Seattle Weekly

Ownership history

Former owners of the Seattle Weekly include Sasquatch Publishing/Quickfish Media, Seattle from 1976 to 1997; Stern Publishing, New York, from 1997 to 2000; Village Voice Media, New York, from 2000 to 2012; and Voice Media Group from September 2012 to January 2013. Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders to form Voice Media Group. Sound Publishing purchased the Seattle Weekly from Voice Media Group in January 2013.

In July 2006, longtime editor-in-chief Knute Berger announced he would be leaving the paper.

Mark Baumgarten, former City Arts editor-in-chief and author of Love Rock Revolution, became editor-in-chief on March 12, 2013, replacing Mike Seely who resigned January of the same year. In January 2018, Seth Sommerfeld became editor-in-chief and Mark Baumgarten transitioned to editorial director for King County. In June 2018, Andy Hobbs replaced Baumgarten as editorial director, and in August 2018, he became editor-in-chief.

Eric LaFontaine was named publisher in May 2018 and was put in change of all digital and print operations.

On February 25, 2019, Sound Publishing announced that the paper would transition to web-only content in a move similar to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer a decade earlier. The final print edition was published on February 27, 2019, and the web-only portal was launched two days later.

Columns

• Mossback, by Knute Berger as editor-in-chief
• Ask an Uptight Seattlite, advice by David Stoesz{{Cite web | access-date = March 4, 2009
• Dategirl, by Judy McGuire{{Cite web | access-date = March 4, 2009
• Seattleland, by Rick Anderson{{Cite web | access-date = November 12, 2014
• Space Witch, astrology by Elissa Ball
• Stash Box, cannabis culture by Meagan Angus
• Beer Hunting, beer by Jacob Uitti
• Constant Reader, literature by Paul Constant
• Electric Eye, by Brooklyn Benjestorf (2015–2016)

Competition

The Seattle Weeklys principal competitor is The Stranger, an alternative biweekly paper published in Seattle.

References

References

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6. Pryne, Eric. (July 23, 2006). "Uncertain times at Seattle Weekly". The Seattle Times.
7. "Seattle Weekly Names Mark Baumgarten Editor-in-Chief".
8. "Mike Seely leaving Seattle Weekly, Ballard bound". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
9. (May 2, 2018). "Eric LaFontaine Named Seattle Weekly Publisher".
10. Connelly, Joel. (February 25, 2019). "''Seattle Weekly'': Once-great writers' paper ceases print publication". [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]].
11. Roberts, Paul. (February 25, 2019). "''Seattle Weekly'' stops the presses, putting a period on four decades of print". The Seattle Times.
12. "Uptight Seattleite columnist revealed – Local".
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