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Ryan Blethen

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Ken Burns and Dan Okrent Talk Prohibition at MOHAI Tomorrow

    ​While Democrats and Republicans in Congress flail about in their search for common ground on the debt crisis, voters of all political persuasions seem to agree that legislators are mucking up the country. Approval ratings for elected officials have sunk as disgusted and outraged voters wonder ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2010

    Was Sanders Smeared?

    As the Supreme Court justice gets creamed in King County, questions about the Seattle Times' treatment.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Richard Sanders, State Supreme Court Justice, Says Barack Obama Was Wrong: We Can't Talk About Race

    ​By the end of today, Richard Sanders will likely have a pretty good idea about whether he will remain a state Supreme Court justice. If his reelection bid fails, it may be due in part to controversy caused by the justice's recent remarks on race, a controversy largely fomented by the Seattle ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    Reporter Fired to Appease City Manager?

    That’s the allegation from a former Times Company employee in Newcastle.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Suburban Times Co. Reporter Fired - 'Thrown under the bus to appease a city manager,' He Claims

    ​Garry Kampen, a retired computer scientist and former Seattle University instructor who lives in the Eastside town of Newcastle, wrote a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times-owned Issaquah Press in July, wondering about the unannounced firing of one of the suburban weekly's reporters, Ji ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    The Times' Fear of Ersatz Brothels

    That long harrumph! on strip clubs from the Seattle Times this week had to leave a lot of readers smiling if not laughing out loud. It was notable for being out of touch with its community and perhaps the Times itself. Under new editorial page editor Ryan Blethen, the Times' opinions have begun to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Times One Step Closer to Selling Its Maine Papers

    Remember those Maine papers that the Seattle Times bought, reportedly because a young Ryan Blethen thought it'd be awesome to own papers in Maine? The ones that have forced the Times to take out liens on its Fairview property? It looks like they might finally be sold, to a guy named Richard Connor. ... 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

    May 19, 2009

    Congratulations: It's a Blethen!

    The Seattle Times' editorial page didn't remain leaderless for long. Jim Vesely retired last week, and after an exhaustive, nationwide search, the company named its own Ryan Blethen, 36 years old and currently a columnist for the paper, the new editorial page editor.

  • News

    July 12, 2006

    The Revolution of Everyday Life

    "I guess it's nice to know that life in 'the new society' is just as bleak and depressing as it is here in the hegemonic monolith of Amazon.com America."

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    Putting on Heirs

    At a Seattle Times–owned paper in Maine, a young Blethen ascends and a veteran reporter is out.

  • 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

    July 11, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

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

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