Western Communications, owner of the Bend Bulletin (Oregon ), aims to sell the seven papers in its Pacific Northwest chain. The company also plans to
dissolve, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported, citing a filing in a federal bankruptcy
court.
Western
Communications owes around $30 million in debt, about two thirds of which is
secured under a lone creditor through the terms of an earlier bankruptcy,
Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
Western
Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January. Over 20
have been laid off in 2019, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting, and other
employees made the choice to leave. John Costa, ex-company president and
Bulletin publisher, stepped down in the spring, according to Oregon Public
Broadcasting.
In Oregon , Western
Communications has the Baker City Herald, the Redmond Spokesman, the La Grande
Observer and Curry Coastal Pilot. In California ,
the company has the Union Democrat in Sonora
and the Del Norte Triplicate in Crescent
City .
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