times company type private industry newspapers founded 1896 headquarters 1000 denny way seattle washington 98109 united states products the seattle times and several other newspapers in washington website seattletimescompany.com 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 now in its fourth and fifth generations of ownership by the blethen family . contents 1 properties 1.1 issaquah press inc. 1.2 other 1.3 maine newspapers 2 references 3 external links properties edit in its headquarters city of seattle the company owns the washington s largest circulation daily newspaper the seattle times . elsewhere in washington the company owns the yakima herald republic and walla walla union bulletin . maine native schoolteacher and attorney alden j. blethen bought the seattle press times in 1896 renaming it the seattle daily times and doubling its circulation to 7 000 six months later . when he died in 1915 the times circulation was 70 000 . 1 the two smaller dailies were added much later . the walla walla union bulletin was purchased from the kelly family in 1971 while the yakima herald republic was bought in 1991 . issaquah press inc. edit the seattle times company acquired issaquah press inc. july 1 1995 from pacific media group . originally consisting of one newspaper the king county chain added two more in the 1990s . based at 45 front street south issaquah washington . the issaquah press founded in 1900 the issaquah press is the newspaper of record for issaquah washington . it reaches 20 000 homes in issaquah every week . 2 newcastle news only five years after the incorporation of the city of newcastle washington the issaquah press inc. office debuted a monthly newspaper for the city . the newcastle news is now mailed free to 5 000 homes in newcastle . 3 sammamish review founded as a monthly in 1992 the sammamish review has been a weekly since 2007 and is delivered free to 15 000 homes in sammamish washington every wednesday . 4 snovalley star the snovalley star s first issue was published march 6 2008 . the free distribution weekly newspaper reaches 12 400 homes and businesses in north bend and snoqualmie washington . 5 other edit in addition to various websites associated with its newspaper properties the seattle times company also owns rotary offset press a printing company in kent washington . maine newspapers edit see also mainetoday media for about a decade from 1998 to mid 2009 the seattle times company owned three daily newspapers and three weeklies in the state of maine as part of a subsidiary called blethen maine newspapers . it sold these properties to private investors in 2009 who formed mainetoday media . blethen maine newspapers was built in one acquisition seattle times purchase of all the newspapers formerly published by guy gannett communications not related to the larger gannett chain . guy gannett managers said they sold to the seattle times company because of shared values both companies were fourth generation family owned news organizations . of all the companies in the newspaper business the seattle times is one most like our company in the sense of independence of family ownership and commitment to the community said guy gannett spokesman tim o meara . 6 blethen maine newspapers properties included the state s largest daily the portland press herald and maine sunday telegram ; the kennebec journal and the morning sentinel ; along with their related weeklies . this purchase was estimated to have cost about 213 million . 7 references edit the seattle times company overview accessed october 29 2007 . tracing the history of the issaquah newspaper and issaquah press facts accessed may 27 2007 . newcastle news.com about accessed may 26 2007 . sammamishreview.com about accessed may 26 2007 . snovalleystar.com about accessed october 15 2009 . wilmsen steven . seattle times co. buys maine newspapers from guy gannett . the boston globe page d1 september 2 1998 . mapes lynda v. times co. completes long stalled sale of maine newspapers the seattle times june 16 2009 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to seattle times . the seattle times company website the seattle times website v t e the seattle times company the seattle times yakima herald republic walla walla union bulletin issaquah press inc. weeklies v t e the mcclatchy company newspapers the beaufort gazette belleville news democrat the bellingham herald the bradenton herald centre daily times the charlotte observer columbus ledger enquirer florida keys keynoter fort worth star telegram the fresno bee rock hill s.c. herald the idaho statesman hilton head s.c. island packet the kansas city star lexington herald leader the telegraph macon ga merced sun star miami herald the modesto bee the sun news myrtle beach s.c. el nuevo herald the olathe news the olympian the news & observer raleigh n.c. the sacramento bee the san luis obispo tribune the state columbia s.c. the sun herald the news tribune tri city herald the wichita eagle partnerships careerbuilder 14.4 % the seattle times company 49.5 % topix 11.25 % acquisitions cowles media company knight ridder retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the seattle times company & oldid 737201461 categories the seattle times companycompanies based in seattlethe mcclatchy companyhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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