Another paper down

The Hearst Corp. is unlikely to find a buyer for its money-losing Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the venerable newspaper -- at least in its printed form -- almost certainly will fold, industry observers say....

"People cried, people are still crying, editors are slamming their doors," [Breaking-news editor Candice Heckman] said. "They're talking of drowning their sorrows."

[From Business & Technology | Seattle P-I up for sale, but almost certainly will fold, industry observers say | Seattle Times Newspaper]

Yeah, I bet.

It's a shame to see the papers go, even a bigger shame to see the people go. And the ink. There may be some technical advantages to electronic publishing - timeliness and no doubt some environmental gain - and, given the emergence of reading devices like Amazon's Kindle, Sony's Reader, and the iPhone, electronic publishing is here to stay. But those pixels just won't rub off on your shirt.