The Seattle PI is Hearst-owned, run in a JOA with the Times. The Times has been losing money for years. The PI is on death watch with the print edition likely to go away mid-March. Much chatter about an online-only edition or a union buyout but no word yet on final outcome of all the chatter.
Best
Dorene Cornwell Seattle WA
On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> NEWS ALERT
> from The Wall Street Journal
>
> Feb. 26, 2009
>
> Denver's Rocky Mountain News will publish its final edition on Friday, E.W.
> Scripps said, illustrating the accelerating decline of the newspaper
> industry. Scripps said it was unable to find a buyer to preserve the
> 150-year-old daily.
>
> Earlier this week, Hearst Corp. said it may close the San Francisco
> Chronicle unless it can quickly slash costs. Four newspaper owners have
> filed for bankruptcy protection since December: Tribune Co., owner of the
> Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times; the closely held Star Tribune
> paper in Minneapolis; the parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer and
> the Philadelphia Daily News; and New Haven Register owner Journal Register
> Co.
>
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