Sandy Post

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Sandy Post
TypeWeekly Newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Pamplin Media Group
PublisherSteve Brown
EditorSteve Brown
Founded1937 (1937)
Headquarters1584 NE Eighth Street
Gresham, OR 97030
CitySandy, Oregon
Circulation4,209 (as of 2022)[1]
Sister newspapersEstacada News
Gresham Outlook
Websitesandypost.com

The Sandy Post is a weekly newspaper in Oregon serving Sandy, the Villages at Mount Hood and the surrounding areas. It is owned by Pamplin Media Group.

History

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The paper was founded in 1937.[2] It was first published by Mrs. Fern G. Lambert on January 6, 1938. Orval G. Butler purchased the Post in 1940.[3] Butler sold it in 1947 to Tom B. Purcell, publisher of the nearby Gresham Outlook.[4]

Walter C. Taylor Jr. bought the two papers, along with several others Oregon, in the early 1960s.[5] Taylor and Lee Irwin sold the newspaper in 1977 to the Democrat-Herald Publishing Co., which published the Albany Democrat-Herald.[6]

Capital Cities purchased the company in 1980,[7] which itself was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1995.[8] Disney sold its Oregon newspapers to Lee Enterprises in 1997.[9] Three years later Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. acquired the Post from Lee Enterprises in 2000.[10] In February 2004, The Sandy Profile, a rival newspaper, was merged into the Post.[11]

In June 2024, Pamplin Media Group was sold to Carpenter Media Group.[12] Later that year the Estacada News was absorbed into the Post.[13] In July 2025, the paper's only reporter was laid off. At that time the Post ceased and subscribers from now on will receive The Gresham Outlook instead. The websites for the Post and Estacada News will remain online.[14]

Awards

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In 2019, the Post won the General Excellence award for weekly newspapers from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022" (PDF). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  2. ^ "The Sandy Post". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "Buys Sandy Paper". The Oregon Daily Journal. July 24, 1940. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Gresham Publisher Buys Sandy Paper". The Oregon Daily Journal. September 8, 1947. p. 8.
  5. ^ Franzen, Robin (December 21, 2006). "Longtime Northwest publisher dies at 87". The Oregonian.
  6. ^ "Publisher buys 4 weeklies". Statesman Journal. February 10, 1977. p. 37.
  7. ^ "Paper sale should be final today". Albany Democrat-Herald. July 14, 1980. p. 3.
  8. ^ Geraldine Fabrikant (5 January 1996). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "Lee Enterprises closes purchase of Oregon newspapers from ABC". The Oregonian. September 9, 1997. p. 45.
  10. ^ Tomlinson, Stuart (November 12, 2000). "Millionaire buys four more news operations". The Sunday Oregonian, p. B8.
  11. ^ Jones, Melissa L. (March 25, 2004). "Sandy Paper Hands Over Most Tasks To The Post". The Oregonian. pp. B2.
  12. ^ Rogoway, Mike (June 3, 2024). "Pamplin Media, Portland Tribune's owner, sells to Carpenter Media". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  13. ^ Brown, Steve (2024-08-22). "Help the Estacada News: Our newspaper is making big changes, but it's not too late to help". Estacada News. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  14. ^ Sparling, Zane (2025-07-25). "Carpenter Media axes 2 more newspapers in Clackamas County". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
  15. ^ "Trio of newspapers win General Excellence awards". The Outlook. Gresham, Oregon. 2019-07-26. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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