So it’s official, I guess. 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 [...]
Documenting The Seattle PI’s Possible Closure
A video of Hearst Newspaper Division President Steve Swartz telling the staff of the Seattle PI about the dire situation that the paper is in is below. This is something that journalists haven’t seen much of, and that is the actual conversations that are going on in the newsrooms. Not only is there a video [...]
Seattle PI In The News
Things are brewing. From the PI: “Steve Swartz, president of Hearst Newspaper Division, told the newsroom that Hearst Corp. is starting a 60-day process to find a buyer. If a buyer is not found, Swartz said, Hearst will pursue other options. The options include moving to a digital-only operation with a greatly reduced staff, or [...]