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Frank Blethen @fblethen

Publisher of The Seattle Times. CEO of Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Yakima Herald-Republic

Joined May 2009
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Playboy | The Org theorg.com/org/playboy

Playboy | The Org

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.

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Disappearing drugstores blues | Horsey cartoon seattletimes.com/opinion/dis… via @seattletimes

Disappearing drugstores blues | Horsey cartoon

The Great Pharmacy Fade is spreading to neighborhoods all over the city, the county, the state and the country.

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Seattle can’t enforce laws until King County fixes jail staffing | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

Seattle can’t enforce laws until King County fixes jail staffing | Editorial

With the closing of two Target stores because of theft and retail crime, Seattle's broken legal system can be traced to problems at the King County Jail.

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Q&A: Martin Baron on Bezos' rescue of Washington Post, Trump and the value of local news | Brier Dudley seattletimes.com/opinion/qa-… via @seattletimes

Q&A: Martin Baron on Bezos' rescue of Washington Post, Trump and the value of local news | Brier...

A conversation with Martin Baron, who led The Washington Post when it was acquired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and held President Donald Trump to account.

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Martin Baron with Frank Blethen townhallseattle.org/event/ma… via @thsea

Martin Baron with Frank Blethen | Town Hall Seattle

If you’ve felt like the news cycle has been out of control in the past few years, imagine being the editor of one of the most prominent papers in the US. Martin Baron had over a decade of newsroom...

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Attempt to close WA library over book disputes fails seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

Attempt to close WA library over book disputes fails

A November vote could have shut down Columbia County’s only library. It would have been the first library in the country to shutter over book battles.

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Metroland to cease print publication of dozens of community newspapers across Ontario thestar.com/news/canada/metr… via @torontostar

Metroland to cease print publication of dozens of community newspapers across Ontario

The move involves 605 layoffs, nearly two-thirds of the workforce, the company said in an announcement Friday morning.

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‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through

Seattle desperately needs more cops. But it's the police's own union that’s emerged as the biggest political impediment. Bigger than the dysfunctional City Council, writes columnist Danny Westneat.

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The ‘forever’ glaciers of America’s West aren’t forever anymore | The Seattle Times nytimes.com/2023/09/12/clima…

The ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t Forever Anymore (Published 2023)

Climate change is melting the ice on Mount Rainier. The environmental effects will be widespread, a Park Service study warned.

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End Seattle City Council's doom loop of more spending and taxes | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

End Seattle City Council's doom loop of more spending and taxes | Editorial

The Seattle City Council's report on future new taxes shows an unmistakable pattern: In good times and in bad, the council spent money.

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Kansas police raid shows the vulnerability of the free press | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

Kansas police raid shows the vulnerability of the free press | Editorial

The raid by local police on a small Kansas newsroom in retaliation for the newspaper's reporting shows the importance and vulnerability of a free press.

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A federal judge narrowed a major antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google ahead of a trial that is slated to begin next month wsj.com/articles/google-sear… via @WSJ

Google Search Antitrust Suit Narrowed by Federal Judge Ahead of September Trial

A federal judge narrowed a major antitrust case against Alphabet’s Google ahead of a trial that is slated to begin next month.

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WA to Idaho: The fight for abortion rights has no borders | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

WA to Idaho: The fight for abortion rights has no borders | Editorial

Idaho's desire to control a person’s body shouldn’t go unchallenged. And when it affects Washington's health care providers, the AG's office is right to react.

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Seattle City Council must ask tough questions about mayor's drug use ordinance | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

Seattle City Council must ask tough questions about mayor's drug use ordinance | Editorial

Creating compassionate, effective strategies to combat the massive public health threat caused by fentanyl has proved difficult at every layer of government.

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A perfect opportunity for a reset of Seattle politics | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

A perfect opportunity for a reset of Seattle politics | Editorial

With the primary race over, Seattle voters have an opportunity to reshape city politics by electing problem-solvers to the City Council in November.

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City University of Seattle celebrates 50 years of meeting students 'where they are' seattletimes.com/education-l… via @seattletimes

City University of Seattle celebrates 50 years of meeting students 'where they are'

City University of Seattle, which turned 50 this year, offers hundreds of teacher certification classes every year, along with cybersecurity and business courses.

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If we let journalism die, our democracy won’t be too far behind seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

If we let journalism die, our democracy won’t be too far behind

Writer Marcus Harrison Green explains why he recently chided a friend for being overly cynical about the state of journalism and our country.

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State officials still have work to fix WA Cares | Editorial seattletimes.com/opinion/edi… via @seattletimes

State officials still have work to fix WA Cares | Editorial

Lawmakers should fix the long-term health care insurance program in the upcoming legislative session.

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WA likely to stay warm, dry; then this winter, El Niño could settle in seattletimes.com/seattle-new… via @seattletimes

WA likely to stay warm, dry; then this winter, El Niño could settle in

Record temperatures, fueled by climate change, are increasingly common. Climatologists expect the remaining summer months in Seattle to stay warm and dry.

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