The Outlook is a newspaper published in Gresham, Oregon, a suburb of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was founded in 1911,[2][3] and is owned by the Pamplin Media Group.

The Outlook
TypeBiweekly newspaper
Owner(s)Pamplin Media Group
Managing editorSteve Brown
Founded1911
LanguageEnglish
CityGresham, Oregon, U.S.
Circulation9,068 (as of 2022)[1]
Websitetheoutlookonline.com

History

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The newspaper was named the Gresham Outlook from 1911 to 1991 and was published by H. L. St. Clair,[4] who incorporated the business as the Outlook Publishing Company in 1917. The paper was renamed simply The Outlook in 1991.[5]

The newspaper was purchased in 1960 by Lee Irwin and Walt Taylor,[6] and Irwin was its publisher from 1960 to 1982.[7] He was followed by Robert Caldwell for a relatively short period, with Steven J. Clark being named publisher effective April 4, 1983.[8]

Irwin and Taylor sold the Gresham Outlook in 1977 to the Democrat-Herald Publishing Co., which published the Albany Democrat-Herald.[9] Capital Cities purchased the company in 1980,[10] which itself was acquired by the The Walt Disney Company in 1995.[11] Disney sold its Oregon newspapers to Lee Enterprises in 1997,[12] and three years later Lee sold The Outlook to Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. in 2000.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022" (PDF). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  2. ^ Terry, John (July 19, 2011). A Place Called Eden. The Oregonian. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Newspapers Published in Oregon Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  4. ^ "About the Gresham Outlook". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "About The Outlook (Gresham, Or.)". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "Paper Sold At Gresham" (March 31, 1960). The Oregonian, p. 5.
  7. ^ McCowan, Karen (September 8, 1982). "Gresham Outlook publisher retires: Irwin wraps up 50-year career". The Oregonian, p. ME7.
  8. ^ "Lake Oswego newsman to be publisher of Gresham Outlook" (March 17, 1983). The Oregonian (South Metro edition), p. C1.
  9. ^ "Publisher buys 4 weeklies". Statesman Journal. February 10, 1977. p. 37.
  10. ^ "Paper sale should be final today". Albany Democrat-Herald. July 14, 1980. p. 3.
  11. ^ Geraldine Fabrikant (5 January 1996). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  12. ^ "Lee Enterprises closes purchase of Oregon newspapers from ABC". The Oregonian. September 9, 1997. p. 45.
  13. ^ Tomlinson, Stuart (November 12, 2000). "Millionaire buys four more news operations". The Sunday Oregonian, p. B8.
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