What to do for kindling? Oh yeah, the Times.

The Seattle Post-Intellingencer says it will print its last edition today, Tuesday, March 17, ending a 146-year run. The paper's owner, the Hearst Corporation, said the P-I will become the nation's largest daily newspaper to shift entirely online. Hearst's decision to abandon the print product in favor of a Web-only version is the first for a large American newspaper, raising questions about whether the company can make money in a medium where others have come up short. Seattle follows Denver in becoming the second major city this year to lose a daily newspaper. The Rocky Mountain News closed after its owner, E.W. Scripps Co., couldn't find a buyer. In Arizona, Gannett Co.'s Tucson Citizen is set to close Saturday, leaving one newspaper in that city.

Sad.



-posted by Justin