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What "transformation" is he talking about - the one where his paper becomes a shill for the far right? Cause I think they've done a pretty good job of that so far.

Posted by eugene | April 16, 2007 9:10 AM
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Now maybe they'll start reporting objectively about the statist fucks on the Supreme Court.

Posted by resplendant | April 16, 2007 9:36 AM
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Say goodbye to the P-I in 2016.

Posted by SeattlePostTimesIntelligencer | April 16, 2007 9:40 AM
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Warmly?

Posted by YoursTruly. | April 16, 2007 9:46 AM
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can't they both just go away?

they're killing trees for nothing.

Posted by Max Solomon | April 16, 2007 9:49 AM
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Without that big 32% albatross hanging around the Times' neck, I imagine the value of the Seattle Times Company has just skyrocketed. Would Frank sell the paper in 2010, when the estate tax has been repealed?

Posted by DOUG. | April 16, 2007 9:49 AM
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I haven't read anything here or at Crosscut that leads me to believe that Hearst has surrendered its right of first refusal should the Blethens ever sell.

Posted by ivan | April 16, 2007 10:08 AM
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So in other words, $74 million was exchanged to continue the same fractured arrangement for the next 9 years?

This sort of crap is why the nation laughs at Seattle.

Posted by Gomez | April 16, 2007 10:43 AM
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My aren't you all clever with your pissy negative comments. I for one think this is great news -- I love the P.I. and am thrilled it's beloved neon globe will continue to revolve on the Seattle skyline for years to come. And no one I know laughs at Seattle. Curses its traffic yes, laughs at it, no. Have you seen the mountains lately? This is an awesome place to live.

Posted by MD | April 16, 2007 10:56 AM
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Well, the international press for one laughs at Seattle. This excerpt is from a story in The Economist magazine a couple of months ago:

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Mr Nickels, who adamantly opposes a new viaduct, has countered Ms Gregoire with his last-minute suggestion for a downsized tunnel. He has arranged an “advisory” city vote, due on March 13th, in which city residents will say whether they support a tunnel or a new viaduct (or, amazingly, both). And he has all but said that if he doesn't get a tunnel Ms Gregoire and her $2.4 billion can take a hike.

The spectacle of the bulky, dark-haired Mr Nickels mud-wrestling with the diminutive, honey-haired Ms Gregoire has not been edifying. “These people are going to go down as some of the worst urban leaders in America,” comments Bryan Jones, an expert on public policy at the University of Washington. At present Ms Gregoire is coming off worse.

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That, my dear, is a big-time rage on the leadership around here.

And neither the PI nor the Times calls out these political leaders nearly enough on their bumbling ineptitude when it comes to transportation planning. Sad, really. We are the ones suffering under their ineffective and downright stupid planning.

Posted by Realist | April 16, 2007 11:17 AM
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Hearst has the better lawyers.

Posted by Takes one to know one | April 16, 2007 12:17 PM
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Ah, that's nice. I like the P-I.

Posted by catalina vel-duray | April 16, 2007 12:24 PM
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So, if I sub to the daily PI now, does that mean less of my money goes to the Blethen family?

Posted by Will in Seattle | April 16, 2007 1:14 PM
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This will give Crosscut more time to devote to covering stranger vs. weekly.

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