| Type | Twice-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Pamplin Media Group |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Headquarters | Prineville, Oregon |
| Circulation | 5,253 (as of 2022)[1] |
| Website | centraloregonian |
The Central Oregonian is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Prineville in the U.S. state of Oregon.
History
Tracing its roots to 1881, the paper covers Central Oregon where it is the newspaper of record for Crook County.[2][3]
In 1921, a merger of the Prineville Call and the Crook County Journal formed the Central Oregonian.[4] The Journal had previously absorbed the Mitchell Monitor.[5] Doris Donnelly owned the Central Oregonian prior to Elmo Smith. Elmo Smith owned the paper until his death in 1968, when his son Denny Smith took over ownership of the Central Oregonian and other newspapers that became Eagle Newspapers.[6] Eagle sold the paper to the Pamplin Media Group in June 2013.[6] [7] As of 2014, the paper was published on Tuesdays and Fridays.[3]
In October 2018, implemented a paywall on its website, under which users are permitted free access to three stories per calendar month, after which payment of per-story fee is required for non-subscribers.[8]
References
- ↑ "Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022" (PDF). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ↑ "Newspapers and Genealogical Resources". University of Oregon Libraries. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- 1 2 "Central Oregonian". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
- ↑ "Crook County journal".
- ↑ Turnbull, George S. (1939). . . Binfords and Mort.
- 1 2 Giegerich, Andy (June 27, 2013). "Pamplin group buys Prineville's Central Oregonian paper". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
- ↑ Pamplin Media Group (June 27, 2013). "Pamplin newspaper group buys Central Oregonian". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
- ↑ Ahern, Tony (October 22, 2018). "Central Oregonian moving to metered paywall on website". Central Oregonian. Retrieved October 6, 2019.