News Clips— Sweet/Weak

October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Sweet And Weak
  • Slade Gorton has a new gig at local megabucks law firm Preston Gates & Ellis; they’re going to bronze the former U.S. senator and install him in their lobby to impress potential clients.
  • Seattle Times employees are waiting for the pink slips; Publisher Frank Blethen says circulation is down, layoffs are around the corner, and the paper could be sold. On the bright side, it still costs just a quarter.
  • Amazon.com has finally won a fight: Borders Books will contract its Internet sales operation over to its more successful rival (“more successful” being a relative term).
  • Everyone loses as a federal appeals court rules broadcasters can snap up daily newspapers in their home markets. For an opposing view, here’s KING/Seattle P-I TV—your all-Jean-Enersen-all-the-time network.
  • Those Whidbey-based fliers were returned by the Chinese; huge crowds gathered to celebrate the prospect of different stories on TV news and the permanent retirement of those dopey yellow ribbons.
  • Tuna sales are due to drop as state health officials ask parents to serve less of the canned fish to small children. Unfortunately, most adults lose their taste for tuna about three years after taking their first minimum-wage job.