The Skanner is a weekly newspaper published in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Established in 1975, The Skanner News Group has advanced the cause of the Black Press in the North Western United States. 101.1 FM , The Skanner has provided regional and national corporate advertisers a variety of methods to effectively market their products and services to our readers. The Skanner has served the public with timely information in the Portland edition since October 1975 and the Seattle edition since 1990. The publisher is a past two-term president of the West Coast Black Publishers Association as well as a member of the National Newspapers Publishers Association.
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