The Seattle Times
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The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1891, The Seattle Times has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region. The Seattle Times Company, which owns and publishes the paper, is mostly owned by the Blethen family, which holds 50.5% of the company; the other 49.5% is owned by The McClatchy Company. The Blethen family has owned and operated the newspaper since 1896.
The Seattle Times had a longstanding rivalry with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until the latter ceased physical publication in 2009.
The Seattle Times has received 11 Pulitzer Prizes and is widely renowned for its investigative journalism.[2]
History
The Seattle Times originated as the Seattle Press-Times, a four-page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily
Renamed the Seattle Daily Times, it doubled its circulation within half a year. By 1915, circulation stood at 70,000.The newspaper moved to the Times Square Building at 5th Avenue and Olive Way in 1915. It built a new headquarters, the Seattle Times Building, north of Denny Way in 1930. The paper moved to its current headquarters at 1000 Denny Way in 2011. In 1966, the publication changed to its current name of The Seattle Times.[4]
The Seattle Times switched from afternoon delivery to mornings on March 6, 2000, citing that the move would help them avoid the fate of other defunct afternoon newspapers.
The Times is one of the few remaining major city dailies in the United States independently operated and owned by a local family (the Blethens). The Seattle Times Company, while owning and operating the Times, also owns three other papers in
Awards
The Seattle Times has received 11
Times photographer Jerry Gay won the 1975
Controversies
2002 headline controversy
In February 2002, The Seattle Times ran a subheadline "American outshines
2012 election controversy
On October 17, 2012, the publishers of The Seattle Times launched advertising campaigns in support of
The Joint Operating Agreement
From 1983 to 2009, the Times and Seattle's other major paper, the
The Times announced its intention to cancel the JOA in 2003, citing a clause in the JOA contract that three consecutive years of losses allowed it to pull out of the agreement.[24] Hearst sued, arguing that a force majeure clause prevented the Times from claiming losses as reason to end the JOA when they result from extraordinary events (in this case, a seven-week strike by members of the Newspaper Guild). While a district judge ruled in Hearst's favor, the Times won on appeal, including a unanimous decision from the Washington State Supreme Court on June 30, 2005.[25] Hearst continued to argue that the Times fabricated its loss in 2002. The two papers announced an end to their dispute on April 16, 2007.[26]
The JOA was terminated when the Post-Intelligencer ceased publication; its final printed edition was March 17, 2009.[7]
Content
The Times contains different sections every day. Each daily edition includes Main News & Business, a NW section for the day, Sports, and any other sections listed below.[citation needed]
Friday: NW Autos; Weekend Plus
Saturday: NW Homes
Sunday: Business; ShopNW; NW Jobs; NW Arts & Life; NW Traveler; Pacific NW Magazine
Pacific NW is a glossy magazine published every week and inserted in the Sunday edition.
Delivery and page width
For decades, the broadsheet page width of the Times was 13+1⁄2 inches (34 cm), printed from a 54-inch web, the four-page width of a roll of newsprint. Following changing industry standards, the width of the page was reduced in 2005 by 1 inch (2.5 cm), to 12+1⁄2 inches (32 cm), now a 50-inch web standard. In February 2009, the web size was further reduced to 46 inches, which narrowed the page by another inch to 11+1⁄2 inches (29 cm) in width.[27]
References
- ^ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. November 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Overview of the Seattle Times". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014.
- ^ Crowley, Walt (August 10, 2006). "The Seattle Times publishes its first edition edited by new co-owner Alden J. Blethen on August 10, 1896". HistoryLink.org – The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.
- ^ "The Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Wash.) 1896-1966". Library of Congress. United States. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ American Journalism Review: 40 Years Of Death In The Afternoon Archived March 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Seattle Times Shifts to Mornings". The New York Times. March 5, 2000. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ a b Pérez-Peña, Richard (March 11, 2009). "As Cities Go From Two Papers to One, Talk of Zero". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ Richards, Bill (June 2009). "Blethen's Choice". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ Mapes, Lynda V. (June 16, 2009). "Times Co. completes long-stalled sale of Maine newspapers". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ "McClatchy Now Gets 49% of 'Seattle Times'–And Gains 2 Other Washington Papers". Editor & Publisher. March 14, 2006. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ Baruchman, Michelle (May 4, 2020). "Seattle Times wins Pulitzer Prize for Boeing 737 MAX coverage". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ Outing, Steve (November 16, 2005). "Investigative Journalism: Will It Survive?". NetNovinar.org. Archived from the original on October 4, 2007.
- ^ "The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners".
- ^ "The 2010 Pulitzer Prize Winners".
- ^ "Seattle Times awarded Pulitzer Prize for Oso landslide coverage". The Seattle Times. April 20, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ Paul Henderson, Pulitzer Prize-winning Seattle Times reporter who championed the underdog, dies at 79 | The Seattle Times
- ISBN 978-1-101-12687-5. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ISBN 9781136678028. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Fancher, Mike (March 3, 2002). "Times won't forget readers' reminder on Kwan headline". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Sorensen, Eric (March 3, 1998). "Asian Groups Attack Msnbc Headline Referring To Kwan – News Web Site Apologizes For Controversial Wording". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Brunner, Jim (October 17, 2012). "Seattle Times Co. launches ad campaigns for McKenna and gay marriage, draws criticism". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Gill, Kathy (October 22, 2012). "Seattle Times Ad Buy Leads To Newsroom, Reader Protests". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Brunner, Jim (October 18, 2012). "Seattle Times news staffers protest company's political-ad campaign". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Richman, Dan; Phuong Lee (January 26, 2006). "JOA fight between P-I, Times may heat up". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- ^ "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Court sides with Seattle Times in JOA dispute"
- ^ Pryne, Eric (April 17, 2007). "Seattle Times, P–I reach agreement to keep both newspapers publishing". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
- ^ "Seattle Times making move to 46-inch web". News and Tech.com, February 2008