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The origins of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer traces back to the first publication of the The Seattle Gazette in 1863. The Gazette was renamed, by Samuel L. Maxell, to the Weekly Intelligencer and published its first issue in 1867. It had merged with The Post in 1881 when stockholders and backer John Leary had to cut financial losses, ultimately creating The Post-Intelligencer. From here on, The Post-Intelligencer entered a journalistic rivalry with The Seattle-Times.
The Post-Intelligencer had made the ultimate move to online only distribution after encountering a downward spiral of revenue due to “ dwindling subscription rates, an exodus of advertisers and an explosion of online information.” After no buyer appeared after 60 days being put up for sale, The Post-Intelligencer printed its final edition on St. Patrick’s day, 2009.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer had won two Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning in 1999 and 2003.Click here to visit The Seattle Post-Intelligencer online!