Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Mon, Jun 29, 6 a.m.
Estimates put the sale price at $30-40 million, about a $200 million loss from the 1998 purchase price. And the Seattle company apparently has to carry unfunded pension liabilities as part of the deal.
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Posted Tue, Mar 31, 6 a.m.
What to do with the P-I's neon icon? How about making it the centerpiece of a memorial to journalism itself?
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Posted Tue, Mar 17, 7:13 a.m.
We're losing a live thing, a vibrant mix of good people, wisdom, wrongheaded coverage, pioneers and some hardworking suits.
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Posted Mon, Mar 16, 5:55 p.m.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's print edition dies, and while it's a shock to Seattle's sense of specialness, a new study shows that most people don't really care whether their local daily lives or dies. The real buzz is about what's next.
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Posted Fri, Feb 27, 6 a.m.
A feisty newspaper that carried on the Edward Abbey tradition in Moab, Utah, is closing. It's a sign, along with too much good coffee, of change in the West.
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Posted Wed, Feb 18, 6 a.m.
Even those with printer's ink in our veins need to face e-reality
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Posted Wed, Feb 4, 11:32 a.m.
Move underscores Hearst's statement that it has no interest in acquiring the rival paper. It also says it would operate a digital P-I outside the joint operating agreement with the Times.
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Posted Mon, Feb 2, 10:45 a.m.
Hearst has been working on an e-paper project for the past year. Plastic Logic, a firm working on such a product, says Hearst won't be a partner.
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Posted Fri, Jan 30, 12:28 a.m.
A Seattle City Council panel considers how to keep daily newspapers alive, as the ecosystem demands adaptation.
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Posted Tue, Jan 27, 6 a.m.
A practitioner of new journalism provides a no-hankies account of how journalism is changing, even if we have to live without The P-I.
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Posted Tue, Jan 27, 6 a.m.
Could it work here? Some parties are exploring the notion, which creates a hybrid corporation that can receive charitable donations while running as a low-profit, community-owned entity.
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Posted Mon, Jan 19, 6 a.m.
The paper generated legendary tales and unforgettable characters. Here are some that Godden, who joined The P-I in 1974, deems suitable for public consumption.
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Posted Thu, Jan 15, noon
The agreement, still in force, spells out what would happen if The P-I were to become just a digital paper, and it could put a squeeze on the Times.
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Posted Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.
Publisher Roger Oglesby asks the staff to send in suggestions for how to create a profitable online business model for The P-I.
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Posted Mon, Jan 12, 6 a.m.
It's clear the print P-I is a goner. But given Hearst advantages in e-paper technology and partnerships, an online P-I owned by Hearst is a distinct possibility.
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Posted Fri, Jan 9, 2:16 p.m.
Owners add that they would shut down Seattle's oldest daily if no buyer is found in 60 days, though possibly it would continue as an online-only news service.
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Posted Mon, Jan 5, 6 a.m.
Both the Maine sale and some Seattle real estate put on the market fail to meet their goal of closing in 2008. This could produce a very tough January for the local daily.
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Posted Fri, Dec 19, 5:07 p.m.
Meanwhile, two other ways for the struggling company to raise cash, by selling Maine papers and Seattle real estate, are still hanging fire.
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Posted Fri, Dec 19, 6 a.m.
Some think the time is ripe to revive a New Deal program that put writers to work for the public good. Others say that's what bloggers are already doing.
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Posted Mon, Jun 8, 3 p.m.
The Seattle Foundation issues a major report on how to create a healthy region. So where were the reporters?
MOREPosted Wed, May 20, 1:46 p.m.
It's a sign of concern for a beloved landmark with an uncertain future.
MOREPosted Thu, May 14, 6 a.m.
The B&O tax break doesn't even pass the newspaper's own smell test for fiscal responsibility.
MOREPosted Thu, Mar 19, 6:18 p.m.
Acres of notes and other papers appear to be homeless
MOREPosted Tue, Mar 17, 5:04 p.m.
P-I presses stop; Times troubles roll on
MOREPosted Wed, Mar 18, 8:19 a.m.
UPDATED: News of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer after it stops the presses.
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 13, 6 a.m.
The print P-I's end is near. Why no call from Hearst?
MOREPosted Sun, Mar 15, 6 a.m.
The bloggers who do it for love, not money, are sad too.
MOREPosted Wed, Mar 4, 4:28 p.m.
Advertising in February was down 45% over the previous year, and the Times' pension plan has become underfunded, according to a memo to the staff.
MOREPosted Tue, Mar 3, 6 a.m.
Cass Sunstein explains how online journalism hinders progress
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