Editing Willamette Week (section)

==Finances==
Since 1984, the paper has been free; as of 2007 over 80% of its revenue was generated through display advertising.<ref name="E&P">{{Cite web|url = http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/At-Age-33-Willamette-Week-Has-Best-Year-Ever-For-Display-Ads-Publisher-Says|title = At Age 33, 'Willamette Week' Has Best Year Ever For Display Ads, Publisher Says|date = November 16, 2007|access-date = February 20, 2015|website = Editor & Publisher|archive-date = February 20, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150220164312/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/At-Age-33-Willamette-Week-Has-Best-Year-Ever-For-Display-Ads-Publisher-Says|url-status = live}}</ref>  For 2007, its revenue was expected to be about $6.25&nbsp;million, a four or five percent increase over 2006, a growth that occurred in spite of a significant decline in [[classified advertising]] that the publisher attributed to competition from [[Craigslist]].<ref name="E&P" /> Its pre-[[tax profit]] in 2006 was around 5%, a third to a half of what large mass-media companies require.<ref name="E&P" />