Seattle Post-Intelligencer runs out of road

Today’s Financial Times carries a story on the decision of the Hearst Corporation to close the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, which I built ties of affection with while spending time over decades with family in the Seattle area.  

The news also reminds me of a wonderful conversation I had with Frank Herbert, who recalled the time when he was a cub reporter with the Post-Intelligencer, and was sent to report on a dune stabilisation project in Oregon – indeed in exactly the place (Dune City) that Elaine, I and the children had visited just before flying back to London, landing in London just in time to get to Frank’s hotel before he flew back to Seattle.  More on Frank Herbert here.