Who owns you guys anyways? I ask not because I want to stalk you, but because ownership is an important issue to me. Does the buck stop in some corporate high rise in Houston? And while you are at it, how about the other newspapers in town? And TV stations. Where are their paymasters living?

 

You know, Mark, I'm old enough to remember when you guys were an "underground" newspaper. Congratulations to you and Richard for keeping it a successful enterprise all these years.

 

WW is an independent operator, as Mr. Z's answer shows. For the corporate takeover of American alt-weeklies, check out all the papers the Phoenix New Times owns -- a big list. When they bought the Village Voice, the locals went as wild as a Portlander would if you took away her Stumptown coffee. We've got it good here. Even with the Mercury.

LM

 

This ain't no operation doodydrop bucko.

 

Hi Mr. Zusman,

As a longtime WW reader and Portland resident, I was wondering, when you and the other staff conceptualize your features and shorter reportage (ie: sick dogs and storage scavengers), what segement of the very bipolar Portland audience you most of think of: (1) the youthful tight-pants-and-hoodie hipster dem on roadbikes, no umbrellas; (2) the home-owning, car-driving, New Seasons-shopping types decked in fleece and often umbrellas; (3) people in Gresham? I ask out of respectful curiousity; love the paper. (PS: I sport fleece and tatts, a bike w/ gears and a car with a gas problem, so maybe things aren't so cut and dry.)

Thanks Z-man!