Subject:

Frank Blethen

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Seattle Times to Ditch 81-Year Headquarters for Rented Space

    ​For 81 years The Seattle Times has been headquartered at the sprawling, gray-pillared complex at Fairview Avenue North and John Street in South Lake Union. But by the end of this year, the company will be renting a building it once owned just southwest of it, on Denny Way.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    It's 5:21 PM on a Thursday: Do You Know Where Your CEO Ranks?

    Steve Ballmer's sweat glands can barely contain their excitement over his 41% approval rating. (Only 31% disapproved)Seattle has no shortage of awesome corporations, as politicians and best-place-to-live surveys frequently remind us. But they're not always so awesome when you feel them from the insi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    The Times Gregoire

    The Seattle Times endorsed Dino Rossi for governor last year, but the paper seems now to be madly in love with the re-elected Christine Gregoire. In an April 30 editorial, the state's largest daily called the governor "nothing if not tenacious" in her battle for a climate-change bill. It only lightl ... 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 26, 2009

    Blethen Finally Able to Dump His Maine Papers?

    Buying newspapers back in Maine, land of his forbears, will go down in history as being one of Frank Blethen's worst investments. He's been trying to sell for over a year, at a time when no one's buying newspapers and many are in bankruptcy. But his Portland Press Herald reports that its unions--fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Could Seattle Lose Another Newspaper?

    Times are tough. And in this disadvantageous economic climate, even fake news outlets are feeling budgetary constraints. Consider the case of Puget Sound's Most Spectacular Newspaper, The Naked Loon. Exactly a year ago, Timothy Ellis started the venture. With the pluck and determination of a modern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    P-I: Last Edition Tomorrow

    The paper will wrap up 146 years of print publication today, and publish its last edition tomorrow, something Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen - also losing money - says he and his company "find no joy in..." Report the P-I's Dan Richman and Andrea James: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Post Post-Intelligencer

    As Seattle’s oldest daily newspaper braces for a likely print shutdown, the staff hatches plans, the suits huddle, and a digital future looms.

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Seattle Times Going Non-Profit? David Horsey Offers Potential Reasons for P-I Sale

    Seattle P-I cartoonist David Horsey was on KUOW's Weekday this morning and offered some interesting theories for Hearst's decision to sell the P-I. (To listen, make sure you click on the links below the photograph, not in the upper corner of the page.) Perhaps the most notable is a rumor that Frank ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    The Daily Downsizer

    Seattle P-I cartoonist David Horsey was on KUOW's Weekday this morning and offered some interesting theories for Hearst's decision to sell the P-I. (To listen, make sure you click on the links below the photograph, not in the upper corner of the page.) Perhaps the most notable is a rumor that Frank ... More >>

  • News

    July 16, 2008

    Betting on David Black

    Major dailies are shedding employees, hemorrhaging cash, and losing advertisers to the Web. So why is David Black swimming in ink?

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    How Far Will The Seattle Times Go for a Pulitzer?

    Part 1 in a Seattle Weekly investigation.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2007

    Our Frenemy Bill

    Part 1 in a Seattle Weekly investigation.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2007

    Frank's Mantra

    Part 1 in a Seattle Weekly investigation.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2006

    Times Works to Kill Death Tax

    Part 1 in a Seattle Weekly investigation.

  • News

    August 2, 2006

    Hempfest Sues the City

    Plus: the inheritance tax, the new New York Times guy, and changes at The Seattle Times.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2006

    The Times and the Senators

    Plus: the inheritance tax, the new New York Times guy, and changes at The Seattle Times.

  • Arts

    February 8, 2006

    On the Road

    Writer follows a map of the stars to understand America. Warren Beatty for president, mon ami?

  • 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

    August 10, 2005

    Knight Ridder Rides In

    The unhappy minority owner of The Seattle Times acquires two other state newspapers.

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    Black and Blue and Hardly Read at All

    Tough times for Seattle's dailies—and newspapers everywhere.

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    Tough Times

    The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Media, Transportation, Child Welfare

    The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Buzz

    The state's biggest newspaper lays it on the line for a union.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    P-I Pride

    The No. 2 daily's journalists have succeeded in spite of corporate parent Hearst.

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    Citizen Kane Mutiny

    The Seattle newspaper chase.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    Can the Rich Be Good?

    Bill Gates Sr. believes inherited fortunes are ultimately undemocratic, and to help smooth Americas growing class divisions, the father of one of the worlds richest men is urging the current generation of millionaire Medicis toward social responsibility.

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Ownership Rules

    Seattle vs. The Feds.

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    Whose Media?

    The Federal Communications Commission's debate over ownership rules comes to Seattle.

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    "My students were not taken in by Murrays political machinations. By the time we got to the bin Laden comments, we werent even really listening anymore. . . ."

  • News

    February 5, 2003

    Pulp Friction

    Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen is about to start a newspaper war with Hearst, and his family intends to win.

  • News

    January 15, 2003

    Don't Stop the Presses

    An accounting of good newspapering in Seattle.

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    Red Ink

    An accounting of good newspapering in Seattle.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    No Baggage

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

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Buzz

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

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Blueprint for Success

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

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    -30-

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

  • News

    November 7, 2001

    America sticks

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

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Mayor's race 2005

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

  • News

    August 15, 2001

    News Clips— Independent/Clingy

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

  • Arts

    July 25, 2001

    Clown or pirate?

    You make the call!

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    Hung out and hanging in

    You make the call!

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    It's cutting time

    Layoffs likely at Times, says memo from publisher Blethen

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Workers unite! Or else!

    The changing face of the Seattle Times family.

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    When The Seattle Times decided that employing a cranky thief was more

    The changing face of the Seattle Times family.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Striking spin

    Management and the newspaper union plead their cases, but they're not giving the full story.

  • News

    March 8, 2000

    Start the presses!

    It's a whole new era in Seattle daily journalism as the Times and P-I duke it out in the morning.

  • News

    February 10, 1999

    They love mornings

    It's a whole new era in Seattle daily journalism as the Times and P-I duke it out in the morning.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Claws célèbres

    Instant Nostalgia Issue

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    How it is

    Instant Nostalgia Issue

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