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For the Seattle Times, relief is not spelled M-A-I-N-E

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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The Globe and I

Posted Wed, Apr 8, 6 a.m.

A voyage to the interior of an icon

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As the Globe turns

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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The P-I: Saying goodbye to a liberal voice

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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What if a newspaper folded and nobody cared?

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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A desert town's dusty soul

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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Time to say goodbye to print newspapers

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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Hearst skips final option payment to Seattle Times

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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UPDATED: Could the next P-I be electronic, and on a plastic sheet?

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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Save the media dinosaurs!

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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Hang it up, Hearst

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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The Peoria plan for saving local dailies

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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Jean Godden: madcap days at The P-I

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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A 1999 letter of agreement could prove awkward for Seattle Times Co.

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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Memo to P-I employees: Think lean

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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Hearst may be remaking, not eliminating, The P-I

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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Hearst confirms that The P-I is for sale

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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Seattle Times Co. still trying to close sale of Maine papers

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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Seattle Times tells 500 employees to take 5 days of unpaid furlough

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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Can writers get a federal bailout too?

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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Other media

At the Washington Post, stumbles for a new publisher Katharine Weymouth has been on the job only 17 months. Her lack of experience in the newsroom is starting to show.

Bellingham readers bash newspaper over Obama editorial cartoons The Herald's editor agrees the cartoons have been tough on the President but says they were just as critical of Bush.

Report: Sale of Boston Globe would include second paper The New York Times Co. is hoping to attract buyers for its troubled Massachusetts papers

Inside the Boston Globe's struggles to survive The unions retreated to a stance of frustration and delay, but now the two sides are talking seriously as the reality of big cuts sinks in

Reading a newspaper on Kindle - not ready for prime time You're stuck trying to decide, from headlines, which stories are worth reading, complains a technology columnist.

Blog posts

Alone at the press table

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?

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P-I Globe makes endangered list

Posted Wed, May 20, 1:46 p.m.

It's a sign of concern for a beloved landmark with an uncertain future.

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Seattle Times gets a gift from Olympia

Posted Thu, May 14, 6 a.m.

The B&O tax break doesn't even pass the newspaper's own smell test for fiscal responsibility.

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P-I archives should be saved

Posted Thu, Mar 19, 6:18 p.m.

Acres of notes and other papers appear to be homeless

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Maine pension fund won't back buy of Blethen chain

Posted Tue, Mar 17, 5:04 p.m.

P-I presses stop; Times troubles roll on

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Goodbye P-I; Nalder moves up at Hearst

Posted Wed, Mar 18, 8:19 a.m.

UPDATED: News of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer after it stops the presses.

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Maybe it went to voice mail

Posted Fri, Mar 13, 6 a.m.

The print P-I's end is near. Why no call from Hearst?

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P-I citizen journalist wonders what's next

Posted Sun, Mar 15, 6 a.m.

The bloggers who do it for love, not money, are sad too.

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New bad news at the Seattle Times

Posted 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.

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What's lost, going from newspapers to websites

Posted Tue, Mar 3, 6 a.m.

Cass Sunstein explains how online journalism hinders progress

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