Posted in Spot.us, Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, is D-Day for the Seattle Post-Intellegencer, when its owner, Hearst Corp. plans to announce if a buyer has been found. If not, it will close the newspaper and according to a story on the P-I’s Web site, is planning to start an online publication on the day after the final print newspaper is [...]
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Posted in Spot.us on Feb 27th, 2009
My reporting continues on a story for Spot.us about the future of the Bay Area’s newspapers in an online world. As you’ve probably already read many times, the San Francisco Chronicle’s owner is looking to cut enough staff, and if it doesn’t it plans to either sell it or close the newspaper. The Rocky Mountain [...]
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Posted in Spot.us on Feb 18th, 2009
As part of the story I’m working on for Spot.us about the future of Bay Area newspapers in a digital age, I offer this update on my reporting so far this week. I’m trying to talk with online editors at newspapers this week, and two have been especially helpful in updating me on what their [...]
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