'P-I' Globe to Keep Spinning, Commemorative Edition to be Published Tuesday

By: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's decorative blue globe will continue to spin even after the 146-year-old paper prints its final edition Tuesday and goes Web-only.

P-I managing editor David McCumber said Monday the Web-only operation will stay in its current headquarters on the Seattle waterfront with the signature globe spinning overhead.

Questions about the P-I's fate spurred speculation over what would happen to the landmark globe, which measures 30 feet in diameter and weighs 18.5 tons.

Since 1948, the globe has broadcast its rotating motto, "It's in the P-I," against the Seattle skyline.

P-I publisher Roger Oglesby said the P-I still has a couple years left on its building lease.

The Post-Intelligencer will publish a thick commemorative issue tracing the history of Seattle's oldest newspaper with its print edition Tuesday.

The last edition of the P-Iwill roll off the printing presses Monday night.

It will be delivered wrapped with 20 to 24 pages of photos and stories on the P-I's 146-year-old history.