Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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| Seattle Post-Intelligencer | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Hearst Corporation |
| Publisher | Roger Oglesby |
| Editor | David McCumber |
| Founded | 1863 |
| Headquarters | 101 Elliott Avenue West Seattle, Washington 98119  United States |
| Circulation | 127,584 Daily [1] 420,587 Sunday (JOA)[2] |
| ISSN | 0745-970X |
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| Website: seattlepi.com | |
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as "the P-I") is one of two daily newspapers in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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[edit] History
The P-I, Seattle's first newspaper, was founded on December 10, 1863 as the Seattle Gazette by J.R. Watson. [3][4] The paper failed after a few years and was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867 by the new owner, Sam Maxwell. In 1881, The Intelligencer merged with the Seattle Post. The names were combined to form the present-day name.[4]
Circulation stood at 31,000 in 1911.[3]
William Randolph Hearst took over the paper in 1921. The Hearst Corporation owns the P-I to this day.[4]
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt had a special relationship with the Seattle P-I. In 1936, their son-in-law John Boettiger took over as publisher. He brought his wife Anna, the Roosevelts' daughter, to also work at the paper. Anna became editor of the women's page. Boettiger left Seattle to enter the U.S. Army in April, 1943, while Anna stayed at the paper to help keep a liberal voice in the running of the paper. After Boettiger's absence, the paper increasingly turned conservative with Hearst's new acting publisher. Anna would leave Seattle in December, 1943, to live in the White House with her youngest child, Johnny. This effectively ended the Roosevelt-Boettiger ties with the P-I. [5]
On December 15, 2006 no copies were printed as a result of a power outage caused by the December 2006 Pacific Northwest storms. It was the first time in 70 years that publication had ceased.[6]
[edit] Joint Operating Agreement - "JOA"
Since 1983, the P-I and The Seattle Times have been run under a "Joint Operating Agreement" (JOA) whereby advertising, production, marketing, and circulation are run for both papers by the Seattle Times Co. They maintain separate news and editorial departments. The papers publish a combined Sunday edition, although the Times handles the majority of the editorial content while the P-I only provides a small editorial/opinions section.
In 2003 Times tried to cancel the JOA, citing a clause in the JOA that three consecutive years of profit losses were cause for cancelling the agreement.[7] Hearst disagreed and immediately filed suit to prevent the Times from cancelling the agreement. Hearst argued that a force majeure clause prevented the Times from claiming losses in 2000 and 2001 as reason to end the JOA, because they resulted from extraordinary events (in this case, a seven week newspaper strike). Each side publicly accused the other of attempting to put its rival out of business. The trial judge granted a summary judgment in Hearst's favor on the force majeure issue. But after two appeals, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Times on June 30, 2005, on the force majeure clause, reversing the trial court judge. Both papers settled the issue on April 16, 2007.
[edit] Awards
The P-I is notable for its two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, David Horsey.[8]
[edit] Report on Judge Gary Little
Investigative reporting on King County Superior Court Judge Gary Little's out-of-court contact with juvenile defendants revealed accusations that Little molested young boys while he was a teacher at Seattle's exclusive Lakeside School between 1968 and 1971. It also revealed inappropriate contact between Little and juveniles appearing before him after he became a judge. On 19 August 1988, after reporter Duff Wilson called the judge to advise him the newspaper was publishing the story, Little shot himself in the King County Courthouse. The ethical debates surrounding the publication of the story – and the network of connections that protected Little – are taught in journalism classes across the country, and led to reforms in the way judges are disciplined in Washington state.
[edit] Conduct Unbecoming series
In 2006 the PI was the subject of a complaint to the Washington News Council for its reporting on the King County Sheriff's Office. The media watch-dog group ruled against the PI, agreeing with Sheriff Sue Rahr's complaint that the newspaper had unfairly disparaged the Sheriff's Office.[9] The PI declined to participate in the proceedings, and opted instead to give a detailed reply on its website.[10]
[edit] In popular culture
The P-I is best known for the 18.5-ton neon globe atop its headquarters on the Elliott Bay waterfront. It features the words "It's in the P-I" rotating around the globe. A replica of the globe appears frequently on the P-I Web site.
[edit] References
- ^ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003996002_circulation06.html
- ^ Circulation figures include combined Seattle Post-Intelligencer and The Seattle Times for Sunday edition.
- ^ a b Character of P-I's content changed as Seattle grew up. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ a b c Intelligencer newspaper founded in Seattle in 1867.. HistoryLink.org. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ Boettiger, John (1978). A Love in Shadow. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company, 279. ISBN 0393075303.
- ^ Lynn, Adam (December 16th, 2006). With power out, Seattle papers use News Tribune’s presses. The News Tribune. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ Richman, Dan; Wong, Brad (April 17, 2007). Seattle P-I and Times settle legal dispute. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ David Horsey Bio. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ Ouchi, Monica Soto (October 22, 2006). Council rules against P-I over sheriff's complaint. Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ Panel: P-I unfair to Sheriff's Office. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 23, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
