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Seattle Paper Poised to Switch to Online-Only

Paper to quit printing if no buyer is found by March 10

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 6, 2009 3:50 AM CST

(Newser) – Hearst publishing is pressing forward with plans to make the Seattle Post-Intelligencer an online-only newspaper, staffers say. The company—which has said the paper will quit publishing if no buyer is found by March 10—has made "provisional offers" to a few reporters selected to take part in the online edition. The news is the latest blow to the battered industry. The Rocky Mountain News shut down last week after 149 years in business.

A man exits the offices of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in Seattle.
A man exits the offices of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Marcus R. Donner)
Newspaper boxes hold papers for sale in Seattle.
Newspaper boxes hold papers for sale in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Marcus R. Donner)
Read it while you can. A Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper box.
Read it while you can. A Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper box.   (AP Photo/Marcus R. Donner)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer building.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer building.   (AP Photo/Marcus R. Donner)
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Guest
Mar 6, 2009 5:25 AM CST
Unfortunately, the first to test the waters are likely to fail until the movement becomes more uniform.
nick
Mar 5, 2009 10:10 PM CST
Great planning. This represents an intelligent step toward the inevitable future of today's newspaper industry. Others will soon follow.

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