 Portland Monthly ( also referred to as Portland Monthly Magazine ) is a monthly news and general interest magazine which covers events and culture in Portland , Oregon . The magazine was co @-@ founded in 2003 by siblings Nicole and Scott Vogel . Nicole had previously worked for Cendant Corporation and Time Warner , and Scott had been a journalist at The New York Times . Though the magazine had some trouble with funding in its first year , it grew to a stable circulation of 56 @,@ 000 and by 2006 was the seventh @-@ largest city magazine in the United States . 
