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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Media Editor of Seattle Weekly, Who Said Nothing Is Changing Under the Paper's New Ownership, Now Says Publisher Is Leaving Next Week

Posted by Dominic Holden on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:44 AM

We reported last week that Mike Seely, editor of the Seattle Weekly, is leaving to work for a jingle-writing company, with Seely saying at the time there are "no other changes imminent that I'm aware of." But today Seely announces that the publisher, Kenny Stocker, is also out. He will "will leave the paper at month's end to become Executive Director of Account Management & Ad Operations for the Cheezburger Network," Seely writes.

For his part, Seely insisted that his departure was totally unrelated to Sound Publishing recently buying the paper. Likewise, Stocker writes today in a statement: "This has nothing to do with Sound Publishing."

What further "no imminent changes" that have "nothing to do with Sound Publishing" will we see next? Asked by phone if the editorial staffing would change, Seely said today, "not as of right now."

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I haz Cheezburger.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on January 23, 2013 at 11:46 AM

Think you're factually wrong calling it a jingle-writing company, but that's no surprise in The Stranger. And reading the publisher's candid note, he was headed out before the sale, seeing he was going to drop in salary after the backpage.com sale/tradeoffs. But writing it up on Slog as a big conspiracy reads much better when you're not interested in facts.

Posted by menace2society on January 23, 2013 at 12:21 PM

What do you do when your "newspaper" is just a big bag of dicks doing yellow journalism? (Pardon, "advocacy journalism".)

Try to tear down everyone else.

Posted by Stranger'sWorstNightmare on January 23, 2013 at 12:30 PM

From The Weekly to Cheezburger. Oh man, from bad to worse.

Posted by I Got Nuthin' on January 23, 2013 at 12:30 PM

Is it so wrong calling ReelWorld a jingle-writing company?

I just googled 'reelworld', and this is what came up:

ReelWorld
www.reelworld.com/
Creates radio station jingles and production elements that cover the spectrum of today's radio.

I mean, sure, they do some other stuff too, but that's one of the four business cores listed on their homepage.

G'wan, try it for yourself.

And sure, who cares if Seely was in fact leaving before the Sound Pub deal? The end result is still good.

Posted by treacle on January 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM

Little Seattle Weekly Nickel ownership's next move: Print on yellow paper!

Posted by J.R. on January 23, 2013 at 1:36 PM

I think some people are forgetting the intra-media rivalry that Seattle used to have when both the print dailies, PI and Times, used to be center-right and center, as opposed to the far-right current Seattle Times and the center-right Weekly we have now.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on January 23, 2013 at 1:37 PM

@5. One of four, right. Not the sole core business, as The Stranger wrongly states.

And Will, center-right?

You're confusing The Stranger's opinionated writings - to sell a point of view - with the Weekly's advocacy journalism, to tell a full story.

Guess if you're thorough and fair and not pumping your fist on a story, you must be a righty.

That makes The Stranger arguably more liberal, and fun. But why do I find myself laughing so much at its "serious" reporting.

Posted by menace2society on January 23, 2013 at 3:45 PM

The Weekly's advocacy journalism? Gimme a break. Their "news" section is a joke, and they sacked their one good remaining investigative reporter, Rick Anderson, months ago.

Why do you find yourself laughing? Perhaps its the nitrous.

Posted by treacle on January 24, 2013 at 9:00 AM