The Hermiston Herald

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The Hermiston Herald
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) EO Media Group
Founder(s)Horace Greeley Newport and William Skinner
Founded1906
Headquarters333 E. Main St Hermiston, OR 97838
Circulation 8,900 Print
173 Digital(as of 2023) [1]
Website hermistonherald.com

The Hermiston Herald is a weekly paper published on Wednesdays in Hermiston, Oregon, United States, since 1906. [2]

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History

The Herald was founded by Horace Greeley Newport and William Skinner in 1906. [3]

G. M. "Jerry" Reed bought a minority ownership stake in the paper in 1969 and became the sole owner in 1974. [4] He merged his company with Eagle Newspapers in a stock-for-stock exchange in 1979. [5] [6] Reed sold his interests in the company in 1984 and would run the paper until selling it to Western Communications in 1992. [4] [3]

Reed was posthumously inducted into the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's hall of fame in 2017. [7] [8]

In 2008, the newspaper was purchased by EO Media Group (formerly known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company). [9] In June 2024, EO Media Group announced The Hermiston Herald will cease print publication and go online-only. All print subscribers will instead receive the East Oregonian , published weekly and including news from The Hermiston Herald's website. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "EO Media Group Publishing Map". EO Media Group LLC. 2023-03-06. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ↑ "The Hermiston Herald". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association . Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Hermiston Herald joins EO Media Group (formerly East Oregonian Publishing Co.)". The Hermiston Herald. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  4. 1 2 McDowell, Jade (2016-11-04). "Former Herald owner/publisher Jerry Reed has died". Hermiston Herald. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  5. ↑ Edstrom, Judy (August 15, 2012). "Eagle's 76 Years – our history – first installment". Eagle Newspapers Inc. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  6. ↑ Easterling, Jerry (1980-01-20). "The Eagle is soaring: Newspaper chain undergoes rapid growth in past decade". Statesman Journal. p. 66. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  7. ↑ "ONPA inducts Reed into Hall of Fame". The Hermiston Herald. July 17, 2017. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
  8. ↑ "Newspaper Hall of Fame Award" . Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  9. ↑ "East Oregonian Publishing Co. to acquire Herald". East Oregonian. 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  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.


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