Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Day in the Life of a Salesperson on the Front Lines of the Group-Buying Frenzy

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 2, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Groupon and LivingSocial have ballooned into major corporations over the past year, hiring thousands of local salespeople who try to convince local merchants into participating in the latest fad: group buying. While other sales positions have been hit hard by the recession, it turns out not every one is losing out. The daily deal phenomenon is creating thousands of new sales opportunities–and the hunt is on for trained workers with the contacts and experience.

Gone in a Flash: Seattle Tech Bloggers Abruptly Leave Business Journal for All-New GeekWire

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 7, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT

After spending the past two and a half years building the Seattle technology news site, TechFlash, Todd Bishop and John Cook have broken ties with the Puget Sound Business Journal and have started a site of their own.

BoomTown Checks In at the Online-Only Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2010 at 11:05 am PT

A little more than a week ago, while I was in the Pacific Northwest, I decided to pay a visit on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Or, as its brand is known now: seattlepi.com. That would be the pixel-only version of the newspaper that was founded in 1863 as that city’s first, publishing a print version until March of 2009. It was then that the presses stopped and the computing began at the unit, owned by Hearst Corp. Click in to see how it’s going so far.

VirnetX Sues Microsoft a Second Time

John Paczkowski in News on March 19, 2010 at 5:10 am PT

Now that a Texas jury has found that Windows Vista, Windows XP and Office Communicator infringe its patents, VirnetX Holding has set out to prove that a few other Microsoft products do as well. Two days after winning a $105.75 million jury verdict against the software giant, VirnetX has filed a new complaint claiming Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 infringe those patents as well.

VirnetX Holding Soon to Be Holding $105.75 Million of Microsoft’s Money

John Paczkowski in News on March 17, 2010 at 4:17 am PT

VirnetX, a company Microsoft claims was established solely to sue it for millions, has succeeded in doing just that. A Texas court on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to pay $105.75 million to VirnetX for violating two patents related to secure virtual private network technology.

What Happens When Your Local Paper Goes Online-Only? It Loses Most of Its Staff.

Peter Kafka in Media on June 24, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Conventional wisdom is that if today’s newspapers want to survive, they’re going to have to ditch their printing presses and most of their staff and learn to do more with less in an online-only world. OK. But exactly how much less? I’ve been asking Mark Josephson that question for months, and now he has an answer: Josephson, the CEO of local news platform Outside.in, figures the local, online-only newspaper of tomorrow for a decent-sized city has a staff of 20 people. That’s 20 people, period: Perhaps six of those people are “news gatherers.” Here’s his math.

Hearst: Zombie Seattle Paper Doing Better Than the Original

Peter Kafka in Media on May 18, 2009 at 11:29 am PT

I’m still on record predicting the demise of seattlepi.com–the online-only zombie version of the erstwhile Seattle Post-Intelligencer. My gut is that even though the Hearst-owned site has an edit staff 80 percent smaller than its predecessor paper, it still won’t be able to generate enough traffic and advertising to cover its costs. But while Hearst isn’t ready to declare victory, it does say that the first two months of seattlepi.com’s life have been “encouraging.” Via a press release, Hearst offers up a bevy of traffic stats that show the site has grown even as its staff has shrunk. Hearst doesn’t offer up any info about revenue, but does say that its “sales and marketing team is highly energized.” Good start.

Someone Who Used to Work at The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Gets the Last Word

Peter Kafka in Media on March 17, 2009 at 2:40 pm PT

One of the risks of employing a newsroom full of clever journalists — when you fire them, they might leave a biting memento on their way out.

Hearst Shuts Down Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Replaces it with Website

Peter Kafka in Media on March 16, 2009 at 5:57 pm PT

As expected, Hearst is pulling the plug on its Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In its place, starting tomorrow, will be seattlepi.com, which will kind of be like an online version of the old newspaper — if it was put out with a fraction of the staff.

Hearst Not Killing Seattle’s Post-Intelligencer, After All–Just Gutting It

Peter Kafka in Media on March 6, 2009 at 12:23 pm PT

Hearst isn’t going to shut down the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, after all. But the online-only version it plans will be much, much leaner. Think skeleton-thin.