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The Seattle Times still has six broadsheet-size pages of full-colour comics on Sundays! 🎈 (Classic from my childhood, the whole family fought over that section)

Scoop - fast growing newspaper chain doing big layoffs at Everett’s Herald, Sound Publishing seattletimes.com/opinion/big-la…

For want of a lozenge …

Some personal news; Lee Enterprises has eliminated the sports editor position at The Daily News in Longview out of "financial considerations." It was a pleasure to make newspapers for my hometown and tell the stories of so many amazing people. Thank you for reading along.

The secret negotiations to free The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mom on.wsj.com/3WwBOHK on.wsj.com/3WwBOHK

About a dozen members of the Everett Herald news staff are wrapping up their final shift today, in light of cuts mandated by new owners Carpenter Media Group.

.⁦Brier Dudley⁩ asked WA state’s four leading gubernatorial candidates “Would you reject the use of executive privilege to withhold public records?” They answered. (Mostly.) Via ⁦SeattleTimes Opinion⁩ #opengov seattletimes.com/opinion/where-…

This thread describes why newspapers died. It's not that the internet disrupted the business model, it's murder by Google.

"Policies like the #JCPA and California Journalism Preservation Act are needed to immediately rebalance the skewed relationship between local news outlets and the platforms they depend upon to connect with readers and advertisers online." - Brier Dudley seattletimes.com/opinion/google…

Column: There's more to the story of The Stranger's sale seattletimes.com/opinion/theres…

Google largely gets its way in disappointing California news deal seattletimes.com/opinion/google…

How The World’s turning, in latest Save the Free Press column in The Seattle Times by Xavier Martinez seattletimes.com/opinion/wenatc…

Latest column: seattletimes.com/opinion/washin…

Sunday's scoop: WA news organizations creating Olympia bureau | Brier Dudley seattletimes.com/opinion/washin…

Reposting this column from January: DOJ's Google case helps explain local news death spiral seattletimes.com/opinion/dojs-g…

Beyond the job losses, there is a steep spiritual cost to the decline of local news. We get meaning from being members of unique local places. That sense of place is weakened w/o local news. And our ties to our neighbors atrophies when we have few ways to learn about them.

Family-owned Seattle Times says "Hell, Yes!" in endorsing Harris, throwing shade at owners of WashPost (and LAT and USA Today) for recent decisions not to weigh in editorially. h/t @martinkaste

Time for a new slogan?

Bezos’ bubble bursts with bobbled endorsement call | The Seattle Times seattletimes.com/opinion/bezos-…

"But compromises are necessary to reach consensus, and it’s long past time to see American policymakers address unfair competition harming a local news industry that’s essential to democracy." Brier Dudley seattletimes.com/opinion/oregon…