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Baker City Herald
TypeTri-weekly newspaper
Owner(s)EO Media Group
EditorJayson Jacoby
FoundedMay 11, 1870
Headquarters1915 1st Street, Baker City, Oregon 97814 United States
Circulation1,948 Print
329 Digital (as of 2023)[1]
Websitebakercityherald.com

The Baker City Herald is a tri-weekly paper published in Baker City, Oregon, United States, since 1870.[2] It is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and is owned by EO Media Group.[2]

History

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The Herald was established as the Bedrock-Democrat on May 11, 1870.[3][4] Its founders were Milton H. Abbott, who had previously launched the Oregon Herald, and Lewis Linn McArthur.[3][5] In 1887, Ira Bowen and George Small purchased the newspaper for $2,500. Bowen and Small published the Daily Democrat and ran the Bedrock Democrat as a weekly edition.[6] Their partnership ended in 1919.[7]

In 1929, the Bedrock-Democrat was purchased by Lucien P. Arant and Bernard Mainwaring. The new owners merged it with the city's other daily paper, the Morning Herald, to become the Baker Democrat-Herald.[8][4] Arant published the paper for 32 years until selling it in 1957 to a group of Californians headed by Lee C. Bollinger.[9] A decade later Bollinger's ownership group sold it to the owners of the La Grande Observer, including Robert W. Chandler of Western Communications.[10]

When the city's name was changed from Baker back to Baker City in 1990, the paper was renamed to Baker City Herald.[11] The Herald went from being published five days a week to three on June 1, 2009.[4] In 2019, EO Media Group acquired the Baker City Herald from Western Communications.[12][13] In June 2024, EO Media Group announced the Baker City Herald will cease print publication and go online-only. All print subscribers will instead receive the East Oregonian, published weekly and including news from Baker City Herald's website.[14][15]

References

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  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. ^ a b "Baker City Herald". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  3. ^ a b Lockley, Fred (February 23, 1947). "Fred Lockley's impressions". The Oregon Daily Journal. p. 16.
  4. ^ a b c "About Us". Baker City Herald. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  5. ^ Jacoby, Jayson (May 12, 2020). "Baker City Herald celebrates 150 years of bringing news to Baker County residents: Part 1". The Baker City Herald.
  6. ^ Hines, Rev. H.K. (1893). An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon (First ed.). Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. p. 354. ISBN 9780665152344.
  7. ^ "Baker Democrat". The Oregonian. April 14, 1919. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Baker Morning Democrat Sold | Evening Herald Owners Pay $38,000 for East Oregon Paper". The Spokesman-Review. February 1, 1929. p. 3.
  9. ^ "California Group Buys Baker Paper". La Grande Observer. United Press. July 1, 1957. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Newspaper At Baker Sold". Albany Democrat-Herald. Associated Press. August 2, 1967. p. 7.
  11. ^ "Baker City newspaper changes name". Statesman Journal. Associated Press. May 11, 1990. p. 30.
  12. ^ Wright, Phil (July 29, 2019). "Observer's company buys Bend Bulletin". Chinook Observer. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  13. ^ Wright, Phil (July 29, 2019). "EO Media Group buys Bend Bulletin". East Oregonian.
  14. ^ "EO Media Group announces changes to newspaper operations". East Oregonian. 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  15. ^ 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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