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King County Journal for Sale

Bill Gates, Newspaper Guy

It's cutting time

Layoffs likely at Times, says memo from publisher Blethen

Pulp Friction

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

P-I Value Proposition Comes Up a Bit Wanting

I know P-I chief David McCumber is in a miserable position these days, having to more or less go publicly hat-in-hand, hoping some "civically engaged well-heeled angel" will come to rescue his paper. But if he wants to lay out the "value proposition" for a newspaper today he's really going to h ... More >>

David Black Not Buying Seattle P-I

  With the impending sale of the Seattle P-I, much of the talk in local journalism circles is whether there are any heroes wearing a white hat willing to come riding out of the plains to buy the paper. Chatting over drinks with one of the Post-Intelligencer's columnists on Tuesday, the talk wa ... More >>

The Blethen Bill Gets House Nod

Welcome, newspapers - including SW, but likely not the P-I - to the hypocritical world of ranting about special tax favors for big businesses, while soon enjoying the same cuts themselves. As the News Tribune's Joe Turner blogs on a House measure approved 91-5 yesterday: House Bill 2122 would reduc ... More >>

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 >>

Tentative Pact to Save the Times

Two unions representing Seattle Times news, sales, and print-production units have tentatively agreed to economic cuts to keep Seattle's last remaining major daily newspaper alive, the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild said yesterday. The changes are expected to be ratified by union members next wee ... More >>

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.

No Baggage

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

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?

Changing Times

'Tough guy' managing editor Alex MacLeod calls it quits.

Is The Seattle Times’ Owner Being Remarkably Open About His Company’s Challenges?

Or just shrewd?

State-Mandated Ads Keep the Old-School Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Immune to Internet Threat

Public notices and a $220 annual subscription rate has kept the paper alive for more than a century.

Dead-Tree Tiger

There's one anachronistic Seattle media outlet still immune to the Internet threat—thanks in part to state-mandated advertising.

Yesterday's Paper

How the King County Journal lost its way in suburbia.

Hearst Has a Heart

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

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?

Knight Ridder Rides In

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

A Real Newspaper Guy

J.D. Alexander, editor and publisher of the P-I, is an old-school, up-from-the-newsroom newsie who runs his fiefdom with a tight hand. As such, he is one of the shapers of Seattle's agenda, yet few outside the paper know his views or what makes him tick. Here's his story.

Black and Blue and Hardly Read at All

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

E Pluribus Stupid

Blame the media for your ignorance? Look in the mirror.

Between the Lines

A flurry of legal filings in the Seattle newspaper lawsuit affords a look at how Times and Post-Intelligencer executives have embittered a publicly entrusted monopoly.

Ministry of Media

The well-intentioned Newspaper Preservation Act is an intrusion on free speech.

Feds Quiz Scribe in Paper Probe

Justice Department asks me: Whither Seattle with one daily newspaper?

Red Ink

Justice Department asks me: Whither Seattle with one daily newspaper?

Blethen to P-I: Drop Dead

The Times publisher says he might pull the plug on the joint operating agreement.

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The Times publisher says he might pull the plug on the joint operating agreement.

News Clips— Needle Exchange

The Times publisher says he might pull the plug on the joint operating agreement.

Family Feud

Can Fairview Fannie get her groove back?

Who's got the contract?

Each side accuses the other of gamesmanship in the newspaper strike.

Strike cents

The costs of the newspaper strike are heavy for both sides.

Striking divisions

Will workers at the Times and P-I preserve their unity despite important differences?

Who cares?

In the age of the Internet and 24-hour cable news, does a newspaper strike matter?

Ink-stained wretches, unite!

"It isn't just our fight": Times/P-I staffers hold out for a better contract.

Workers' writes

A strike at Seattle's daily newspapers turns reporters into newsmakers.

Stop the presses?

A strike looms at The Seattle Times and P-I.

Politic publisher

Roger Oglesby, the Seattle P-I's new publisher, actually praises the competition.

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.

Confessions and disclosures of a community hack

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

Are Seattle's neighborhood papers all washed up?

One man's odyssey through the backstreets of Seattle journalism, from 'students in the news' and the policeblotter to fighting City Hall and winning

Fannie raid

One man's odyssey through the backstreets of Seattle journalism, from 'students in the news' and the policeblotter to fighting City Hall and winning

Suicide Pact

The Times and P-I set the stage to put one of them out of business.

Crust and bias

The Times and P-I set the stage to put one of them out of business.

New Job for Ex-P-I Editor

Former P-I Managing Editor David McCumber has landed on his feet in a new job with Hearst, the people who shut down the print edition of his former paper last month. McCumber is becoming editor of two Hearst newspapers in Connecticut, The Advocate of Stamford and the Greenwich Time, according to Edi ... More >>

Seattle Times Firmly Opposed to Banks Getting Involved in the Newspaper Business, Except When It Needs a Loan

Sure, lots of locals stand ready to invest in this relic.​We've grown used to the Seattle Times railing against the corporate takeover of media. Being a family-owned paper, the Times naturally views its own model as the superior one. Now that publisher Frank Blethen's son, Ryan, has taken ove ... More >>