“News deserts” are becoming increasingly common as the model that once sustained a thriving industry fails to adapt into the digital age.
MEDFORD, Ore. — Not long ago, it was a near-ubiquitous tradition — people started their days with a cup of coffee and the morning newspaper. But in more and more communities across the U.S., those days are numbered. The coffee may still be there, but in some places there is no newspaper to thumb through.
In the Southern Oregon city of Medford, a metropolitan area of 223,000 people, there hasn’t been a newspaper to crack open for months. The Mail Tribune, a newspaper with
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