P-I workers face possible layoffs

The Associated Press reports that employees at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer have been notified that all jobs will be eliminated if no one purchases the paper. Earlier this month, the paper’s owner, Hearst Corp. said it would stop printing the paper if a buyer wasn’t found within 60 days
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The P-I reported on its Web site Tuesday night that the paper’s employees were notified in a letter to the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild sent Friday by Roger Oglesby, P-I editor and publisher. The letter said jobs will end March 18 at the earliest, though they could last through April 1. The paper has a current staff of 170.