The Oakland Press

{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Oakland County, Michigan}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Oakland Press | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = 1972 | ceased_publication = | owners = MediaNews Group | publisher = | editor = | language = | political_position = | circulation = | headquarters = 2125 Butterfield Dr. Troy, MI 48084 | oclc = 15217724 | sister_newspapers = {{ubl|''The Detroit News''|''The Macomb Daily''|''The News Herald''}} | ISSN = | website = {{URL|theoaklandpress.com}} }}

'''''The Oakland Press''''' is a daily newspaper published in Oakland County, Michigan with headquarters in Troy.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/contact/| title=Contact Us| newspaper=The Oakland Press| access-date=2014-11-03| quote=48 West Huron Pontiac, MI 48342}}</ref> It is owned by MediaNews Group.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Anders |first=Melissa |date=2013-12-17 |title=Parent companies of Detroit News and Oakland Press, other Michigan newspapers to merge |url=http://www.mlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/12/parent_companies_of_detroit_ne.html |access-date=2015-11-21 |work=Mlive.com}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Detroit News to operate independently at year’s end |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/06/16/detroit-news-detroit-free-press-joa-ending-newspapers-media/84226670007/ |access-date=2025-12-27 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}</ref> The local historical society traces its origins to ''The Pontiac Gazette'', founded in 1843.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}} The paper has been published under various names, including '''''The Pontiac Press''''', until it was named ''The Oakland Press'' in 1972.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pontiac, Michigan:: A Postcard Album|last=Brieger|first=Gottfried|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2000|isbn=9781439627877|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDsCaTTWOfsC&pg=PA30}}</ref> Original editorials and reporting, including major-sport beat writers, are also carried in the sister paper ''The Macomb Daily''.

''The Oakland Press'' was previously owned by 21st Century Media until its merger with MediaNews Group in 2013.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" />

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==External links== {{Portal|Michigan|Journalism}} * {{Official website|http://www.theoaklandpress.com/}} * [http://www.newsmediainsider.com/newspaper/oaklandpress.php OaklandPress Bio]

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