The World (Coos Bay, Oregon)

Bieekly newspaper published in Coos Bay, Oregon

The World

Type| Biweekly newspaper
Format| Broadsheet
Owner(s)| Country Media, Inc.
Publisher| David Thornberry
Editor| David Rupkalvis
Founded| 1878 (as The Coast Mail)
Language| English
Headquarters| 172 Anderson Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
United States
ISSN| 1062-8495
OCLC number| 23861115
Website| theworldlink.com

The World is a biweekly newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States.[1] From its office on Anderson Avenue in downtown Coos Bay, The World serves Oregon's South Coast, including the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend, Reedsport, Bandon, Lakeside, Coquille and Myrtle Point.[2]

## History

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In 1878, The Coast Mail was founded by Webster & Hacker in Marshfield.[3] Percy C. Levar and Frank Hofer, both former Capital Journal staff, purchased the Mail in 1901. The two soon launched the Daily Mail, county's first daily newspaper with limited AP Wire service.[4]

In 1906, brothers Gus and Ernest Kramer purchased The Coast Mail from Levar and merged it with their Marshfield Advertiser to form The Coos Bay Times.[5] In 1907, brothers Michael C. and Dan E. Maloney took over the paper.[6]

In 1928, E. G. Murray purchased the paper from the Maloney brothers.[7] Two years later he sold a controlling interest to Sheldon F. Sackett.[8] In 1957, Sackett changed the paper's name from The Times to The World.[9] Sheldon died in 1968.[10] His heirs sold The World to Scripps League Newspapers in 1973.[11]

The company was acquired by Pulitzer Newspapers Inc. in 1996,[12] who then purchased the nearby Bandon Western World in 2003[13] and Umpqua Post in 2004.[14] Pulitzer was acquired by Lee Enterprises in 2005.[15]

In January 2015, The World launched a new weekly newspaper for the Coquille area called the Coquille Valley Courant,[16] but it ceased that same year on December 29.[17]

In 2020, the paper was sold by Lee to Country Media, Inc.[18] About six months later The World announced it will reduce its print schedule from five days a week to two due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[19] The Bandon Western World soon ceased,[20] along with the Umpqua Post.[21] In October 2021, The World moved its office from Commercial Avenue to Anderson Avenue.[22]

## Awards

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The World won 15 awards in the 2014 Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association 2014 Better Newspaper Contest, including first place statewide for Best Online Coverage of Breaking News, beating both The Oregonian and the (Medford) Mail Tribune.[23]

## References

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1. ^ "The World (Coos Bay, Oregon) 1957-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
2. ^ "The World". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Archived from the original on September 22, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
3. ^ "New Paper". Roseburg Review. December 21, 1878. p. 3.
4. ^ Webb, Wendell (December 31, 1932). "Romantic's Past Called to Mind by First Daily". The World. p. 6.
5. ^ Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Coos County" . History of Oregon Newspapers . Binfords and Mort.
6. ^ "Notice". Albany Weekly Herald. December 19, 1907. p. 4.
7. ^ "Coos Bay Times Is Sold To Klamath Falls Man". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. United Press. January 2, 1928. p. 1.
8. ^ "Coos Bay Times Sold To Sackett". Medford Mail Tribune. Associated Press. May 8, 1930. p. 6.
9. ^ Sackett, Sheldon F. (August 26, 1957). "An Editorial | Why Must Newspaper Have New Designation?". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon.
10. ^ Baker, Doug (September 4, 1968). "Coos Bay Publisher Was Legend To Fourth Estate". The Oregon Daily Journal. p. 3.
11. ^ "Changes at the Helms". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. July 13, 1973. p. 4.
12. ^ Times Wire Services (May 7, 1996). "Pulitzer to Purchase Scripps Newspapers". Los Angeles Times.
13. ^ "Pulitzer subsidiary buys Bandon weekly paper". The Oregonian. August 23, 2003. p. 11.
14. ^ "Pulitzer Newspapers acquires The Umpqua Post in Reedsport". The Coos Bay World. February 28, 2004. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
15. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
16. ^ "Our View: More changes coming with The World". The Coos Bay World. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
17. ^ Rush, Chris (December 29, 2015). "End of a Noble Experiment". The Coos Bay World. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
18. ^ "Lee Enterprises sells media assets in Coos Bay". Coos Bay World. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
19. ^ "The World moving to Tuesday-Friday print schedule". The Coos Bay World. December 31, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
20. ^ Kenfield, Ben. "Final issue of Bandon Western World". The Coos Bay World. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
21. ^ "Final issue of The Umpqua Post". The Umpqua Post. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
22. ^ Rupkalvis, David (October 17, 2021). "The World is moving". The Coos Bay World. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
23. ^ Bowen, Les (July 18, 2014). "The World wins 15 awards in statewide media contest". The Coos Bay World. Retrieved June 7, 2025.

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