Blue Mountain Eagle (newspaper)
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | EO Media Group |
| Publisher | Kari Borgen [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]
The Blue Mountain Eagle was established in 1898,[6] and has undergone a long string of mergers in the decades since.[7]
In 1908, P. F. Chandler, who owned the Grant County News, formed a partnership with Clint P. Haight to purchase the Blue Mountain Eagle and merge it with the News.[8] The two ran the paper for decades until Haight sold his interests in 1941 to Chandler,[9] who died the following year.[10] The paper was inherited by his son W. Glen Chandler.[11] In 1945, the Eagle merged with the John Day Valley Ranger, owned by Chester A. Ashton.[12]
In 1948, the newspaper was sold to Elmo Smith, who went on to found Eagle Newspapers.[13][14] He sold it to Donna and John Moreau in 1968.[15] The newspaper was acquired by the East Oregonian Publishing Company in 1979.[16] It began an online edition in 2000.[7] The company changed its name to EO Media Group in January 2013.[17]
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.[18] 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.[19]
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.[20][21] The company was purchased by Carpenter Media Group in October 2024.[22] The newspaper then listed its building for sale in November 2024. The property had housed the paper since it was built in 1997.[23][24]
References
- ↑ "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. March 6, 2023. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ Sunseri, Antonio (June 8, 2024). "Malheur will be the only county in eastern Oregon with two print newspapers after July 1". Argus Observer. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
- ↑ "About Us". Blue Mountain Eagle. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- 1 2 "Blue Mountain Eagle History". The Blue Mountain Eagle. November 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Grant County Papers Merge | Grant County News Absorbs Blue Mountain Eagle". East Oregonian. June 13, 1908. p. 5.
- ↑ "Clint Haight Sells The Eagle After 40 Years of Editing". The Eugene Guard. October 11, 1941. p. 1.
- ↑ "P. F. Chandler Dies". The Bend Bulletin. May 1, 1942. p. 5.
- ↑ "Sweet Home Locals". Albany Democrat-Herald. September 22, 1949. p. 9.
- ↑ "Two Central Oregon Weeklies Consolidate". Statesman Journal. Associated Press. April 7, 1945. p. 7.
- ↑ "Elmo Smith Purchases Eagle-Ranger Pub. Co. Effective June 1, 1948". The Blue Mountain Eagle. June 4, 1948. p. 1.
- ↑ "About Us". Eagle Newspapers. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ "About Us". Blue Mountain Eagle. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Blue Mountain Eagle ownership changes". The Blue Mountain Eagle. December 28, 1978. p. 1.
- ↑ "About Us". East Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ↑ 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 June 3, 2024.
- ↑ Buckley, Kyra (June 3, 2024). "Company that runs Bulletin, other Northwest newspapers to slash workforce and scale back print distribution". OPB. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ↑ Rogoway, Mike (October 23, 2024). "Oregon newspaper chain EO Media sells itself to Mississippi company". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ↑ "Blue Mountain Eagle is not for sale, but the building it occupies is". Blue Mountain Eagle. November 27, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
- ↑ 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.