Blue Mountain Eagle (newspaper)
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| 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. It is a newspaper of record for Grant County.[5]
History
[edit]The Blue Mountain Eagle was established in 1898,[6] and has undergone a long string of mergers in the decades since.[7] In 1948, the newspaper was sold to Elmo Smith, who went on to found Eagle Newspapers.[8] He sold it to Donna and John Moreau in 1968.[9]
The newspaper was acquired by the East Oregonian Publishing Company in 1979. It began an online edition in 2000.[7] The company changed its name to EO Media Group in January 2013.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12]
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.[13][14] The newspaper listed it's building for sale in November 2024. The property had housed the paper since it was built in 1997.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Personnel".
- ^ "Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association".
- ^ "Blue Mountain Eagle". Oregon Newspaper Publisher's Association. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
- ^ "EO Media Group Publishing Map". EO Media Group LLC. 2023-03-06. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ Sunseri, Antonio (2024-06-08). "Malheur will be the only county in eastern Oregon with two print newspapers after July 1". Argus Observer. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ^ "The latest news in John Day, Oregon". www.bluemountaineagle.com. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
- ^ a b "Blue Mountain Eagle History". The Blue Mountain Eagle. November 12, 2012.
- ^ "About Us". Eagle Newspapers. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "About Us". Blue Mountain Eagle. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "About Us". East Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Aney, Kathy (April 20, 2018). "Rural newspaper bucks a trend". East Oregonian. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018.
- ^ "Longtime publisher leaving the Eagle". Blue Mountain Eagle. March 13, 2018. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020.
- ^ "EO Media Group announces changes to newspaper operations". East Oregonian. June 3, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Blue Mountain Eagle is not for sale, but the building it occupies is". Blue Mountain Eagle. November 27, 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Bach, Jonathan (December 4, 2024). "Astorian, Blue Mountain Eagle newspapers will sell headquarters". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
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