Seaside Signal

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Seaside Signal
Seaside Signal front page.jpg
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner EO Media Group
FounderRobert M. Watson
PublisherKari Borgen
EditorJim Van Nostrand
FoundedMarch 1905 (1905-03)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters1555 N Roosevelt Dr, Seaside, Clatsop County, Oregon
Circulation 703 Print
305 Digital(as of 2023) [1]
OCLC number 30724988
Website seasidesignal.com

The Seaside Signal is a weekly newspaper published for the community of Seaside, Oregon, United States. [2]

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History

The Seaside Signal was founded Saturday, March 25, 1905 as a weekly. It was edited by Robert M. Watson. The paper was a tabloid format and cost $2.00 for a year's subscription. On May 11, 1907 the newspaper changed to a broadsheet format. Since then, the Signal has changed formats numerous times. [3] [4] In 1910, Watson retired and leased the paper to Erle Norton Hurd and Walter B. Scott. [5] [6]

In December 1927, Hurd sold the Signal to Max Schafer Sr. along with Raymond Herald owners C.S. Beall and Harry Beall. [7] Schafer Sr. operated the paper with his son Max Schafer Jr. for decades until selling it in 1974. The new owners were H.H. Publishing Co., a corporation operated by three publishers: Dave Juenke, Walter Taylor and Lee Irwin. [8]

In 1980, Juenke sold the Signal to Scripps-Ifft Newspapers Inc. [9] [10] The company sold the newspaper to Swift-Pioneer Publishing Co. in 1983, which later became Swift Communications. [11] [12] A subsidiary called Pacific Coast Newspapers operated the Signal, along with the Tillamook Headlight-Herald and The News Guard in Lincoln City. [6]

In February 2003, the Signal was sold to Kyle Larson, [13] who sold it again in June 2005 to Tom and Annie Mullen and Gary and Sue Stevenson of Sheridan, Wyoming, and Robb and Jenn Hicks of Buffalo, Wyoming. [14] The newspaper changed ownership for fourth time in seven years when in October 2007 it was sold to Country Media, Inc. [15] In 2013, the paper was acquired by EO Media Group. [16] In October 2024, EO was sold to Carpenter Media Group. [17]

References

  1. ↑ "EO Media Group Publishing Map". EO Media Group LLC. March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Historic Oregon Newspapers". Historic Oregon Newspapers. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Newspaper Address". EO Media Group. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ "'Seaside Signal' in Oregon is Sold". Editor & Publisher . Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Seaside Signal Leased". The Sunday Oregonian. June 10, 1910. p. 14.
  6. 1 2 Bassett, Fred (May 5, 1988). "Strong leadership steered Seaside Signal through financially troubled early years". Seaside Signal. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Seaside Signal Sold". The Oregonian. December 9, 1927. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Coast Newspaper Sale Announced By Schafers". The Oregon Journal . July 25, 1974. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Weekly newspapers change hands". The Oregonian. October 2, 1980. p. 43.
  10. ↑ "Idaho chain buys papers on coast". Statesman Journal . October 2, 1980. p. 51.
  11. ↑ "Swift-Pioneer buys Signal". Seaside Signal. July 21, 1983. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "The Northwest". The Oregonian. July 21, 1983. p. 61.
  13. ↑ "Signal under new ownership". Seaside Signal. January 23, 2003. p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Seaside Signal is sold: New owners at the helm July 1". Seaside Signal. June 30, 2005. p. 1.
  15. ↑ "Seaside Signal has new owners - again". The Astorian. October 31, 2007. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  16. ↑ "EO Media Group Acquires Three Newspapers on Oregon Coast". EO Media Group. February 28, 2013. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  17. ↑ Rogoway, Mike (October 23, 2024). "Oregon newspaper chain EO Media sells itself to Mississippi company". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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