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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>This article provides a national perspective on what has happened with The Oregonian.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>Ryan Chittum, “The Ax Falls at <i>The Oregonian</i>; the decline of what was one of the better regional newspapers” <i>Columbian Journalism Review, </i> June 21, 2013 <a href="http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/the_ax_falls_at_the_oregonian.php?page=all">http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/the_ax_falls_at_the_oregonian.php?page=all</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>The author, </span></strong>a former <i>Wall Street Journal</i> reporter, is deputy editor of The Audit, CJR's business section.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'>Candy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Candace Morgan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>cd_df_morgan@msn.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>