Like That Scene In The Movie Where The Ground Gives Away

This isn't really comics, but I was struck by Editor & Publisher quoting an article in Willamette Week that the Oregonian may not be a daily much longer. The matter-of-factness and non-alarm evinced here may be spookier than the actual news itself. The concrete developments are awfully creepy, though. I don't even know to what extent I can trust the piece and it's still unsettling.

It's difficult to imagine a newspaper and region more intertwined than the Oregonian and the Portland area. Seattle has had print media disruptions a-plenty the last two decades, but those felt more self-inflicted -- the Times deciding it needed the extra profit of the mornings, a bunch of competitors across media platforms rising up due to Seattle's tendency to encourage such vehicles -- than this does. This feels like a reality impressed upon the situation. Anyway, there are real and obvious consequences for comics if one of these major newspaper changes gains momentum in terms of seeing a lot of high-end publications check out.
 
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