Another Hearst newspaper is facing closure in the United States.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has told employees they might lose their jobs next week after a deadline for a sale of the newspaper passed on Monday.
The Post-Intelligencer reported on its website on Tuesday that Hearst has not yet decided what to do with the paper.
Hearst said in January the Post-Intelligencer lost $US14 million in 2008 and may lose more this year. The Pulitzer Prize-winning paper is 146 years old.
The company may also close the San Francisco Chronicle if it cannot cut costs. Its fate remains uncertain.
Employees are to vote on Thursday on changes to a collective bargaining agreement, which could keep the Chronicle open.
Last month, EW Scripps Co closed the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. In 2007, it closed The Cincinnati Post, its hometown paper.
USA Today publisher Gannett Co Inc might close the Tucson Citizen in Arizona.
