The ''Wilsonville Spokesman'' is the local weekly

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Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County, Oregon, Washington County. It was founded as Boones Landing because of th ...

, United States. Started in 1983 in the southern suburb of

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, the publication has a circulation of approximately 3,500. Published on Wednesdays,Wilsonville Spokesman.
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved on January 23, 2008. the paper is owned by

Pamplin Media Group The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of 2019, the company owns 25 newspapers and employs 200 people. His ...

, which owns other local newspapers in

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such as ''

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

''.

History

The newspaper was founded in 1983 by Thomas Russ Dillon. In 2003, the newspaper won two awards from the

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. That year an opinion piece printed in the paper was part of a lawsuit by a city employee against the city council relating to protected speech under the

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. In 2006, the paper took two second and two third place awards for newspapers in their category from the local chapter of the

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. As of 2008, the ''Spokesman'' had a circulation of nearly 3,500. In January 2013, the paper was sold to the

along with five other papers owned by Eagle Newspapers.

References

External links

* Wilsonville, Oregon 1983 establishments in Oregon Newspapers published by Pamplin Media Group Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Publications established in 1983 Newspapers published in Oregon {{Oregon-newspaper-stub