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07-17-2008, 07:26 AM
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/07/14/daily8.html
The Oregonian newspaper is closing three metro bureaus and merging the staffs into three other bureaus.
Fred Stickel, publisher of Oregon's largest daily newspaper, said the staff of the bureaus in Gresham, Tigard and Vancouver, Wash., will move to the south bureau in Oregon City, the west bureau in Southwest Portland and the Multnomah County bureau in Portland.
Stickel on Monday confirmed the Gresham bureau staff will move to the Multnomah County bureau, but said details for the other bureaus are still being worked out.
Stickel said there would be no layoffs of staff as a result of the consolidation of the bureaus and that coverage of Gresham, Tigard and Vancouver, Wash., will not be affected.
He also said the weekly Thursday newspapers for the cities losing the bureaus will still be published.
It's not surprising to see the Oregonian consolidate things a bit, as the advertising bust is hitting them along with everyone else. The Oregonian has the creds and the size to weather this downturn, where other papers are slashing themselves to pieces in order to stay alive.
The Oregonian newspaper is closing three metro bureaus and merging the staffs into three other bureaus.
Fred Stickel, publisher of Oregon's largest daily newspaper, said the staff of the bureaus in Gresham, Tigard and Vancouver, Wash., will move to the south bureau in Oregon City, the west bureau in Southwest Portland and the Multnomah County bureau in Portland.
Stickel on Monday confirmed the Gresham bureau staff will move to the Multnomah County bureau, but said details for the other bureaus are still being worked out.
Stickel said there would be no layoffs of staff as a result of the consolidation of the bureaus and that coverage of Gresham, Tigard and Vancouver, Wash., will not be affected.
He also said the weekly Thursday newspapers for the cities losing the bureaus will still be published.
It's not surprising to see the Oregonian consolidate things a bit, as the advertising bust is hitting them along with everyone else. The Oregonian has the creds and the size to weather this downturn, where other papers are slashing themselves to pieces in order to stay alive.