Oregon Media Insiders

The "class of employees" that it draws the line around is full-time Oregonian employees. If you work on Mix or A&E or do online work from The O's newsroom, you're still an Oregonian employee. As the memo says: "The Pledge's protection is tied to the daily publication of The Oregonian's current newsprint product -- not the functions you perform individually." The poorly worded distinction about "weekly publications" and "distribution of content over the Internet" is meant to apply to things like the Hillsboro Argus and Oregon Live.

All that said, most employees are smart (and skeptical) enough to believe that if management really wanted to find a way around "The Pledge," they would. It's basically seen as a nice thing for management to say, but nothing to really bank your future on.