SEATTLE – The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that its owner, Hearst Corp., has made offers to some staffers to participate in an online-only version of the newspaper.
The paper says an unspecified number of the P-I's roughly 180 employees received "provisional offers" Wednesday and Thursday to work for the online venture, if the Web site is approved by Hearst's senior management.
Hearst announced in January it would put the P-I up for sale and either close the paper or go to an online-only publication if it couldn't find a buyer by March 10. There has been no word on a possible buyer.
Metro reporter Hector Castro says he received a provisional offer Thursday but declined, saying the package wasn't good.
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