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November 21, 2009
A No-Newspaper Town
A No-Newspaper Town
Art Thiel on the Loss of the Seattle P-I Like many of their readers, former Seattle Post-Intelligencer employees are trying to get used to life without the newspaper. The P-I published its final print edition Tuesday. It's the largest American daily to go exclusively online - with a skeleton staff. Sports columnist Art Thiel is contributing to the new SeattlePI.com. He talked with KPLU's Kirsten Kendrick about what's been an extremely emotional week and what's in store for the future.
PI Now Online Only Today's print edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is the last. Only about twenty of 167 newsroom employees there still have jobs. The Hearst Corporation has announced the paper's "bloodline will live on" -- as the Seattle P-I dot com. KPLU business and labor reporter Bellamy Pailthorp has the story.
Seattle PI Becoming Online-only Daily Tomorrow's print edition of the Seattle Post Intelligencer will be its last. The 146-year-old newspaper has announced it is ceasing publication and becoming an online-only daily. More from KPLU business and labor reporter Bellamy Pailthorp.
If Dailies Disappear, Who Will Play Watchdog? In 1988, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer published a story exposing Superior Court Judge Gary Little's sexual activities with minors. The piece was a prime example of the power of investigative journalism: It caused the judge to commit suicide and engendered intense public reaction. Now - as the PI teeters on the edge of extinction - the role of watchdog journalism is changing.
Mike Lewis: Goodbye PI The Seattle Post Intelligencer, Washington's oldest daily newspaper, is expected to print its final edition any day now. This week KPLU is running a 3-part series about the declining newspaper industry. We'll look at what would be lost if these sources of information go away all together, and what they might be replaced with. First, we begin with a personal look at what it's like right now to be working at the PI in its final days. KPLU's Jennifer Wing introduces us to reporter Mike Lewis.

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