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Paper Tigers 紙老虎

April 6, 2007 at 2:06 pm | In Assignment | 8 Comments

There are many things I considered. . . Seattle has a host of possibililties, but I’ve decided to leave some of that off the table here.

During the course of the next few weeks the die should be cast for the future of the two Seattle daily newspapers, the Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer. This equals change for both Seattle and, likely, media ownership. It seems to me a story worth talking about and, of course, researching. . .

For our Taiwanese students, I hope this will help you understand English a little better. See: The Die Is Cast

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Not many of us seem to have a burning passion about media ownership issues, but dealing with a current example of it right here in Seattle would certainly make it more interesting.

Comment by vaun — April 7, 2007 #
Hey, way to pick both choices! (I’m just jealous–wish I’d thought of it.) Do you envision it as commentary on published news stories, or do you have an inside scoop on the scoopers?

Comment by trinx — April 8, 2007 #
Here’s my take: If it doesn’t seem to rise to the level of a group project, then I can take it on as a personal one. I’d want to do a couple of face-to-face interviews and expect the greatest depth one could achieve in this timeframe would be following the story to date and extrapolating from there. Apparently they’ve recently put their arbitrated mediation solution out a week, leading some to believe that a new agreement
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/310691_joa07.html
may be imminent Might also look at what’s happened elsewhere to two-paper towns. If anywhere has a chance to creatively concoct a solution of innovative proportions, this just MIGHT be the place. . . and its impact on the Seattle landscape would be compelling – maybe.

Comment by flackster — April 8, 2007 #
Oooh! I really like this idea. There’s been talk of Seattle P-I trying to stay in existence if things don’t go their way by becoming an online-only newspaper. It would be the first time that a daily print newspaper has transitioned to an online-only newspaper so if that happens the industry will be watching closely. Seattle Times is also trying to expand to cover previous King County Journal coverage areas better by putting bureau offices in some of those places. I’ve heard they are going to have weeklies for those areas. I’m not sure if the P-I is trying to get in on some of that coverage area or not.

Also, with online newspaper/aggregator Crosscut getting so much attention, the P-I might have a hard time getting in the online game. And it’s no secret that the Times has put a lot more resources into its online department than the P-I.

Comment by Kristina — April 9, 2007 #
This would be the one topic that would make me interested in media ownership for this quarter – to bring it home and show the evolution of either’s beginning’s to this very point related to the mysterious JOA that’s the subject of so much discussion. Good suggestion!

Comment by Luke — April 9, 2007 #
Well, it looks like we might have a group forming here for this one. I think you’ve nailed a number of the issues floating out there, Kristina, and I’m convinced this is a very manageable project for a group to do. So if you and Luke are ready to jump in, let’s do it!

Comment by flackster — April 9, 2007 #
Super idea! It addresses practical communication issues with fun local Seattle spirit – this could feed both my interest for Seattle and Media Ownership!

A friend who worked at the Times felt the uncertainty vibe for their future which made quite a few uneasy…she moved to Microsoft…

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