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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's local news landscape is heading for another shakeup , as two major media companies undergo sales and cutbacks — resulting in layoffs for journalists and five newspapers cutting their print editions. On Monday, Pamplin Media Group announced that it had been sold to a Mississippi-based company called Carpenter Media Group.

Pamplin owned newspapers serving communities across the state, including the Portland Tribune, Beaverton Valley Times, Hillsboro Tribune, Gresham Outlook, Newberg Graphic and the Madras Pioneer. Most of those papers published once or twice a week. According to Pamplin Media, they collectively brought the news to more than a million readers every week, employing about 200 staff.



BELOW THE FOLD: The loss of Medford's Mail Tribune is far from an isolated instance The company was owned for 25 years by Dr. Robert Pamplin, Jr., but he said that he decided to sell due to age and health reasons.

He's 82 years old. Pamplin said he hopes Carpenter Media Group will carry on the tradition of old-fashioned balanced journalism. Carpenter now owns about 180 newspapers nationwide, having recently bought a group of 10 newspapers across the south.

They said they intend to serve communities with "excellent local journalism." "Dr. Pamplin and his colleagues have made an indelible impact on community journalism and the communities in this region," Carpenter CEO Tim Prince was quoted as saying.

"We take the responsibility of continuing their work seri.

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