Comments on: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Will Stop Publishing Newspaper, Become Web Only

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:16:54 +0000

Just happened to The Rocky Mountain News after 150 years

I think its sad.

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:55:02 +0000

Well I think the business model itself was prone to eventually fail. From what I understand newspapers get a lot of their profits from advertisements. With the economy the way it’s been going, and the way anyone can read print newspaper for free online, something was going to give.

I mean, it’s great that we can read all the newspapers online for free, but how is that going to pay salaries? The only solution I can think of is offering content for subscriptions.

By: DOJ

DOJ — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:28:45 +0000

@Dave – the PI was in trouble well before everything else went south

By: TRO

TRO — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:41:44 +0000

When most newspapers virtually ignore half their readership (conservatives), you can hardly expect them to be very profitable. Add in the Internet and other sources of information and it is just a matter of time until most of them fold. Sad, in a way, but like Hollywood, they chose their own agenda over profit.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:29:50 +0000

Johnny Cat; quicker than me!

Save the trees; kill a newspaper.

Interesting that the demise of this newspaper is blamed on the economy and not the management. I’d hazard a guess that the paper was in serious trouble before the economy headed south.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:14:56 +0000

*Touted

And the rest will follow in 3…2…1…