The Seattle Times Co. plans to help Hearst Corp. transition its folded Seattle Post-Intelligencer into the online-only seattlepi.com format, Editor & Publisher reported Friday.

The Times Co. has agreed to provide "consulting and transition services" to Hearst Corp. under terms of a document terminating their joint operating agreement (JOA). Seattlepi.com launched on Wednesday, and will receive consultation services from Times Co. for 30 days.

Hearst and The Seattle Times Co. have also agreed not to sue each other in regard to any issues related to their joint operating agreement. The JOA also stipulates that no money will change hands between former partners and that the Times Co. keeps 60 percent of revenue remaining after expenses for all non-newsroom expenses.

Although the exact services The Times Co. will provide remain unknown, an article in the Seattle Times said the paper had run the Web site's business operations under the JOA.