2003 NEWS RELEASES
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The 2003 C.B. Blethen
Memorial Awards Presented
The 2003 C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting
were presented today to writers from 11 regional daily newspapers. There
were more than 200 entries in the competition from 29 newspapers. The
awards were established in 1977 in honor of C.B. Blethen, publisher
of The Seattle Times for 26 years, from 1915 to 1941. Robert Blethen,
vice president of corporate marketing for The Seattle Times, presented
this year's awards at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper
Association (PNNA) in Portland, Oregon. The first- and second-place
winners in each category receive plaques and cash awards donated by
The Seattle Times.
(November 13, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Names Vice President of Human Resources/Labor Relations
The Seattle Times has promoted Alayne Fardella, currently Vice President
of Human Resources, to the newly created position of Vice President
of Human Resources/Labor Relations.
(October 15, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Will Appeal JOA Court Ruling in Effort to Preserve Local Ownership
Times says JOA needs to be modified to eliminate losses
The Blethen family, owners of The Seattle Times, announced today that
they will appeal a court decision that disallowed losses caused by a
strike in 2000 from consideration as part of a three-year loss provision
in the contract between the locally owned Seattle Times and the New
York-based Hearst Corporation.
(October 7, 2003)
Seattle Times Family
of Newspapers Promotes Two Top Executives to Serve in Central Washington
and Maine
Robert P. Bickler has been named president and general manager
of Portland (Maine) Newspapers, part of Blethen Maine Newspapers. Bickler
is currently publisher of the Yakima (Washington) Herald-Republic, which,
like Blethen Maine Newspapers, is a member of the Seattle Times Company
family of newspapers. Replacing Bickler as publisher of the Yakima Herald-Republic
will be Michael Shepard, currently publisher of the Walla Walla (Washington)
Union-Bulletin, another Seattle Times Company newspaper. Shepard will
continue to oversee operations at the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin until
a successor is found.
(October 3, 2003)
First Edition of The
Seattle Times Published 107 Years Ago
August 10 marks Anniversary of Long-Time Family-Owned Newspaper.
On August 10, 1896 Colonel Alden J. Blethen published the first edition
of The Seattle Times. Now one of the few remaining metropolitan family-owned
newspapers left in the country, The Seattle Times continues to serve
readers in the Puget Sound region under the stewardship of the fourth
and fifth generations of the Blethen family.
(August 8, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Releases New Visitors Guide
The Seattle Times has released "Explore Seattle: The Seattle Times
Visitors Guide," a new guidebook to the Puget Sound region. The
114-page pocket guide highlights the area's must-do sites, tours, restaurants,
parks and more - and is from a source that Seattle has trusted for information
for 106 years. Illustrated with stunning photography from The Seattle
Times, the guide comes complete with a useful fold-out map in its center.
(July 30, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Names Stephen H. Dunphy Associate Editor
Steve Dunphy, business writer for The Seattle Times has been named associate
editor, a title that has been reserved over the years at The Seattle
Times for a handful of senior journalists whose expertise has value
far beyond their day-to-day role of putting out the newspaper. In their
areas of expertise, associate editors provide leadership throughout
the newsroom and company. They also offer counsel to the executive editor,
editorial-page editor and publisher.
(June 9, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Sends Notification to the Hearst Corporation Under JOA Loss clause
The Seattle Times sent official notification today to New York-based
Hearst Corporation media conglomerate, owners of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(P-I), that The Times has experienced three consecutive years of financial
losses and is exercising a "loss clause" in the Joint Operating Agreement
(JOA) between the two newspapers.
(April 29, 2003)
The Hearst Corporation
Files Suit Against The Seattle Times
The New York-based Hearst Corporation has informed The Seattle Times
Company that Hearst plans to file a lawsuit against The Times on Monday.
The Times has been talking to Hearst since late last year in hopes of
finding a way to restructure the finances and operations of the Joint
Operating Agreement (JOA) between The Seattle Times and the Hearst-owned
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I) without jeopardizing the survival of
The Seattle Times, as the current JOA does.
(April 26, 2003)
Maine's Portland Press
Herald Receives National Recognition for Series on the Plight of Mentally
Ill Children
On March 6, the Child Welfare League of America, the nation's largest
child advocacy agency, will present reporter Barbara Walsh of the Portland
(Maine) Press Herald with the Anna Quindlen Award for Excellence in
Journalism. Walsh will received the honor at the League's national conference
in Washington, D.C. for her three-part series "Castaway Children:
Maine's Most Vulnerable Kids."
(March 3, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Names New Managing Editor and Associate Managing Editor
The Seattle Times has selected David Boardman to replace Alex MacLeod
as Managing Editor, when MacLeod retires at the end of June. Boardman
has worked at The Seattle Times since 1983, most recently as Assistant
Managing Editor for Investigations, Business and Sports. Jacqui Banaszynski
is being named Associate Managing Editor for Special Projects and Staff
Development, a new position created to draw on her unique talent as
a writer/editor/teacher. She is currently Assistant Managing Editor
in charge of the Sunday newspaper.
(February 13, 2003)
The Seattle Times
Adds Unique Youth-Oriented Opinion Page and Web Site
On January 26, The Seattle Times will launch NEXT, an innovative weekly
opinion page written by and for young adults. Located on the back page
of the Sunday Opinion section, NEXT will offer a unique forum for lively,
smart political and social commentary by writers in the 17 - 25 age
group. "It's something no other metropolitan newspaper is doing," said
James Vesely, Editorial Page Editor of The Seattle Times.
(January 17, 2003)
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