News Oregonian newsroom employees were handed laminated cards this week with the paper's 2013 "strategic initiatives."The wallet-sized handouts, which some O tipster sent to Jim Romenesko's media blog, are full of enough corporate speak to make any self-respecting wordsmith do a face palm.One gem: "Optimize customer experiences across platforms to strengthen our brand."The initiatives—which also ask employees ...   More

News Advance Publications continues its newspaper-cutting march to the sea.The New Jersey-based company that owns The Oregonian is planning to cut newsroom staff at The Cleveland Plain Dealer by a third and reduce print editions to three days a week, according to the newspaper Guild at The Plain Dealer. Poynter broke the story this week."Friends and supporters, we wanted to let you know that The Plain Dealer ...   More

News The Oregonian's owner keeps lopping off publication days back east.Advance Publications, the New Jersey-based media company that owns The Oregonian, has announced it's reducing print editions at two of its daily newspapers: the Syracuse Post-Standard and the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Both papers will print three days a week starting in January.Today's announcement makes 10 daily papers where Advance ...   More

News The Oregonian as a daily newspaper is facing a final deadline. The 162-year-old newspaper—once considered one of the nation’s best—is losing readers and advertisers in a state where it dom   More

News Today, the company that owns Portland's only daily newspaper announced a redesign of its affiliated website, OregonLive.com.OregonLive hosts The Oregonian's online content, but operates as a separate company; both website and newspaper are owned by the privately held Advance Publications.The new OregonLive design looks exactly like the revamped Advance sites in New Orleans and Alabama, where Advance ...   More