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Oregonian editor: Shut up, readers

American newspapers aren’t used to groveling. Before the internet gave advertisers more options, many newspapers had a monopoly on advertising – especially with the classifieds. Newspapers were cash cows. Smug cash cows. So smug they didn’t see what was coming their way. As a commenter on Twitter put it this week: “The downfall of newspapers […]