Non-family editor/publisher out at Ore. paper




N. Christian Anderson III, the first editor of the

Eugene Register-Guard

from outside the founding Baker family, has left the Oregon newspaper,


Eugene Weekly

reported.


Anderson had joined the paper on June 1 from


The Oregonian


, where he had been publisher and then chairman of the Oregonian Media Group from 2009 through May 2015,



Willamette Weekly




reported.

Under his leadership,


The Oregonian,


owned by Advance Publications, cut staff, switched from a broadsheet to a tabloid format and decreased home delivery from seven to four days, the


Eugene Weekly


article said.


Before


The Oregonian


, Anderson had been a consultant to media executives and private equity investors; previously, he had been publisher of the


Orange County Register


in California.


Register-Guard


chairman Tony Baker sent an email to staff saying he would take over Anderson's responsibilities “for the immediate future,”


Willamette Weekly


reported. (Sources:


Eugene Weekly


, Dec. 17, 2015;


Willamette Weekly


, Dec. 18, 2015.)

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