The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which first rolled off the presses during the Lincoln administration, is up for sale.
Personally, I think a better investment is letting out a D.C. apartment for the inauguration:
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which first rolled off the presses in 1863 and has been the state's longest-publishing newspaper, is up for sale.
The newspaper's staff was called into a closed meeting today by Publisher Roger Oglesby. Present at the meeting was Hearst Newspaper President Steve Swartz, who told the newsroom that Hearst Corp. is starting a 60-day process to find a buyer.
If a buyer is not found, Swartz said, possible options include creating an all-digital operation with a greatly reduced staff, or closing its operations entirely.
In no case will Hearst continue to publish the P-I in printed form, Swartz said.
Considering how green Seattle is, would it be such a loss to have one less tree-killing enterprise around?
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Personally, I think if they
January 9, 2009 - 18:08 ET by Chris NormanPersonally, I think if they perforated the pages into several neat little squares, then these rags would have a good purpose again...
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
→ Don't care
January 9, 2009 - 18:32 ET by Cool ArrowIt suddenly occurred to me, if conservatives really demanded the publication of conservative news, we'd have it.
SPI can go the way of the dodo. If there's any truth to evolutionary theory, the SPI also lost its wings eons ago.
Wow...finally, some good
January 9, 2009 - 18:36 ET by bigtimerWow...finally, some good news today!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
→ Amen bt
January 9, 2009 - 18:38 ET by Cool ArrowAnd certainly fit to print. If we had a printer.
I just heard on a local
January 9, 2009 - 19:21 ET by DaBirdI just heard on a local radio station just minutes ago, that the Minneapolis Star & Tribune is filing for bankruptcy next week. Ready...one...two...three...AWWWWW!
Conservatives should buy them up
January 9, 2009 - 19:08 ET by SmorgasbordI have a great thought!!! The wealthy conservatives should pool their resources and buy some of the failing media. This would be a great way to get the conservative agenda spread. The newspapers, radio, and TV stations could be bought at a very low price. The newspapers might be declining anyway, so maybe just the TV and radio industry would be the way to go.
This way the conservatives could tell BOTH SIDES OF A STORY. If there were a news media that gave THE WHOLE STORY, I am guessing people would go back to them. I don't watch the news or read newspapers because of the bias. If you agree with this idea, please pass it along to others.
Great Idea
January 10, 2009 - 09:41 ET by NorthCoasterThe prices for the failing media should allow an investment to be made near the low cost point. What a great deal in the long run.
The best part will be to begin to get a balanced set of real news stories. I'd start buying my local paper again if that were to happen. As it is now the only papers worht getting are the ones with the big packets of ad inserts.
I'm going home right now and
January 9, 2009 - 19:28 ET by JTPcollect all of my beer and pop cans to cash them in. By golly I'm going to go buy me a newspaper company!
"I need more cowbell!" SNL
Maybe its just me but...
January 9, 2009 - 19:56 ET by OBQuietI find it amusing that we may soon be talking about Seattle's post-Post-Intelligencer intelligence.
Maybe its just me but...
January 9, 2009 - 19:56 ET by OBQuietI find it amusing that we may soon be talking about Seattle's post-Post-Intelligencer intelligence.
Here is a load from a
January 9, 2009 - 23:53 ET by jdhawkHere is a load from a "Pulitzer Prize" winning cartoonist that works for the Seattle P-I: http://seattlepi.nws....
This is a demonstration of the crap that the P-I is putting out.
Looking over today's opinion section of their paper, they have exactly one conservative, George Will, writing an article. The dozen or so other journalists are clearly liberal.
Good riddance . . .
jdhawk
January 10, 2009 - 01:21 ET by thebutlerdiditWell, you don't need to ask which way this guy leans! If anyone of you click the link, be sure to go through the whole grouping. I understand this is one of the most liberal papers in the country, in a very liberal area. How is it that it's failing? Preaching to the choir?
Maybe they don't
January 10, 2009 - 07:32 ET by USA4freedomMaybe they don't read..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
don't read?
January 10, 2009 - 07:37 ET by AgnosticWith so many sources of liberal media it must be imposible to support them all.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
The Liberal Seattle P-I Refused to Help the FBI in 2007
January 11, 2009 - 17:24 ET by Rush FanThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer refused to run the photos of two suspicious men whose picture was taken on a ferry in 2007.
Michelle Malkin has the picture and the complete story.
It's a very good day when a leftist newspaper bites the dust. May more good days continue to occur this year and in future years!
One definition of insanity is doing
the same thing over and over again
expecting different results.
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"There is no longer a media in this country. There is simply an established propaganda arm for the Democrat Party and any and all who relate to it in any way, elected and unelected." ~ Rush Limbaugh
→ Well Well
January 11, 2009 - 17:34 ET by Cool ArrowI had long forgotten that incident.
I'm starting to believe in Karma.