning cartoon , " Nomination for 1938 " , depicted the Nobel Peace Prize resting on a grave marked " Grave of Czecho - Slovakia , 1919 - 1938 " . Published on October 6 , 1938 , the cartoon bit at the recently concluded Munich Agreement , which transferred the Sudetenland ( a strategically important part of Czechoslovakia ) to Nazi Germany . Another notable cartoonist for the paper was Jim Lange , who worked for the paper for 58 years and produced over 19 , 000 cartoons . The last edition of the evening " Oklahoma Times " was published on Feb . 29 , 1984 . It was folded into " The Daily Oklahoman " beginning with the March 1 , 1984 , issue . A 1998 " American Journalism Review " survey acknowledged " The Oklahoman " ' s positive contributions as a corporate citizen of Oklahoma , but characterized the paper as suffering from understaffing , uninspired content , and political bias . In 1999 , the " Columbia Journalism Review " published an article calling " The Oklahoman " the " Worst Newspaper in America " ; the " CJR " cited the paper ' s conformance to the right - wing political views of the Gaylord family , alleged racist hiring practices , and high costs of ads . In more recent years OPUBCO Communications Group has won a number of awards for innovations , newspaper redesign , First Amendment coverage , sports coverage , breaking news and in - depth multimedia projects . " The Oklahoman " was formerly available for delivery statewide , but in November 2008 it announced that it was reducing its circulation area to cover approximately two - thirds of the state ( Oklahoma City and points west ) , and that it would no longer be available for delivery in Tulsa , Oklahoma ' s second - largest city . The change reduced the paper ' s circulation by about 7 , 000 homes . In January 2009 , " The Oklahoman " and the " Tulsa World " announced a content - sharing agreement in which each paper would carry some content created by the other ; the papers also said they would " focus on reducing some areas of duplication , such as sending reporters from both " The Oklahoman " and the " World " to cover routine news events . " In 2010 " The Oklahoman " introduced the first iPad app for a newspaper / multimedia company of its size in the United States . Drop in circulation . Like most U . S . newspapers , " The Oklahoman " has seen a decline of 42 . 3 % in daily circulation and 34 . 8 % drop in Sunday circulation from 2007 to the end of 2012 . Figures from the Alliance for Audited Media ( formerly Audit Bureau Circulation ) show that daily subscriptions dropped from 195 , 399 to 112 , 733 and Sunday subscriptions dropped from 264 , 524 to 172 , 415 .