I'm deeply said to see the P-I go, although I understand that they will be keeping an online presence. I don't know what that will be worth. I worked on the last arbitration, so there's a lot I -can't- say. What I can say is that this will hurt both papers. No one will come out a winner. Not Hearst, Not the Blethens, certainly not anyone who works at either paper, and definitely not the people who live in Seattle.

We cancelled our subscription to the P-I a few weeks ago. When I heard the news, I told M it was our fault. We should have held on a little longer. :-/

When we moved to Seattle, we were originally excited that there were two papers. We tried them out. We thought, whoa, The Oregoninan, it was awesome! But hey, you have to have a local paper. Soon, no one will have a local paper.

Not to be punny, but the times, they are a-changing. It's not just newspapers.