A focused performance-culture publication covering the people, builds, and businesses across Oklahoma.
Meridian 98 is named for the line because the line is the thesis.
This is not a men's lifestyle magazine. It is a focused performance-culture brand built on the premise that the temperament the meridian once required of settlers still produces the most interesting work being done in this part of the country - and that the work deserves to be covered at the level of craft the work itself demands.
Strength, Steel, and Speed are the three living descendants of what this country has always asked of Oklahoma's people.
The athlete under the barbell. The builder at the milling machine. The man rebuilding an engine in a shop he owns. They are not three different audiences. They are one audience, with three different tools.
Each pillar has its own recurring formats, its own partner ecosystem, and its own editorial rules. The Excellence Filter applies to all three.
Powerlifting, strongman, bodybuilding. The gyms, athletes, and coaches doing the work. The barbell does not negotiate.
Businesses, custom builds, gunsmiths, ranges, products, training. Adult, lawful, responsible - focused on the craft.
Owner stories, shop builds, dealer releases, events. The truck is a tool. The custom build is the inheritance.
A 1956 Porsche 356 Outlaw, rebuilt across two years in central Texas at Werks 11.
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There are gyms, gunsmiths, builders, and shops in this state doing work that holds up next to anyone's. Most of them have never been written about by a publication that actually understands what they do.
Meridian 98 exists to fix that. Partner features get the same researched prose, the same on-location photography, and the same Excellence Filter we apply to editorial. The result is a story enthusiast readers take seriously - because the publication takes the work seriously.
That's the whole point. A reader who finishes a feature on a Tulsa barbell club, a Lawton pistolsmith, or an Edmond shop should walk away knowing more about the craft, not the advertiser. The partnership reinforces the brand on both sides: yours and ours.
See how partnerships work →An athlete. A gunsmith. A shop. A build worth covering. We are looking for serious work being done seriously. The Excellence Filter is the only filter.
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