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Eagle stops print edition, continues online publication | News

EO Media Group is making major changes across the company, including layoffs, reducing print frequency, and discontinuing print publications for several newspapers, including the Blue Mountain Eagle.

EO Media Group, a fourth-generation family-run media company, operates the Eagle and 11 other newspapers in Oregon and Washington, as well as the regional agricultural newspaper Capital Press.

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