One of our two local daily newspapers, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ceased print operations today. The owner of the PI has been looking for a buyer and decided to go to an online-only version.

The PI has a great article about its history, tinged with the feeling of mourning that many of its employees and readers must share today.

I've always been kind of ambivalent about having two newspapers here, not really sure and kind of confused about which one to read. However, both have been struggling lately, with the Times laying off quite a few people over the past year. The end of the printed PI will probably be a good thing for the Times, at least in the short term, and it will be interesting to see how the online PI plays out.

In any case, it's a historic day for the city, and not really in a good way. Lesley brought home the commemorative section from today's PI. It's the end of an era for the city and a sign of things to come in many cities as print media continues to struggle in response to the popularity of the web.