The Umpqua Post
{{Short description|Defunct newspaper in Reedsport, Oregon, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Umpqua Post
| image = The Umpqua Post (Reedsport, Oregon).jpg
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| foundation = 1996
| owners = Country Media, Inc.
| publisher = Ben Kenfield
| editor = Shelby Case
| circulation = 890 weekly
| language = English
| ceased publication = 2020
| headquarters = 2741 Frontage Road,
Reedsport, Oregon
| website = {{URL|theumpquapost.com}}
}}
The Umpqua Post was a weekly newspaper serving Reedsport, Oregon, United States and the surrounding area in Douglas and Coos counties from 1996 to 2020. It was published each Wednesday by The World newspaper in Coos Bay. The paper was distributed in Reedsport and nearby Gardiner, Scottsburg, Elkton, Winchester Bay and Coos Bay.
History
The Umpqua Post was first published on November 4, 1996, by founders Elizabeth Adamo and Nancie Hammond. When it launched Reedsport had a population around 4,900 and already had another paper called The Courier. This made the town one of two Oregon cities to have two general-circulation weekly newspapers, with the other being John Day.{{Cite news |last=Bacon |first=Larry |date=January 6, 1997 |title=Publish or Perish: Reedport's upstart weekly proves no town's too small for a good , old-fashioned circulation war |work=Corvallis Gazette-Times |pages=21 |agency=Associated Press}} Eight years later the Post was purchased by Pulitzer, Inc. in 2004.{{Cite web |date=2004-02-28 |title=Pulitzer Newspapers acquires The Umpqua Post in Reedsport |url=https://theworldlink.com/news/local/pulitzer-newspapers-acquires-the-umpqua-post-in-reedsport/article_07232c7e-4047-56ac-9df6-8f2591be0c73.html |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=The Coos Bay World |language=en}} Ownership shifted to Lee Enterprises in 2005 with that company's acquisition of Pulitzer.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2005-01-31 |title=Pulitzer, Lee agree on sale |url=https://theworldlink.com/news/local/pulitzer-lee-agree-on-sale/article_36e8e125-b711-5dad-9ee4-a0fa18fed583.html |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=The Coos Bay World |language=en}} In January 2020, Lee sold the Post to Country Media, Inc.,{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2020 |title=Lee Enterprises sells media assets in Coos Bay |url=https://theworldlink.com/news/local/lee-enterprises-sells-media-assets-in-coos-bay/article_8b93d92c-e7c0-5e64-9264-b5375dcacc08.html |access-date=2020-02-03 |website=Coos Bay World |language=en}} who shuttered the publication in June 2020. At the time, publisher Ben Kenfield cited the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the closure.{{Cite news|date=June 17, 2020|title=Final issue of The Umpqua Post|work=The Umpqua Post|url=https://theworldlink.com/community/reedsport/news/final-issue-of-the-umpqua-post/article_d7abb1cc-af26-11ea-80fd-4b794e6ac4a9.html|access-date=June 10, 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.theumpquapost.com/ Official website]
{{Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association}}
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Category:Douglas County, Oregon
Category:Lee Enterprises publications
Category:Newspapers published in Oregon
Category:Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United States