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Frank A. Blethen (born April 20, 1945) [1] is an American executive who is the publisher of The Seattle Times and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Seattle Times Company, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. He is a fourth-generation member of the Blethen family, which has owned the newspaper since 1896, and took over as publisher in ...
She founded and ran an accounting and tax preparation business in Seattle for 48 years until selling the business in 1995. She often helped people who could not pay for her services or who could not read or write English. [2] Her Seattle Times obituary called her “one of the state’s earliest, most enduring African-American businesswomen.” [3]
At 11:15 a.m. on June 13, 2023, [1] 34-year-old Eina Kwon was killed in Belltown, Seattle, Washington, United States. [1] Kwon was a restaurant owner who was eight months pregnant with her second child at the time. [2]
The Seattle Times originated as the Seattle Press-Times, a four-page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily circulation of 3,500, which Maine teacher and attorney Alden J. Blethen bought in 1896. [2] [3] Renamed the Seattle Daily Times, it doubled its circulation within half a year. By 1915, circulation stood at 70,000.
Richard T. Schlosberg, 79, American business leader (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The Denver Post, Los Angeles Times), brain cancer. [326] Tom Tait, 86, American volleyball coach. [327] Tian Zengpei, 93, Chinese diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003). [328]
The Seattle Times Company is a privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Washington. Founded in Seattle , Washington in 1896, the company is in its fourth generation of control by the Blethen family as of 2022.
Lou Whittaker was born in Seattle, Washington, on February 10, 1929. [3] He and his twin brother Jim began climbing mountains at age 12. The Whittakers completed their first summit of Mount Rainier at age 16 and had climbed all of the major peaks in Washington by age 18.
Charles Theodore Royer (August 22, 1939 – July 26, 2024) was an American news reporter and politician who served as the 48th mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1978 to 1990. After serving as mayor of Seattle, Royer became the director of the Harvard Institute of Politics .