Speaker: Mark Garber, Pamplin Media Group

Printed Newspapers:  What To Expect In The Future.  Mark Garber, president and CEO of the Pamplin Media Group. The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area.  The Portland Tribune newspaper, founded by Pamplin in 2001, is the largest newspaper in the group, and KPAM is the largest radio station. PMG also includes a group of newspapers formerly known as Community Newspapers, Incorporated, serving the Portland area. Most of them are published once a week. The company launched the Hillsboro Tribune in September 2012. On January 8, 2013, it bought five newspapers from Eagle Newspapers, Inc. in the Portland area (Canby Herald, Wilsonville Spokesman, Molalla Pioneer, The Newberg Graphic, and the Woodburn Independent), along with The Madras Pioneer in Central Oregon.[ In June 2013, it also purchased the Central Oregonian from Eagle.

Mark Garber, our speaker, received a BS in Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1977.  Since then, he has worked at numerous newspapers and publishing companies both in the eastern US and in Oregon, including those in Gresham, Pendleton, Springfield, and Portland. As Pamplin’s CEO, he oversees all of its operations.  Mark has, in the past, successfully foreseen the future of printed media and still has an excellent grasp of what we might expect in terms of the delivery of news in the coming years.