The Astorian , formerly known as The Daily Astorian , is a newspaper , published in Astoria, Oregon , United States, established in 1873, and in publication continuously since then. The paper serves the Astoria, Warrenton , Seaside area, the Long Beach Peninsula , and surrounding areas. The newspaper is published three times each week and is owned by EO Media Group .
15-720: The paper began publication on July 1, 1873, as the Tri-Weekly Astorian . The name was changed to The Daily Astorian on May 1, 1876, when publication became daily excepting Sundays. The paper's name has been altered several times since, becoming The Daily Morning Astorian in 1883, the Morning Astorian in 1899, the Evening Astorian-Budget – after the Morning Astorian and the 1893-founded Astoria Evening Budget merged – in 1930, and The Daily Astorian in 1960. In 2019, it switched to publishing three times
30-560: A print day. Five newspapers suspended print entirely and went online-only: The La Grande Observer , Blue Mountain Eagle , Hermiston Herald , Wallowa County Chieftain and the Baker City Herald. In October 2024, EO Media Group was sold to Carpenter Media Group. The group won a top regional award for its "Fate of Our Forests" series from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2012, in
45-667: A regional group including papers under 25,000 circulation from Montana to Alaska. The same series, which ran in 2011, had previously won the Dolly Connelly Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting from the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association. Cannon Beach Gazette The Cannon Beach Gazette is a monthly newspaper serving Cannon Beach, Oregon . The Cannon Beach Gazette published its first edition on June 3, 1976, and
60-483: A week and is now known as 'The Astorian', dropping 'Daily' from its name. Its original publisher, DeWitt Clinton Ireland, sold the paper in 1880, and the publication has seen several changes of ownership since. The East Oregonian Publishing Company became the newspaper's owner in 1973, when that company merged with the Astorian-Budget Publishing Company. The purchase continued a connection between
75-623: Is a newspaper publishing company based in the U.S. state of Oregon . It publishes 17 newspapers in the state and in southwestern Washington . The company, which has been family-owned for four generations, was previously known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company. It changed its name to EO Media Group in January 2013. It is owned by the Aldrich and Forrester families, members of which previously owned several newspapers (including
90-685: The Blue Mountain Eagle in 1979, the Chinook Observer in 1988, the Capital Press in 1990, Wallowa County Chieftain in 2000, the North Coast Citizen in 2007 and The Hermiston Herald in 2008. The North Coast Citizen was sold to Country Media, Inc. in 2011. A year later EO Media purchased Oregon Coast TODAY in Lincoln City . The following year Country Media sold
105-616: The Chicago Sun-Times , but was only five years old when acquired by the Astorian . In the 2005 film The Ring Two , The Daily Astorian was the workplace of fictional investigative journalist Rachel Keller . In the film, the newspaper headquarters is shown located at Astoria 12th and Marine Dr. East Oregonian Publishing Company The EO Media Group , formerly known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company ,
120-677: The East Oregonian and The Daily Astorian ) independently. The connection between the East Oregonian and The Daily Astorian dates to 1909, when several East Oregonian staffers bought the Astoria Budget , which was later merged with the Astorian . In 1973, the father and son (J. W. Forrester, Jr. and Michael A. Forrester) who had been publishing the East Oregonian and the Daily Astorian switched positions. The company acquired
135-870: The Seaside Signal , Cannon Beach Gazette and Coast River Business Journal to EO Media Group in 2013. In 2014, the EO Media Group partnered with the Pamplin Media Group , which publishes the Portland Tribune and 24 other weekly and monthly publications in Oregon, to form the Oregon Capital Bureau and publish the Oregon Capital Insider newsletter. The partnership came as the number of reporters assigned to state capital bureaus nationwide
150-866: The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin , who will print all of the company's papers moving forward. That same year Oregon Coast TODAY was sold to Patrick Alexander, who worked as the publication's editor and publisher. In 2023, EO Media Group founded the Rogue Valley Times following the closure of the Mail Tribune . That same year the company sold its Pendleton office building which it had owned since 1956. In June 2024, EO Media Group announced cutbacks to staff and print frequency. Twenty-eight employees, or 15% of total staff, were laid off and another 19 will have their hours reduced. The Bend Bulletin , East Oregonian and The Rogue Valley Times each eliminated
165-569: The East Oregonian, based some 300 miles (480 kilometers) to the east in Pendleton, Oregon , that had been established in 1909, when a group of East Oregonian staffers purchased the Astoria Budget . That company changed its name to EO Media Group in January 2013. A new printing press was brought into use in February 2010, replacing one that had lasted since 1970. The new press was secondhand, from
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#1732868827177180-586: The newspaper switched to monthly publication. Under Tom Mauldin and Cat Mauldin's ownership, the Cannon Beach Gazette was honored by the National Newspaper Association six times as America's best small newspaper. The Gazette won three consecutive General Excellence awards (category: non-daily – 3,000 average circulation) from the NNA in 2000, 2001, 2002. The paper's staff also won awards from
195-557: Was founded by on Don Holden. He sold the paper in 1998. Tom Mauldin and Cat Mauldin owned purchased the newspaper in 2003 and sold it to Country Media, Inc. in October 2006. Three years later newspaper was expanded from tabloid size to broadsheet. Country Media sold it to EO Media Group in February 2013, who sold it back to them in May 2019. Following the sale, the paper's publishing frequency changed from twice monthly to weekly. But in 2024,
210-653: Was on the decline. In 2018, the newly-launched Salem Reporter joined the bureau, and its publisher, Les Zaitz, was assigned to lead its three reporters. As of spring 2020, the Salem Reporter and Zaitz are no longer part of the Oregon Capital Bureau. The Aldrich-Forrester-Bedford-Brown family, which owns the EO Media Group, was covered in the 2018 book Grit and Ink: An Oregon Family's Adventures in Newspapering, 1908–2018 by William F. Willingham. The book
225-819: Was published by the EO Media Group; but according to the author, it isn't an "authorized biography," and he had "wide open" ground rules. The book was to be distributed by the Oregon State University Press. In May 2019, EO Media Group sold the Cannon Beach Gazette to Country Media . In July that same year, EO Media Group acquired the Baker City Herald , The Observer (La Grande) , The Bulletin (Bend) and The Redmond Spokesman from Western Communications . In 2020, EO Media Group closed its press in Pendleton installed in 2013 and sold it to
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