PORTLAND — Pamplin Media, publisher of the Portland Tribune and several community papers, notified employees this week that the company is cutting their hours and pay. It’s the latest in a series of cutbacks in Oregon media organizations amid an economic crisis in the news industry, but Pamplin said it expects the cuts will be temporary.

The company is reducing full-time staff to 38 hours per week, according to Publisher Mark Garber. That’s a 5% cut in hours, and Pamplin is making a corresponding cut in pay.

In an email to The Oregonian, Garber said revenues have been consistently stable since the Great Recession. But he said this year the company has experienced revenue “softness,” an issue compounded by rising newsprint prices associated with federal tariffs imposed last year.

“We have committed to reviewing the temporary reduction in hours every three months and communicating with employees about our progress toward restoring the week from 38 hours to 40,” Garber wrote.