Seattle P-I Goes Web-only & Goes Hyperlocal
by Matt on Mar 16, 2009 in Industry
Hot off the presses: The Seattle P-I has just announced that they’re getting out of the newspaper business. Tomorrow’s will be the final print edition.
Moving forward, the P-I will be an online-only news site and … you guessed it … they’re planning to go hyperlocal:
Steven Swartz, president of Hearst Newspapers, said in the release the Web site “isn’t a newspaper online — it’s an effort to craft a new type of digital business with a robust, community news and information Web site at its core.”
He continued: “The Web is first and foremost a community platform, so we’ll be featuring new columns from prominent Seattle residents; more than 150 reader blogs, community databases and photo galleries. We’ll also be linking to the great work of other Web sites and blogs in the community.”
I would expect to see more of this coming in the future in other cities, big and small.
My Search Engine Land colleague Greg Sterling has this related post about the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News and its efforts to switch to a web-only news site, and asking for subscription feed to help fund their efforts.
Lots of discussion about this on Techmeme.
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