[2] Robert W. Chandler bought The Bulletin in 1953 and built his newspaper company up over the ensuing decades, prior to his death in 1996.
[3] The company was recognized by an Oregon State University awards program in 1995, for an effective ownership transition from Chandler to his daughter, Elizabeth McCool, and for remaining actively engaged in its community.
[4] When the company bought The Redmond Spokesman from Mary Brown in 1971, it owned radio stations in Oregon and California.
[16] In 2012, the company did emerge from bankruptcy,[14] but also laid off 10% of its staff, due to a sharp decline in advertising revenue from legal notices.
[17] In 2017, it listed its headquarters building for sale, but no offer had been accepted as of January 2019, and the company had fallen behind on payments of state taxes.