[4] It was later owned by the Eugene Register-Guard, which sold it in the fall of 1983 to Richard H. Meeker and Mark Zusman,[5] who took the positions of publisher and editor, respectively.

[4] Meeker and Zusman formed City of Roses Newspaper Company to publish WW and a sister publication, Fresh Weekly, a free guide to local arts and entertainment.

[7] In June 2015, Richard Meeker stepped down as Willamette Week's publisher, after more than 31 years in the position.

[9][10] Meeker planned to continue working for the City of Roses Newspaper Company, WW's owner.

[6] For 2007, its revenue was expected to be about $6.25 million, a four or five percent increase over 2006, a growth that occurred in spite of a significant decline in classified advertising that the publisher attributed to competition from Craigslist.