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West Linn Tidings

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West Linn Tidings
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Pamplin Media Group
Founder(s)Joseph W. Blaha
PublisherJ. Brian Moniha
EditorPatrick Malee
Founded1981
Circulation5,560 (as of 2022)[1]
Websitewestlinntidings.com

The West Linn Tidings is a weekly newspaper published in West Linn, Oregon, United States, a suburb of Portland. It is owned by the Pamplin Media Group.[2][3]

History

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In 1981,[4] Joe Blaha, who worked at Eagle Newspapers, founded the West Linn Tidings.[5] In 1987, the newspaper was merged along with the Lake Oswego Review into Times Publishing Co.[6] a subsidiary of The Guard Publishing Co. which owned the The Register-Guard.[7] The joint venture with Eagle was called Community Newspapers, Inc.[8] The business was sold to Steve Clark in 1996.[9] Pamplin Media Group bought the paper along with ten others in August 2000.[10]

A 2014 Daily Beast story noted the amusing crime blotter stories in the Tidings as well as the neighboring Lake Oswego Review.[11] As of 2017, the Tidings had a partnership with KOIN, a local television station.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022" (PDF). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  2. ^ "Oregon Secretary of State: Newspapers Published in Oregon". Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  3. ^ "Tidings". Chronicling America. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  4. ^ "West Linn Tidings". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  5. ^ "Joe Blaha obituary". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  6. ^ "Oregon papers to merge". The World. December 5, 1987. p. 19.
  7. ^ "Eagle to manage Times publications". The Oregonian. February 8, 1985. p. 75.
  8. ^ "Media". The Oregonian. March 7, 1988. p. 36.
  9. ^ "Couple buys chain of community newspapers for undisclosed price". The Oregonian. 1996-10-10. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  10. ^ McCall, William (2001-02-08). "Portland's venerable daily newspaper gets a competitor". The Desert Sun. p. 87. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  11. ^ Brown, Kelly Williams (2014-01-11). "In Oregon, No Silly Call Is Too Small for Papers' Police Blotters". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  12. ^ Wicks, Chelsea (2017-10-17). "West Linn Paper Company will close after 128 years". KOIN. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
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