RIP PI. 3/17/09

[uppityperson]

The PI was the more liberal of the 2 Seattle papers as far as reporting news went. It is sad that newspapers are shutting down as this will limit the amount and type of news that gets out. If everyone takes the story off AP or some other place, then all we get is the same story from the same place.

RIP PI, you shall be missed.

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/403793_piclosure17.html

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will roll off the presses for the last time Tuesday, ending a 146-year run.

The Hearst Corp. announced Monday that it would stop publishing the newspaper, Seattle's oldest business, and cease delivery to more than 117,600 weekday readers. The company, however, said it will maintain seattlepi.com, making it the nation's largest daily newspaper to shift to an entirely digital news product.

"Tonight we'll be putting the paper to bed for the last time," Editor and Publisher Roger Oglesby told a silent newsroom Monday morning. "But the bloodline will live on."

In a news release, Hearst CEO Frank Bennack Jr. said, "Our goal now is to turn seattlepi.com into the leading news and information portal in the region."...(more)

Letter to Readers
http://blog.seattlepi.com/whatsnew/archives/164244.asp

Dear Readers,

As you no doubt have heard, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper is ceasing publication, starting tomorrow. As you likely have also heard, seattlepi.com -- read by more than 4 million people in Seattle and around the world every month -- will continue to bring you the latest news and information, entertainment reports, opinion, community conversation and more.

Seattlepi.com will continue to cover city hall, crime, courts, real estate, development, education, transportation and more. When a snowstorm hits, we'll be here to help you figure out which busses are running, and which streets to avoid. When Microsoft or Boeing makes a move, we'll tell you about it on our Microsoft and Boeing blogs. Jim Moore and Art Thiel will both continue to bring you their take on the latest in sports twice a week. Joel Connelly will still be here to give you his views on the political scene, and David Horsey will continue to cartoon and blog for you.

We're also adding some new features we haven't had before, including new @home and health articles from Hearst magazines including Cosmopolitan, Country Living, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful, Marie Claire, Popular Mechanics and Redbook.

We've got a lot of great ideas in the works, and many new features we'll be rolling out in the next few months. I hope you'll pardon our dust for the next few weeks as we launch our new digital news and information Web site. Keep an eye on this blog for updates on the changes we'll be making as we go forward. And please share your comments on how you think we're doing, and what we can do to better serve your needs. You can also message me on Twitter at twitter.com/nicolosi.

If you're interested in more details on what we'll be doing going forward, see a longer explanation here.

Thanks much,

Michelle Nicolosi

[uppityperson]

1. Horsey says he will continue online, here is a good one re-newspapers...

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

2. I never did like the Times !

Home of Bi right Boss.
Rumor has it Hearst publishing may come out with something new and creative in hard print ! Something about a old idea that is kicking around .

After all, can't have the Seattle Times Bi Right Boss/editor at large, who is under the influence of republicanism- telling us all those lies !