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May 21, 2008: Headlines
How the Blethen family lost 49.5 percent of the Seattle Times Co.
Posted Wed, May 21, 5 a.m.
Last week, minority shareholder McClatchy, the Sacramento newspaper chain, said it was willing to sell its not-quite-half slice of the Seattle Times. So how did a locally controlled Northwest newspaper company wind up with a national partner to begin with? The story starts in the 1920s.
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The real battle in Seattle was one of futility
Posted Wed, May 21, 5 a.m.
A fictional film account of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests opens the 2008 Seattle International Film Festival this week. Battle in Seattle might be spectacular for the action and drama it portrays, but the historical legacy of the actual events is something short of momentous. In the end, the anti-globalization movement went nowhere.
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