The Seattle Times
The July 4, 2006 front page of The Seattle Times | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The Seattle Times Company |
| Founder(s) | Thomas H. Dempsey Jud R. Andrews |
| Publisher | Ryan Blethen |
| Editor | Michele Matassa Flores |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1000 Denny Way Seattle, Washington 98109 |
| Circulation | 65,100 Average print circulation 88,000 Digital Subscribers |
| ISSN | 0745-9696 |
| OCLC number | 9198928 |
| Website | seattletimes.com |
The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1886, it has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region. The Seattle Times Company, which publishes the paper, has been owned by the Blethen family for five generations.
In 2006, The McClatchy Company inherited the 49.5% of voting common stock formerly held by Knight Ridder, and sold it back to the Blethens in 2024.
The Seattle Times has received 11 Pulitzer Prizes, the last being in 2015, and is widely renowned for its investigative journalism.