Seattle P-I to go online-only

After looking for a buyer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for two months, owner Hearst Corp. announced today that the paper would transition to a web-only publication in an effort to save money and avoid shutting down.
After it publishes its last edition Tuesday, the paper will become the largest daily to make such a transition, according to MarketWatch.

While the Post-Intelligencer will remain on the Web, it will likely only be able to support a small portion of its existing newsroom, according to media analyst John Morton. “The online-newspaper model doesn’t support a good deal of journalism,” he said.

The article also cites P-I executive producer Michelle Nicolosi as saying that the paper will rely on several partnerships to pull in content, easing the strain on what will surely be a smaller staff.

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