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The Outlook
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Pamplin Media Group
Founder(s)Harry L. St. Clair
Managing editorSteve Brown
Founded1911
LanguageEnglish
CityGresham, Oregon, U.S.
Circulation9,068 (as of 2022)[1]
OCLC number30722087
Websitetheoutlookonline.com

The Outlook is a weekly newspaper published in Gresham, Oregon, a suburb of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] It was founded in 1911,[3][4] and is owned by the Pamplin Media Group.[5]

History

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On March 3, 1911, Harry L. St. Clair, a pastor turned printer, founded the Gresham Outlook after having previously worked at the Beaver State Herald.[6] At the time he lived in a small cottage, was several hundred dollars in debt and owned a single linotype machine. He ran the business with help of his wife and son.[7] The Outlook Publishing Company was incorporated in 1917.[8] The printing plant branched out in the '30s into producing shooting targets for the NRA, making 300,000 a year, along with printing the regional shooting magazine Windage.[9]

St. Clair died in 1938 and the Outlook was passed to his family,[10] who sold it in 1941 to Thomas Purcell.[11] In 1960, Purcell sold the paper to Lee Irwin and Walt Taylor,[12][13] and Irwin served as publisher from then until 1982.[14] He was followed by Robert Caldwell for a relatively short period, with Steven J. Clark being named publisher effective April 4, 1983.[15]

The paper was embroidered in controversy around 1981 after newsroom staff learned of a pyramid scheme involving Reynolds School District employees and didn't report the story until it was widely known to the public. Reader accused The Outlook of attempting a cover-up and wrote angry letters, canceled subscriptions or boycotted the paper. A city council member refused to talk to reporters anymore. Locals even went so far as to call the paper "The Outrage, The Overlook, The Cover-up."[16]

Irwin and Taylor sold the Gresham Outlook in 1977 to the Democrat-Herald Publishing Co., which published the Albany Democrat-Herald.[17] Capital Cities purchased the company in 1980,[18] which itself was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1995.[19] Disney sold its Oregon newspapers to Lee Enterprises in 1997,[20] and three years later Lee sold The Outlook to Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. in 2000.[21] Pamplin Media Group was sold in June 2024 to Carpenter Media Group.[22] In June 2025, the paper's print schedule was decreased from twice to once a week.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022" (PDF). 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  2. ^ "About the Gresham Outlook". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Terry, John (July 19, 2011). A Place Called Eden. The Oregonian. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Newspapers Published in Oregon Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "About The Outlook (Gresham, Or.)". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "21st Anniversary Is Celebrated by Gresham Outlook". The Oregon Daily Journal. March 3, 1932. p. 22.
  7. ^ "Former Minster Observes Tenth Year As Editor". The Oregon Daily Journal. March 6, 1921. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Publishing Company Incorporates". Statesman Journal. February 11, 1917. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Gresham Paper Scores Heavily". The Sunday Oregonian. January 24, 1937. p. 8.
  10. ^ "Harry L. St. Clair: He Loved Printer's Ink". The Oregon Daily Journal. April 4, 1938. p. 10.
  11. ^ "Gresham Paper Sold". Statesman Journal. Associated Press. July 19, 1941. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Paper Sold At Gresham" (March 31, 1960). The Oregonian, p. 5.
  13. ^ "Publisher Sells Gresham Outlook". The Daily Astorian. United Press International. March 31, 1960. p. 3.
  14. ^ McCowan, Karen (September 8, 1982). "Gresham Outlook publisher retires: Irwin wraps up 50-year career". The Oregonian, p. ME7.
  15. ^ "Lake Oswego newsman to be publisher of Gresham Outlook" (March 17, 1983). The Oregonian (South Metro edition), p. C1.
  16. ^ Lane, Dee (August 25, 1981). "Gresham Outlook weathers storms". Oregon Journal. p. 7.
  17. ^ "Publisher buys 4 weeklies". Statesman Journal. February 10, 1977. p. 37.
  18. ^ "Paper sale should be final today". Albany Democrat-Herald. July 14, 1980. p. 3.
  19. ^ Geraldine Fabrikant (5 January 1996). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS;Disney and ABC Shareholders Solidly Approve Merger Deal". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  20. ^ "Lee Enterprises closes purchase of Oregon newspapers from ABC". The Oregonian. September 9, 1997. p. 45.
  21. ^ Tomlinson, Stuart (November 12, 2000). "Millionaire buys four more news operations". The Sunday Oregonian, p. B8.
  22. ^ Rogoway, Mike (June 3, 2024). "Pamplin Media, Portland Tribune's owner, sells to Carpenter Media". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  23. ^ Rogoway, Mike (2025-06-24). "Portland Tribune will cease print publication after major newsroom layoffs". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
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