The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the

Portland metropolitan area The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered on the principal city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, ...

in the

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Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

. As of 2019, the company owns 25

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

s and employs 200 people.

History

The ''

Portland Tribune The ''Portland Tribune'' is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Pamplin Media Group, which publishes a number of community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area. Launched in ...

'' newspaper, founded by Pamplin in 2001, is the largest newspaper in the group. PMG also includes a group of newspapers formerly known as Community Newspapers, Incorporated, serving the Portland area. Most of them are published once a week. The company launched the ''

Hillsboro Tribune The ''Hillsboro Tribune'' was a weekly newspaper that covered the city of Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon and was published from 2012 to 2019. It was replaced in 2019 by a Hillsboro edition of the Forest Grove '' News-Times'', a sister publ ...

'' in September 2012. As of 2009, it owned newspapers in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Columbia counties. On January 8, 2013, it bought five newspapers from Eagle Newspapers, Inc. in the Portland area (''

Canby Herald The ''Canby Herald'' is a weekly paper published in Canby, Oregon, United States, since 1906, and covering the cities of Canby and Aurora. As of 2014, the paper is published on Wednesdays. The paper was previously (as of 2012) published bi-weekly, ...

'', ''

Wilsonville Spokesman The ''Wilsonville Spokesman'' is the local weekly newspaper in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Started in 1983 in the southern suburb of Portland, Oregon, the publication has a circulation of approximately 3,500. Published on Wednesdays,

'', ''

Molalla Pioneer The ''Molalla Pioneer'' is the local weekly newspaper in Molalla, Oregon, United States which began publishing in 1913. The ''Pioneer'' is currently a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays. History In January 2013, the paper was bought by ...

'', ''

The Newberg Graphic ''The Newberg Graphic'' is the weekly newspaper of Newberg, Oregon, United States. In January 2013, the paper was sold to the Pamplin Media Group along with five other papers owned by Eagle Newspapers. See also * List of newspapers in Oregon T ...

'', and the ''

Woodburn Independent The ''Woodburn Independent'' is a weekly paper published in Woodburn, Oregon, United States, and also covering the cities of Hubbard, Aurora, Donald, Gervais, St. Paul and Mt. Angel, and the surrounding area of Marion County. The ''Independent ...

''), along with ''

The Madras Pioneer ''The Madras Pioneer'' is a weekly paper published Wednesday in Madras, Oregon, United States, since 1904. It is published on Wednesdays. It is the newspaper of record for Jefferson County. The paper was once owned by Oregon governor Elmo Smith, w ...

'' in

Central Oregon Central Oregon is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Oregon and is traditionally considered to be made up of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Other definitions include larger areas, often encompassing areas to the north towards the ...

. In June 2013, it also purchased the ''

Central Oregonian The ''Central Oregonian'' is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Prineville in the U.S. state of Oregon. Tracing its roots to 1881, the paper covers Central Oregon where it is the newspaper of record for Crook County. In 1921, a merger of the ...

'' from Eagle. In 2014, Pamplin partnered with the

EO Media Group The EO Media Group is a newspaper publishing company based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It publishes 17 newspapers in the state and in southwestern Washington. History The company, which has been family-owned for four generations, was previous ...

, which publishes the ''

East Oregonian The ''East Oregonian'' (''EO'') is a daily newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. The ''EO'' was the first-place winner of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence ...

'' and several other weekly and monthly publications in Oregon, to form the

Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Capital Bureau is a joint effort of two family-owned news publishers to improve news coverage of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The bureau was launched in 2014 by the Pamplin Media Group, which owns 25 newspapers in the Port ...

and publish the ''Oregon Capital Insider'' newsletter. The partnership came as the number of reporters assigned to state capital bureaus nationwide was on the decline. In 2018, the newly-launched ''

Salem Reporter Salem Reporter is a digital news service based in Salem, Oregon. It was launched in September 2018 by longtime investigative journalist Les Zaitz, with investment from businessman Larry Tokarski, president of a real estate development firm. Its p ...

'' joined the bureau, and its publisher, Les Zaitz, was assigned to lead its three reporters. The Salem Reporter left the cooperative in early 2020 and Zaitz left the operation. The Oregon Capital Bureau as of late winter 2020 includes just the EO Media Group and Pamplin. On July 19, 2022, digital editor Geoff Pursinger published a column announcing Pamplin would no longer host online comments on the articles published to its websites starting Aug. 1. Each chain writes and edits its own stories and shares them with each other and several subscribers, including newspapers in Medford, Corvallis, and Albany.

Newspapers

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External links

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