East Oregonian

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East Oregonian
East Oregonian front page.jpg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) EO Media Group
Founder(s)M.P. Bull
Managing editorPhil Wright
Founded1875
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters211 S. E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801
Circulation 4,293 Print
997 Digital(as of 2023) [1]
Website eastoregonian.com

The East Oregonian is a weekly newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. [2] [3] EO is owned by EO Media Group [4] and is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County. [5]

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History

M.P. Bull first published the East Oregonian on Oct. 16, 1875. It was a weekly Democratic newspaper serving Pendleton, Oregon. [6] At that time the population was around 250. Bull used a Washington hand press to print the first issue. He previously lived in Portland and decided to name his paper in reference to The Oregonian. This caused some people to link the two, although they're unrelated. Bull, a member of the Oregon Bar, was in poor health and sold the paper to lawyer J. H. Turner, [7] who bought it out of concern of the paper falling into Republican hands. Turner and six other men formed the East Oregonian Publishing Co. and purchased the publication on Oct. 9, 1877. [6] Turner brought on B. B. Bishop and the two sold the paper in 1880, they sold to Lewis Berkeley Cox. [7]

C. S. "Sam" Jackson purchased the Eastern Oregonian on Jan. 13, 1882. He was 21 at the time, and with no money, persuaded J. A. Guyer to loan him the funds for the sale. [7] Author George Stanley Turnbull described Jackson as "a character which has been one of the most influential in the history of Oregon journalism." [6] Jackson was a fighting editor in the literal sense. He got into fist fights in the streets to defend his opinions. After one brawl with a reader, Jackson wrote: "A man who is afraid of bodily injury or personal attacks is not a newspaperman or capable of becoming one." [7]

An 1894 advertisement for the East Oregonian in a national newspaper directory. East Oregonian advertisement.jpg
An 1894 advertisement for the East Oregonian in a national newspaper directory.

Jackson increased print days from once to twice a week starting Feb. 3, 1882. The East Oregonian expanded from semi-weekly to daily, except Sunday, on March 1, 1888. [6] Part of the announcement titled "He We Are" read "Unlike our new neighbor, the Daily East Oregonian is not started for campaign purposes. It is started as a NEWSPAPER and has come to stay, if possible." [6] At this time EO was "a powerful voice in the region" and Jackson went on to own and be publisher of the Oregon Journal in Portland. [8] He sold his remaining interests in EO in 1913. [6]

Edwin B. Aldrich started work the paper in 1904, and then became a stockholder in 1908. [6] He worked as the paper's editor until his death in 1951. His son-in-law J.W. "Bud" Forrester went on to run the paper. Around that time the East Oregonian opened a bureau office in Hermiston. In 1956, the paper purchased a Goss Suburban press. It was the first daily paper west of St. Louis to use an offset web press. In 2000, EO added a Sunday edition. [9]

In June 2024, EO Media Group announced the East Oregonian will go from two to one print edition day each week. Moving forward, EO will serve as a regional newspaper for all of northeastern Oregon and publish news from five newspaper that went online-only: The La Grande Observer , Blue Mountain Eagle, Hermiston Herald , Wallowa County Chieftain and Baker City Herald . [10] [11] The company was purchased by Carpenter Media Group in October 2024. [12]

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References

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  2. "Pendleton East Oregonian". University of Oregon Libraries. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. "East Oregonian [as of 2013]". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  4. "EO History". East Oregonian. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Umatilla County"  . History of Oregon Newspapers  . Binfords and Mort.
  7. 1 2 3 4 MacNab, Gordon G. (April 20, 1975). "Pendleton's feisty newspaper joins 100-year club | East Oregonian's early editors used fists as well as words to put their point across". The Sunday Oregonian. p. 49.
  8. Mahoney, Barbara. "Charles S. (Sam) Jackson (1860-1924)". The Oregon Encyclopedia . Portland State University. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  9. "East Oregonian newspaper has long history in Eastern Oregon". East Oregonian Publishing Company. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  10. "EO Media Group announces changes to newspaper operations". East Oregonian. 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  11. Buckley, Kyra (June 3, 2024). "Company that runs Bulletin, other Northwest newspapers to slash workforce and scale back print distribution". OPB. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  12. Rogoway, Mike (2024-10-23). "Oregon newspaper chain EO Media sells itself to Mississippi company". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-10-23.

Further reading

Gordon Macnab: A Century of News and People in the East Oregonian 1875-1975, East Oregonian Publishing Co., Pendleton, Oregon, 1975.