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Seattle Times Co. still trying to close sale of Maine papers

Posted Mon, Jan 5, 6 a.m.

Both the Maine sale and some Seattle real estate put on the market fail to meet their goal of closing in 2008. This could produce a very tough January for the local daily.

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Seattle Times tells 500 employees to take 5 days of unpaid furlough

Posted Fri, Dec 19, 5:07 p.m.

Meanwhile, two other ways for the struggling company to raise cash, by selling Maine papers and Seattle real estate, are still hanging fire.

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Can writers get a federal bailout too?

Posted Fri, Dec 19, 6 a.m.

Some think the time is ripe to revive a New Deal program that put writers to work for the public good. Others say that's what bloggers are already doing.

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Port of Seattle makes the case for audits

Posted Mon, Dec 8, 6 a.m.

Some would like to cut these performance audits from the state budget, supposedly saving money. Now is when we need them most.

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Seattle Times puts some new land up for collateral

Posted Mon, Dec 8, 6 a.m.

The block in front of Times' headquarters is now included as part of security for the company's $91 million debt to banks. Meanwhile, the paper is scaling back features, and sale of its Maine papers may slip a key deadline.

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Up yours, Virginia

Posted Tue, Dec 2, 6 a.m.

Dispatch from the War on Christmas: Atheists make fools of themselves in Olympia while violence breaks out at Wal-Mart. The sacred season is now a very, very sick season.

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Seattle Times Co. struggles with its debt

Posted Mon, Nov 24, 6 a.m.

A deal is close for selling its Maine papers, and the company is trying to peddle some of its real estate in Seattle. Meanwhile, McClatchy, owners of nearly half of the Times Co., continue to write down its stake dramatically.

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Letter from the Publisher

Posted Mon, Nov 17, 1:16 p.m.

Crosscut is exploring a shift to a nonprofit model. Here's why.

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Questioning the promise of change

Posted Fri, Nov 7, midnight

In the wake of the historic 2008 election, a conservative blogger asks: To what degree is President-elect Obama's victory a mandate for the changes he will attempt to make?

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All the news that ain't

Posted Thu, Nov 6, midnight

A recovering campaign reporter witnesses the demise of journalistic objectivity, and wonders what will replace it.

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A humble tribute to Cam DeVore

Posted Sat, Nov 1, 6:55 p.m.

A prominent Seattle attorney's absence is felt not just by his family, friends, and colleagues but by his yoga community, as well.

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New media, old media, and the Palin defect

Posted Fri, Oct 31, midnight

The Alaska governor's vetting in the media was abetted by new forms of journalism and polished by old.

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Circulation at both Seattle dailies is down

Posted Mon, Oct 27, 4:04 p.m.

An audit report shows declining print circulation rates, but the P-I maintains its readership is strong.

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Gov. Sarah Palin, Democrat

Posted Wed, Oct 22, 4:03 p.m.

For a moment, enter a parallel universe. How would the news media treat her?

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Seattle Times Co. is reported close to a deal in Maine

Posted Thu, Oct 16, 4:19 p.m.

The company has been trying to sell the Blethen Maine Newspapers chain since March.

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KCTS hires a new leader

Posted Thu, Oct 16, 12:59 p.m.

Maurice Bresnahan gets the hot seat, arriving next month from South Carolina. Seattle's public-TV station is finally out of debt, but it still seems more about survival than revival.

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Personal Finance 101

Posted Wed, Oct 8, 3 a.m.

While the financial crisis continues to pound pocketbooks, what isn't being addressed is our financial literacy, and how to improve it.

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Mossback TV

Posted Sun, Sep 28, 3 p.m.

A Crosscut columnist is "exposed" on YouTube.

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Debate round one: Score two points for Dino Rossi

Posted Sun, Sep 21, 7 p.m.

The rat-a-tat format of the KOMO-TV debate allowed the GOP gubernatorial challenger to position himself as the change agent, the pragmatic post-partisan guy.

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Will the anti-conglomerate Blethens sell newspapers to a conglomerate?

Posted Tue, Sep 9, 10 p.m.

Brunswick News, part of the Irving family's vast industrial holdings in Canada, is kicking the tires of Blethen Maine Newspapers, which is owned by the Seattle Times Co. The Irvings own most of the newspapers in the province of New Brunswick plus companies that do business in adjoining Maine.

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Other media

Semantics: Is it time to use the D-word about the economic crisis? So far, only Paul Krugman has had the nerve to talk about "the Second Great Depression." Is honesty the best policy, or is this an example of how the media succumbs to hyping fear?

The New York Times is on the financial brink The death spiral of metro newspapers could take down "The Gray Lady" sooner than you think, says Michael Hirschorn. Angels are scarce; vultures are circling.

Danny Westneat: Getting suspicious about the big switch to digital TV It's not easy and it's not cheap. Maybe this is just what the cable companies have in mind?

Village Voice Media, owner of Seattle Weekly, announces salary scalebacks Memo details that senior managers, including the owners, will take 15% pay cuts.

Being 'American' no longer means being white As the U.S. becomes demographically and culturally more diverse, and minority ethnicities eventually outnumber whites, the very definition of "American" will change.

Blog posts

The shocking loss of Nat Hentoff

Posted Thu, Jan 1, 11:13 a.m.

The writer, perhaps the nation's leading commentator on First Amendment issues, is let go from the Village Voice

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A handsome tribute to Sheila Farr

Posted Wed, Dec 31, 6 a.m. 2008

The departure of the Seattle Times' art critic raises questions about how papers should adjust their budgets in covering the arts.

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Where have you gone, Seattle Times?

Posted Sat, Dec 27, noon 2008

During this snow-interrupted break, are you trying to prepare me for lonely breakfasts ever after?

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Speling and grammer: lost causes?

Posted Mon, Dec 22, 4 p.m. 2008

Our author, a spelling champ in her youth, tries to explain across the generational divide

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All I want for Christmas is a suburban swinger

Posted Sat, Dec 20, 11 a.m. 2008

From Republicans to The Stranger, everyone wants to grab a piece of crab grass.

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Northwest is stony ground for progressive Christianity

Posted Thu, Dec 11, noon 2008

So a new study finds, and so a stimulating magazine discusses.

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Seven scribes a-scribbling

Posted Tue, Dec 9, 4 p.m. 2008

The Sark Attack at Huskyville. Round 1.

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Bishakha in Mumbai

Posted Mon, Dec 8, noon 2008

On scene with a writer in Mumbai, criticising the media.

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Twilight of Twitter?

Posted Mon, Dec 8, 6 a.m. 2008

If Gawker is sour on Twitter, does that mean the end of a fad is near?

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Denver daily is put up for sale

Posted Thu, Dec 4, 3:13 p.m. 2008

Rocky Mountain News has a lot of parallels with the Seattle situation, being part of a joint operating agreement. Another paper on the market doesn't make it easier for the Seattle Times Co. to sell its Maine papers.

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