Archive for March 17th, 2009

  • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: R.I.P. (2)

    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: R.I.P. (2)

    It’s in the P-I. Flicker: GlenFleishman I never read the Post-Intelligencer, but regardless, it’s a sad day for journalism. An article in Time Magazine presented the issues fairly clearly. The problems in the newspaper industry are well known. I won’t dwell on it. Declining print readership means declining revenue from advertising sales. Tough economic times [...]

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  • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer R.I.P.

    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer R.I.P.

    Sun Sets on the P-I. Flickr: Csaila Today marks the final edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. From the paper itself: The Hearst Corp. announced Monday that it would stop publishing the 146-year old newspaper, Seattle’s oldest business, and cease delivery to more than 117,600 weekday readers. The company, however, said it would maintain seattlepi.com, making [...]

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  • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer R.I.P (Prelude: May the News Prevail)

    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer R.I.P (Prelude: May the News Prevail)

    The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1874. Flickr: Origins of History William Faulkner was a verbose dude, but in my  opinion, his most poignant words came in his uncharacteristically concise 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech. I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal because he will endure: that [...]

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