SeattlePI | 193 followers on LinkedIn. Delivering the distinctive voice of Seattle since 1863. | The SeattlePI has a rich 148-year history of journalism, first as the Seattle Gazette and later as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It was the first major metropolitan daily newspaper to switch to an all-digital news model in 2009. Seattlepi.com is part of Hearst Seattle Media, which is a division of The Hearst Corp., one of the world's larger diversified communications companies, with interests in newspaper, magazine, book and business publishing; television and radio broadcasting; cable network programming; newspaper features distribution; television production and distribution; and interactive media activities.