One of the oldest newspapers in the US, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, published its last print version Tuesday 17 March and today the web site for the paper carried a tombstone for it. The Hearst Corporation, which owns the newspaper, has been trying unsuccessfully for several weeks to sell it, as well as the ailing San Francisco Chronicle, another major US city newspaper. Hearst will continue with the web site in Seattle, but with a greatly reduced staff of journalists who will work for lower pay. Seattle Post Intelligencer, AFP
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 18 March 2009 at 23:10 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 18 March 2009.
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Tags: bankruptcy, sales, Seattle Post Intelligencer, US newspapers
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