Capital Press
{{Short description|US weekly agricultural newspaper}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Capital Press Agriculture Weekly
| image = Capital Press building.JPG
| caption = Headquarters in Salem
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = 1928
| ceased publication =
| price =
| owners = EO Media Group
| founder = Abner M. Church
| publisher = Joe Beach
| editor =
| language =
| circulation = 20,090 Print
1,183 Digital
| circulation_date = 2023
| headquarters = 1400 Broadway St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
{{USA}}
| ISSN = 2767-9721
| oclc = 180688805
| website = {{URL|capitalpress.com}}
}}
The Capital Press is a weekly agricultural newspaper covering the West Coast of the United States, and published in Salem, Oregon. The newspaper covers farming, ranching and agriculture industries in the Pacific Northwest. The newspaper is owned by the EO Media Group.{{Cite web|url=http://orenews.com/associate-members|title=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association - Associate Member Directory|access-date=January 2, 2017}}
History
The newspaper was established in February 1928 as the Hollywood Press by Abner M. Church as a community newspaper serving a portion of Oregon's capital city. The name of the newspaper was changed in December 1932 to Capital Press.{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Capital Press |url=http://publishing.eomediagroup.com/capital-press/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906035359/http://publishing.eomediagroup.com/capital-press/ |archive-date=September 6, 2016 |access-date=September 21, 2024 |website=EO Media Group}}
Church sold the paper to Dewey Rand Sr. and Henry M. Hanzen in 1946. At the time the paper focused solely on covering the Hollywood neighborhood in Salem. The Rand family changed the paper's focus in the 1960s to agricultural after noticing that many farmers bought classified ads in newspaper and thought they were an underserved market. In 1990, Dewey Rand Jr. sold the newspaper to the East Oregonian Publishing Company.{{Cite news |date=November 16, 1990 |title=Salem farm weekly sold |work=Statesman Journal |pages=48}}
Bill Duncan published a column from 1981 until his death in 2011; the News Review of Roseburg, Oregon deems it "still pertinent" and is republishing it as of 2018.{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2018 |title=Elder Statesman: Old leather gadget bag brings back photographic memories |url=https://www.nrtoday.com/elder-statesman-old-leather-gadget-bag-brings-back-photographic-memories/article_f048f11e-628d-5f79-9db1-382f1e1026f6.html |access-date=September 21, 2024 |website=The News Review}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.capitalpress.com The Capital Press] (official website)
- [http://publishing.eomediagroup.com/capital-press/ History of The Capital Press] from EO Media Group
- [http://www.salemhistory.net/commerce/capital_press.htm Capital Press History] from Salem Online History
{{Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association}}
{{EO Media Group}}
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Category:1928 establishments in Oregon
Category:Mass media in Salem, Oregon
Category:Newspapers published in Oregon
Category:Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Category:Newspapers established in 1928
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