Mid-county Memo
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| name = Mid-county Memo
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| type = Monthly newspaper
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| foundation = May 1985
| ceased publication = January 2019
| owners = Tim Curran
| founder = Marsha and Tom Pry
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| language = English
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| headquarters = 3510 N.E. 134th Ave., Portland, Oregon
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| website = {{URL|midcountymemo.com}}
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The Mid-county Memo was a monthly newspaper serving the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of east Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was published from May 1985 to January 2019. The Oregonian frequently picked up stories from the Memo,{{Cite news |date=October 3, 2011 |title=Sacramento Elementary School teacher creates fresh food pantry for east Portland families |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/10/sacramento_elementary_school_t.html |access-date=2018-11-02 |work=OregonLive.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=February 9, 2012 |title=Parkrose teacher Richard English named Civic Educator of the Year |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news-network/index.ssf/2012/02/parkrose_teacher_richard_engli.html |access-date=2018-11-02 |work=OregonLive.com |language=en-US}} and Willamette Week credited the Memo's coverage on several occasions.{{Cite news |last=Mesh |first=Aaron |date=March 4, 2015 |title=East Portland Residents File Ballot Petition to Secede from Portland |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-32905-east-portland-residents-file-ballot-petition-to-secede-from-portland.html |access-date=2018-11-02 |work=Willamette Week |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Jaquiss |first=Nigel |date=April 8, 2014 |title=The Starship Enterprise Zones |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22388-the-starship-enterprise-zones.html |access-date=2018-11-02 |work=Willamette Week |language=en-US |authorlink=Nigel Jaquiss}} Other publications interviewed its publisher Tim Curran for his views on East Portland.{{Cite news |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Portland's Most Dangerous Neighborhoods |url=http://www.golocalpdx.com/news/portlands-most-dangerous-neighborhoods |access-date=November 2, 2018 |work=GoLocalPDX |language=en}} Starting around 2011, the Memo was part of The Oregonian's "Oregonian News Network,"[https://web.archive.org/web/20111217031905/https://www.oregonlive.com/onn Oregonian News Network], archived December 17, 2011. The network included news outlets The Oregonian identified as providing "daily original reporting that brings new information to the public" and cover "hyperlocal or niche focused news and information."[https://www.oregonlive.com/news-network/index.ssf/2012/01/welcome_to_the_oregonian_news_1.html Welcome to The Oregonian News Network], January 12, 2012.
History
In May 1985, Marsha and Tom Pry launched the Mid-county Memo. At the time their company Sellwood-Moreland Bee, Co. was publishing three other community newspapers in Portland, Oregon: the Sellwood Bee, St. Johns Review and Hollywood Star. The Memo distributed 20,000 free copies each month to households and businesses in the 97220 and 97230 zip code areas.{{Cite news |last=Mayes |first=Steve |date=June 27, 1985 |title=New monthly serves midcounty |work=The Oregonian |pages=20}} The couple sold the Memo in 1991 to Tim Curran, the paper's former advertising manager, for $15,000. At that time the paper had a circulation of 15,000.{{Cite news |date=August 22, 1991 |title=Monthly newspaper in midcounty purchased from Pry Publishing |work=The Oregonian |pages=37}} The Oregonian interviewed publisher Curran in 2012 on local city politics and history. Curran traced the term "East Portland" to the mid-1980s, when Portland annexed most of the unincorporated area between itself and Gresham, which had previously been known as the "mid-county."{{Cite news |last=Swart |first=Cornelius |date=October 31, 2012 |title=We're 'the city's dumping ground,' says East Portland publisher Tim Curran: ONN partner Q&A |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news-network/index.ssf/2012/10/there_are_two_portlands_says_e.html |access-date=November 2, 2018 |work=OregonLive.com |language=en-US}} In January 2019, Curran announced the Mid-county Memo will cease. In total, the publication was around for 34 years and published 404 issues.{{Cite web |last=Curan |first=Tim |date=January 3, 2019 |title=Memo stops the presses |url=https://midcountymemo.com/2019/01/memo-stops-the-presses/ |access-date=2019-01-06 |website=Mid-county Memo |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sparling |first=Zane |date=2018-12-31 |title=Portland newspaper Mid-County Memo stops presses forever |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/portland-newspaper-mid-county-memo-stops-presses-forever/article_c719fd05-3a5c-56ea-a165-a84cdb475e20.html |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Portland Tribune |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://midcountymemo.com/ Official web site]
- https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/37/2067/17237
Category:Newspapers published in Portland, Oregon
Category:Newspapers established in 1985
Category:Defunct newspapers published in Oregon
Category:2019 disestablishments in Oregon