Country Media has made a deal to acquire the daily paper in
Coos Bay along with weekly papers in Bandon and Reedsport (all in Oregon), the
Curry Coastal Pilot reported. The company purchased the Del Norte Triplicate
and Curry Coastal Pilot last summer.
Country
Media President Steve Hungerford said the deal will close Jan. 31.
Southwest
Oregon Publishing, a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises, is selling the World in Coos Bay ,
the Western World in Bandon and the Umpqua Post in Reedsport to Country Media.
Country Media
is an Oregon family-owned company with
headquarters in Salem ,
according to the Curry Coastal Pilot.
Country
Media also has twice-weekly papers in Crescent City and Brookings as well as
papers serving Lincoln City, Tillamook, Manzanita, Cannon Beach, Clatskanie and
St. Helens, Oregon; Langdon and Bowman, North Dakota; and Baker, Montana.
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