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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bernard V. Foster |
| Editor | Bobbie Dore Foster |
| Founded | October 1975 |
| Headquarters | Portland, Oregon |
| Circulation | 75,000 |
| ISSN | 1543-6357 |
| OCLC number | 12566075 |
| Website | Official website |
| Free online archives | University of Oregon Libraries |
The Skanner or The Skanner News is an African-American newspaper covering the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Its head office is in Portland, Oregon, with an additional office in Seattle, Washington. Prior to discontinuing regular print publication in 2020,[1] it published three formats: a daily website at theskanner.com,[2] a weekly printed newspaper, plus a facsimile of the printed edition online.
Bernard Foster started the paper in 1975. He became part-owner of the Northwest Dispatch in Tacoma, Washington in 1985, and launched a Seattle edition of the Skanner in 1996.[3]
Foster served as secretary of the West Coast Black Publishers Association as early as 1983.[4] In 1992, Foster, then president of the organization, announced a deal with Nordstrom to spend $220,000 on advertising in 20 Black papers in the west.[5]
- ^ Herron, Elise (January 16, 2020). "The Skanner, One of Portland's Oldest Newspapers Serving the African-American Community, Retires Print Edition". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ UNCS Information Source Black Press Newspapers on the web, Retrieved 2014-06-24
- ^ "Third Black Weekly Published in Seattle". Editor & Publisher. April 14, 1990. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "Newspeople In the News". Editor & Publisher. December 10, 1983. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ Kerwin, Ann Marie (June 27, 1992). "Nordstrom Targets Black Customers". Editor & Publisher. Retrieved 2021-02-17.