Pamplin Media Group

Pamplin Media Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
Founded2001
FounderRobert B. Pamplin, Jr.
Area served
Portland metropolitan area
OwnerCarpenter Media Group
Number of employees
200
Websitepamplinsubscribe.com

The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Carpenter Media Group and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. founded the company in 2001 and sold it to Carpenter in 2024.[1][2] As of 2019, the company owns 25 newspapers and employs 200 people.[3]

Each chain writes and edits its own stories and shares them with each other and several subscribers, including newspapers in Medford, Corvallis, and Albany.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Pamplin Media Group sells to Carpenter Media Group" (Press release). Editor & Publisher. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Rogoway, Mike (June 3, 2024). "Pamplin Media, Portland Tribune's owner, sells to Carpenter Media". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Rogoway, Mike (September 19, 2019). "Pamplin Media cuts pay, hours amid media industry's continued troubles". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Hare, Kristen (September 24, 2018). "In Oregon, three news organizations are teaming up to cover state government". Poynter. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Ingram, Mathew (September 26, 2018). "Zuckerberg's death grip on Instagram". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "Salem Reporter joins 2 news groups to expand state reporting". Salem Reporter. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  7. ^ "Media teams join forces to cover state government, politics". Portland Tribune. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "Expanded state government reporting comes to Oregon". Blue Mountain Eagle. September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  9. ^ "EO Media Group, Pamplin launch Salem bureau for statehouse reporting". Capital Press. August 1, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  10. ^ "Newsletter covering Oregon government debuts". Blue Mountain Eagle. February 23, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2018.