Wednesday, March 25, 2009
City / Media Another Sign of the Times
Posted by Eli Sanders on Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Is that? Could it be? Yes! The Seattle Times, which never likes to be perceived as following the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's lead, much less seen as giving a boost to the other team, is, uh, following the P-I's lead and giving a boost to the other team by linking its cross-town rival on its web site.
In the long (and, admittedly, only semi-fascinating) history of local newspaper feuds, this is a major event—something on the order of Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump exchanging pie recipes. (And, credit where it's due: Sandeep over at Publicola spotted it first.)
As for deeper meaning, to me it says that the Times a) sees the online-only P-I's anything-goes aggregation scheme as a threat and b) is loosening up a bit. Which is a good thing.
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Here I thought the stranger had been ripping off its cross town rivals (and often harassed) by linking to them and stealing their shit every single morning.
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Here I thought the stranger had been ripping off its cross town rivals (and often harassed) by linking to them and stealing their shit every single morning.
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Have you guys picked up a hard copy of the Seattle Times recently? Almost all of the ads in the local section are for... the Times's web site. Surely not a good sign.
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