After what we assume was an exhaustive search that couldn't find one person to take a career-ending job, Gatehouse Media announced that Kelly Dyer Fry – The Oklahoman's current Editor In Chief – has been promoted to "Publisher." In her new role, she will oversee the newspaper's long, continued fall into irrelevance, and try her best to produce a profit for its out-of-state corporate ownership.
To celebrate the big news, The Oklahoman held a local "State of The Media" luncheon. Despite the fact that The Lost Ogle has reached over 600,000 Oklahomans in 2018 alone, has a large social media presence, and routinely outperforms The Oklahoman in many key metrics despite only having one full-time employee and a handful of contributors, we were not invited.
They did, however, invite the Editor-In-Chief of another local media outlet that's currently seeking solutions:
I agree with Tres. Our state does need #journalism critically, so it will be interesting to see what happens to The Oklahoman as it continues its struggles to adapt with ever-changing business models and demographics. That being said, what I find more interesting is what media outlet will emerge to replace it.