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Maybe it went to voice mail

Fri, Mar 13, 6 a.m.

By Bill Richards

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

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A desert town's dusty soul

Fri, Feb 27, 6 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

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.

Time to say goodbye to print newspapers

Wed, Feb 18, 6 a.m.

By Bill Richards

Even those with printer's ink in our veins need to face e-reality

Kindle 2 debuts same day as a rival signs up media partners

Mon, Feb 9, 4 p.m.

By Bill Richards

PlasticLogic, with a much larger screen than Kindle's, might be the shape of newspapers to come.

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Hearst skips final option payment to Seattle Times

Wed, Feb 4, 11:32 a.m.

By Bill Richards

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.

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

Mon, Feb 2, 10:45 a.m.

By Bill Richards

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.

Save the media dinosaurs!

Fri, Jan 30, 12:28 a.m.

By Knute Berger

A Seattle City Council panel considers how to keep daily newspapers alive, as the ecosystem demands adaptation.

Bankruptcy option for the Seattle Times? Not easy.

Thu, Jan 29, 2:20 p.m.

By Bill Richards

It wouldn't be the final answer for the paper's problems

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The Peoria plan for saving local dailies

Tue, Jan 27, 6 a.m.

By Bill Richards

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.

Hang it up, Hearst

Tue, Jan 27, 6 a.m.

By Scott St. Clair

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.

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

Thu, Jan 15, noon

By Bill Richards

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.

Memo to P-I employees: Think lean

Thu, Jan 15, 6 a.m.

By Bill Richards

Publisher Roger Oglesby asks the staff to send in suggestions for how to create a profitable online business model for The P-I.

The P-I globe's future

Tue, Jan 13, 4:25 p.m.

By Knute Berger

It's not yet spinning in its grave.

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

Mon, Jan 12, 6 a.m.

By Bill Richards

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.

Hearst confirms that The P-I is for sale

Fri, Jan 9, 2:16 p.m.

By Bill Richards

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.