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Bill Richards

  • News

    July 15, 2009

    Seattle Times and Crosscut: Dueling Death Watches

    What happens when journalists cyber-scratch each other’s eyes out.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    A $200-plus Million Loss for the Times?

    As SW reported two weeks ago, the Seattle Times lost big on the recent sale of its Maine newspapers, more than $170 million. Today, on Crosscut.com, Bill Richards ups that estimate to "about $200 million." But it could go even deeper, says Richards: An undisclosed piece of the transaction could wip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Times Dismisses Story About Times Business Mistakes

    Earlier this week, Bill Richards published a story outlining and criticizing a long line of Blethen-family business decisions for the Seattle Times. Among the stories he recounts is one in which Frank Blethen buys a chain of Maine newspapers because his son Ryan--then a recent college grad, now abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    All in the Family, in a Boat, Up a Creek

    Over at the Seattle Business Monthly, Bill Richards pens a long piece on the many Blethen family business decisions that he argues accelerated the Seattle Times' decline in a declining industry. (Richards covered the Times/P-I joint operating agreement battle for SW in 2006.) Newspapers are dying, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    P-I Severance OK'd

    Several P-I staffers confirm that Hearst's severance package was given a thumbs up yesterday by out-bound employees. None can be certain they're actually losing their jobs - the paper is for sale, with a wee chance there could be a buyer, but it is likely to continue as an e-paper; in the latter cas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    The Ink-stained Future

    The mainstream newspaper of tomorrow sounds a lot like the alternative weekly of today. "One of the models we might see," says Seattle Times executive editor Dave Boardman, "is a printed Sunday newspaper and online during the week." Adds P-I managing editor David McCumber: "You could put out a prin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2007

    A P-I Without Paper

    The mainstream newspaper of tomorrow sounds a lot like the alternative weekly of today. "One of the models we might see," says Seattle Times executive editor Dave Boardman, "is a printed Sunday newspaper and online during the week." Adds P-I managing editor David McCumber: "You could put out a prin ... More >>

  • News

    April 5, 2006

    Hearst Has a Heart

    Or so it claims in agreeing to arbitrate P-I-Times litigation.

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    Times-P-I Dispute to Be Arbitrated

    A decision would determine whether Seattle stays a two-newspaper town.

  • News

    March 15, 2006

    A New Co-Owner for The Seattle Times

    Now in four cities, McClatchy is the most widespread newspaper chain in the state. So what happens to that minority Seattle Times stake?

  • News

    January 11, 2006

    Conflicted Disinterest

    The Seattle Times cuts loose the aggressive veteran freelancer who was covering the paper's dispute with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    Buzz

    The Seattle Times cuts loose the aggressive veteran freelancer who was covering the paper's dispute with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    Red Ink

    The Seattle Times cuts loose the aggressive veteran freelancer who was covering the paper's dispute with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    No Baggage

    The Times seeks a reporter to write about a one-newspaper town.

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