Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | EO Media Group |
Publisher | Chris Rush [1] |
Editor | Bennett Hall [2] |
Founded | 1898 |
Headquarters | 195 N. Canyon Boulevard John Day, OR 97845 [3] |
City | John Day, Oregon |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 1,690 Print 323 Digital(as of 2023) [4] |
Website | bluemountaineagle |
The Blue Mountain Eagle is a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays in John Day, Oregon.
The Blue Mountain Eagle was established in 1898, [5] and has undergone a long string of mergers in the decades since. [6] In 1948, the newspaper was sold to Elmo Smith, who went on to found Eagle Newspapers. [7]
The newspaper was acquired by the East Oregonian Publishing Company in 1979. It began an online edition in 2000. [6] The East Oregonian Publishing Company changed its name to EO Media Group in January 2013. [8]
Editor Scotta Callister left the paper in 2015 to become part-owner and interim publisher of the Malheur Enterprise , which had great success under her leadership and that of her husband, Les Zaitz. [9] Publisher Marissa Williams left in 2018 after 14 years with the company, with Kathryn Brown taking over as interim publisher. During Williams' tenure, the Eagle's coverage of Aryan Nation's failed effort to establish a headquarters in Grant County earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. [10]
In June 2024, EO Media Group announced Blue Mountain Eagle will cease print publication and go online-only. All print subscribers will instead receive the East Oregonian , published weekly and including news from Blue Mountain Eagle's website. [11] [12]
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