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March 17, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Becomes Web-Only Newspaper
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is printing its final edition today and
becoming an online-only news site known as Seattle PI.com. The
146-year-old newspaper will become the largest daily newspaper to shift
to an entirely digital news product. The paper’s owner, the Hearst
Corporation, made the official announcement Monday. The vast majority of
the paper’s 167 employees are losing their jobs in the transition. The
closing of the Post-Intelligencer comes just days after Gannett
announced the closing of the Tucson Citizen. Last month, Scripps closed
the Rocky Mountain News. Many media analysts say the San Francisco
Chronicle may be the next paper to cease publication. On Monday, House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the Justice Department to consider giving Bay
Area papers more leeway to merge or consolidate business operations to
stay afloat.



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