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Ryan Blethen

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Five-generation family ownership fuels The Seattle Times - Editor and Publisher

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By Ryan Blethen, Diane Sylvester
| Editor & Publisher Verified
Posted Tuesday, March 3, 2026 12:00 am We know what we are and we know what we want to be. That’s a subscription-driven, audience-first newspaper company.” When Ryan Blethen became publisher of The Seattle Times in November, he inherited far more than a newspaper. He inherited 129 years of family stewardship, a newsroom of 170 journalists, and the responsibility of leading one of the last family-owned metropolitan dailies in the United States.
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The Times' new publisher, Ryan Blethen, reflects on family, community

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By Ryan Blethen
| Tri-City Herald Verified
What a time to become a newspaper publisher. A Big Dark has blotted out the norms we lived by and left the mood from this Washington to the other Washington decidedly gloomy. People are angry. People are scared. Past publishers of The Seattle Times have dealt with adversity one way or another. My tenure, which began Thursday, is colored by the ongoing transformation of the news business and by the serious question of whether the Republic will survive the many fractures that run through our nation.
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By Ryan Blethen
| The Seattle Times Verified
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