My favorite newspaper since I was a kid, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer [The P-I] is going under.
To be more clear, Hearst is letting it go under. Seattle will no longer be a 2 newspaper town, sadly.
I've read the P-I since I was 12, and have been a subscriber for nearly 20 years.
Years ago they entered into a joint operating agreement with regrds to printing and classified with The Seattle Times, but kept their news and editorial content. Perhaps you're familiar with David Horsey?
Reading the sunday paper is a ritiual to this day. One I've passed down to my kids. They even get into reading the paper at times.
There's just something about newsprint, the feel, the look, the smell that is so inviting.
Like everyone today, I get most of my "news" etc, online. But I STILL look forward to coffee and my morning paper.
Whenever I'm at The Pike Place Market I'll even pick up a copy of the Sunday New York Times [week old, $5]
And in times of big news, I'll read both the PI and The Seattle Times, to see how differently they're covering, or not covering the same story.
So it's a sad day here. The PI will cease to exist in a few weeks, after over 130 years of being in print.
They're going to an online-only format, meaning just another website.
How the FUCK am I to fold a website in half, and do the crosswords with my toast and iced-coffee ????????
fuck.
Below is Hearst's answer, an electronic, handheld newspaper reader.
Blech
Sometimes, progress just sucks balls.
To be more clear, Hearst is letting it go under. Seattle will no longer be a 2 newspaper town, sadly.
I've read the P-I since I was 12, and have been a subscriber for nearly 20 years.
Years ago they entered into a joint operating agreement with regrds to printing and classified with The Seattle Times, but kept their news and editorial content. Perhaps you're familiar with David Horsey?
Reading the sunday paper is a ritiual to this day. One I've passed down to my kids. They even get into reading the paper at times.
There's just something about newsprint, the feel, the look, the smell that is so inviting.
Like everyone today, I get most of my "news" etc, online. But I STILL look forward to coffee and my morning paper.
Whenever I'm at The Pike Place Market I'll even pick up a copy of the Sunday New York Times [week old, $5]
And in times of big news, I'll read both the PI and The Seattle Times, to see how differently they're covering, or not covering the same story.
So it's a sad day here. The PI will cease to exist in a few weeks, after over 130 years of being in print.
They're going to an online-only format, meaning just another website.
How the FUCK am I to fold a website in half, and do the crosswords with my toast and iced-coffee ????????
fuck.
Below is Hearst's answer, an electronic, handheld newspaper reader.
Blech
Sometimes, progress just sucks balls.
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