The Shawnee News-Star Explained

Shawnee News-Star
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Foundation:	, as The Weekly News
Owners:	CherryRoad Media
Publisher:	Jeremy Gulban
Editor:	Kim Morava
Circulation:	6,000
Headquarters:	1725 North Kickapoo Avenue, Suite 101, Shawnee, Oklahoma 74804, United States
Oclc:	12110604
Website:	news-star.com

The Shawnee News-Star is an American daily newspaper published in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It is the newspaper of record for Pottawatomie, Lincoln and Seminole counties, in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

History

The newspaper took its current name in 1943 after the merger of the Shawnee Evening Star and Shawnee Morning News.^[1] The paper was formerly owned by Stauffer Communications, which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1994.^[2] Morris sold the paper, along with thirteen others, to GateHouse Media in 2007.^{[3] [4]} Gannett sold the paper, along with 16 others to CherryRoad Media in February 2022.^[5]

External links

• • GateHouse Media

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Shawnee News-Star. Chronicling America . . May 24, 2012.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19940727&id=BQUuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9TIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6854,5982097 Morris Communications buys Stauffer Communications
3. http://morris.com/news/morris-publishing-completes-sale-publications-gatehouse-media Morris Publishing Completes Sale of Publications to GateHouse Media
4. http://rturner229.blogspot.com/2007/10/gatehouse-media-buys-pittsburg-morning.html "Gatehouse Media buys Pittsburgh Morning Sun, Independence Examiner, Hannibal Courier-Post, 11 other dailies"
5. Web site: 2022-01-28 . CherryRoad Media acquiring Texas and Oklahoma newspapers . 2024-05-18 . Editor & Publisher . en.