The Outlook (Gresham)
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History
On March 3, 1911, Harry L. St. Clair, a pastor turned printer, founded the Gresham Outlook after having previously worked at the Beaver State Herald.[5] At the time he lived in a small cottage, was several hundred dollars in debt and owned a single linotype machine. He ran the business with help of his wife and son.[6] The Outlook Publishing Company was incorporated in 1917.[7] The printing plant branched out in the '30s into producing shooting targets for the NRA, making 300,000 a year, along with printing the regional shooting magazine Windage.[8]
St. Clair died in 1938 and the Outlook was passed to his family,[9] who sold it in 1941 to Thomas Purcell.[10] In 1960, Purcell sold the paper to Lee Irwin and Walt Taylor,[11][12] and Irwin served as publisher from then until 1982.[13] He was followed by Robert Caldwell for a relatively short period, with Steven J. Clark being named publisher effective April 4, 1983.[14]
The paper was embroidered in controversy around 1981 after newsroom staff learned of a pyramid scheme involving Reynolds School District employees and didn't report the story until it was widely known to the public. Reader accused The Outlook of attempting a cover-up and wrote angry letters, canceled subscriptions or boycotted the paper. A city council member refused to talk to reporters anymore. Locals even went so far as to call the paper "The Outrage, The Overlook, The Cover-up."[15]
Irwin and Taylor sold the Gresham Outlook in 1977 to the Democrat-Herald Publishing Co., which published the Albany Democrat-Herald.[16] Capital Cities purchased the company in 1980,[17] which itself was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1995.[18] Disney sold its Oregon newspapers to Lee Enterprises in 1997,[19] and three years later Lee sold The Outlook to Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. in 2000.[20] Pamplin Media Group was sold in June 2024 to Carpenter Media Group.[21] In June 2025, the paper's print schedule was decreased from twice to once a week.[22]
References
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- ↑ Terry, John (July 19, 2011). A Place Called Eden. The Oregonian. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ↑ Newspapers Published in Oregon Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
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- ↑ "Paper Sold At Gresham" (March 31, 1960). The Oregonian, p. 5.
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- ↑ McCowan, Karen (September 8, 1982). "Gresham Outlook publisher retires: Irwin wraps up 50-year career". The Oregonian, p. ME7.
- ↑ "Lake Oswego newsman to be publisher of Gresham Outlook" (March 17, 1983). The Oregonian (South Metro edition), p. C1.
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- ↑ Tomlinson, Stuart (November 12, 2000). "Millionaire buys four more news operations". The Sunday Oregonian, p. B8.
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External links
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