Type | Daily newspaper (Tuesday to Saturday) |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | EO Media Group, an Oregon-based, family owned company |
Publisher | Christopher Rush[1] |
Managing editor | Daniel Wattenburger |
Founded | 1875 |
Language | English |
Circulation | 7,014 |
Website | eastoregonian.com |
The East Oregonian (EO) is a daily newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties.[2] The EO was the first-place winner of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence award in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012 and 2011[3].
The newspaper was established in 1875 by M.P. Bull, as a weekly.[4][5] In 1882, C. S. "Sam" Jackson purchased the EO.[5][6] Within a year it had become a semiweekly,[5] and in 1888, the paper was published every day except Sunday.[6] Jackson went on to become the publisher of the Oregon Journal in Portland.[5][6]
The newspaper is owned by EO Media Group, which prior to January 2013 was named the East Oregonian Publishing Company.[2] As of 2013, the paper is published Tuesday through Saturday mornings and has a circulation of 7,014.[7] The paper maintains a bureau in Hermiston.[2] The EO is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County.[8]
In addition to the East Oregonian, EO Media Group (formerly the East Oregonian Publishing Company) publishes the Blue Mountain Eagle, The Hermiston Herald, and the Wallowa County Chieftain in Eastern Oregon.[9]
The company also owns the Capital Press, The Daily Astorian, the Seaside Signal,[10] the Cannon Beach Gazette, Oregon Coast Today (Lincoln City, Oregon), Coast River Business Journal and the Chinook Observer (Long Beach, Washington).[9]