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75-748: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as the Seattle P-I , the Post-Intelligencer , or simply the P-I ) is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle , Washington , United States. The newspaper was founded in 1863 as the weekly Seattle Gazette , and was later published daily in broadsheet format. It was long one of the city's two daily newspapers, along with The Seattle Times , until it became an online-only publication on March 18, 2009. J.R. Watson founded

150-507: A joint operating agreement (JOA) whereby advertising , production , marketing , and circulation were run for both papers by The Seattle Times company. They maintained separate news and editorial departments. The papers published a combined Sunday edition, although the Times handled the majority of the editorial content while the P-I only provided a small editorial/opinions section. The JOA

225-419: A 1947 readers' contest to determine a new symbol for the paper. Out of 350 entrants, the winner was Jack (known as Jakk) C. Corsaw, a University of Washington art student. The globe was manufactured in 1948 and was placed atop the paper's then-new headquarters building at 6th Avenue and Wall Street (now City University of Seattle ). When the newspaper moved its headquarters again in 1986 to its current location on

300-514: A cable and satellite channel during the first quarter of 2012. Justice Network replaced Live Well Network on 5.2 in January 2015. KING-TV ceased regular programming over its analog signal, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . As the " analog nightlight " station for the Seattle–Tacoma market, it aired a loop reminding viewers to get

375-750: A city ordinance that had been passed by the Seattle City Council on December 17, 2015, that designated the globe as an official city landmark. In March 2012, the globe was donated to the Museum of History and Industry , which planned to refurbish and relocate it, but as of 2018, this had not occurred. Notable employees of the P-I have included two-time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist and commentator David Horsey , two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Eric Nalder , Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Timothy Egan , journalist and author Darrell Bob Houston ("King of

450-531: A digital converter box on analog channel 5 until June 26, 2009. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48, using virtual channel 5. KING-TV is one of five Seattle television stations that are available in Canada on satellite providers Bell Satellite TV and Shaw Direct , and is available to most cable subscribers in the Vancouver– Victoria, British Columbia , area as

525-539: A digital one as well. There are some newspapers which are predominantly online, but also provide limited hard copy publishing An example is annarbor.com, which replaced the Ann Arbor News in the summer of 2009. It is primarily an online newspaper, but publishes a hard copy twice a week. Other trends indicate that this business model is being adopted by many newspapers with the growth of digital media. The turn to hybrid publishing models has been commensurate with

600-542: A fishing boat). For many years, the stations' logo was "King Mike", an anthropomorphized microphone in ermine robes and a crown , drawn by cartoonist Walt Disney (its sister stations in Portland, Oregon , KGW- AM - FM - TV , used a similar logo, called "Pioneer Mike"; the King Mike logo was later brought back for KING's 50th anniversary in 1998 and still appears in promotional announcements to this day). Once

675-479: A free twelve-part weekly podcast series by Ricky Gervais . Another UK daily to go online is The Daily Telegraph . In Australia , most major newspapers offer an online version, with or without a paywalled subscription option. In Algeria , the number of daily visitors of news websites and online editions of newspapers surpasses the number of daily readers of print newspapers since the end of 2016. An online-only paper has no print-media connections. An example

750-418: A local Evening Magazine franchise, first hosted by Penny LeGate and Brian Tracey. Of these, only Evening Magazine (now entitled simply Evening ) exists today. How Come? , a half-hour early Sunday evening family television program hosted by Al Wallace, won several awards during its run during the 1970s and early 1980s. The show covered topics on how things were made or done in the world. Dick Klinger hosted

825-492: A more timely manner. The credibility and strong brand recognition of well established newspapers, and the close relationships they have with advertisers, are also seen by many in the newspaper industry as strengthening their chances of survival. The movement away from the printing process can also help decrease costs. Online newspapers, like printed newspapers, have legal restrictions regarding libel, privacy, and copyright, also apply to online publications in most countries as in

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900-529: A result of a power outage caused by the December 2006 Pacific Northwest storms . It was the first time in 70 years that publication had been suspended. On January 9, 2009, the Hearst Corporation announced that after losing money on it every year since 2000, Hearst was putting the P-I up for sale. The paper would be put on the market for 60 days, and if a buyer could not be found within that time,

975-573: A week. The website was the first online-only newspaper in Atlantic Canada and has been behind a paywall since starting in 2001. Even print media is turning to online-only publication. As of 2009, the decrease of the traditional business model of print newspapers has led to various attempts to establish local, regional or national online-only newspapers - publications that do original reporting, rather than just commentary or summaries of reporting from other publications. An early major example in

1050-453: A weekly magazine program on Sunday nights during the season called Sounders FC Weekly , and was rebroadcast Mondays on sister cable channel Northwest Cable News. KING-TV also broadcast all Seattle SuperSonics games covered through NBC's NBA broadcast contract from 1990 to 2002 , including the team's 1996 NBA Finals appearance. It also aired select Seattle Mariners games via NBC's MLB broadcast contract from 1977 to 1989 , and for

1125-617: Is "Seattle's First HD Newscast". Following its sale to the company, KING-TV adopted Gannett's standardized newscast presentation (which used a color coding system modeled upon co-owned newspaper USA Today . The station's signal is multiplexed : On December 6, 2011, Belo signed an agreement with the Live Well Network to affiliate with digital subchannels of KING-TV and Spokane sister station KSKN ; Live Well Network replaced Universal Sports on digital subchannel 5.2 on January 1 , 2012, as Universal Sports transitioned into

1200-593: Is in line with the Pew Research Center's finding in a survey of U.S. Americans that the Internet is a leading source of news for people younger than 50. Not all articles published online receive the same amount of attention; there are factors that determine their popularity. The number of times an article gets shared on social media is relevant for activists, politicians, authors, online-publishers and advertisers. They thus have an interest in knowing

1275-484: Is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood. Debuting as the first television station in the Pacific Northwest , channel 5 was purchased by and became the flagship station of Dorothy Bullitt 's King Broadcasting Company eight months into broadcasting; the company still exists as a license holder for its properties under Tegna ownership. The station became an NBC affiliate in 1959 and has generally led

1350-425: Is not an online news publication. News reporters are being taught to shoot video and to write in the succinct manner necessary for Internet news pages. Some newspapers have attempted to integrate the Internet into every aspect of their operations, e.g., the writing of stories for both print and online, and classified advertisements appearing in both media, while other newspaper websites may be quite different from

1425-479: Is one of a few handful of stations in the country to have held a primary affiliation with all of the "Big Three" networks. Dissatisfied with Stimson Bullitt's management style, Dorothy Bullitt, and Mr. Bullitt's sisters, arranged for his voluntary resignation from King Broadcasting in 1972. Stimson sold his company shares to his sisters, Harriet and Patsy. He then received control of the family's real estate interests. Ancil Payne, who had served as general manager of

1500-664: Is the UK Southport Reporter , introduced in 2000—a weekly regional newspaper that is not produced or run in any format than 'soft-copy' on the Internet by its publishers, PCBT Photography. Another early example is "Bangla2000", also introduced in 2000, which was uploaded twice daily from Bangladesh and Edited by Tukun Mahmud Nurul Momen. Unlike the UK Southport Reporter, it was not a regional newspaper. Bangla2000.com ran international, economic, and sports news as well, simultaneously. The largest library of

1575-699: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-imposed freeze on television station license awards ended in 1952, KING-TV lost its monopoly in the market. During 1953, the Seattle– Tacoma area received three new stations: KTNT-TV (channel 11, now KSTW ) debuted in March as the market's CBS outlet; while NBC went to KMO-TV (channel 13, now KCPQ ), which signed on in August. NBC moved a few months later to KOMO-TV (channel 4), which went on

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1650-691: The Intelligencer . In 1881, the Intelligencer merged with the Seattle Post . The names were combined to form the present-day name. In 1886, Indiana businessman Leigh S. J. Hunt came to Seattle and purchased the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , which he owned and published until he was forced to sell in the Panic of 1893 . At this point the newspaper was acquired by attorney and real estate developer James D. Hoge under whom it

1725-657: The Seattle Gazette , Seattle's first newspaper, on December 10, 1863. The paper failed after a few years and was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867 by new owner Sam Maxwell. In 1878, after publishing the Intelligencer as a morning daily, printer Thaddeus Hanford bought the Daily Intelligencer for $ 8,000. Hanford also acquired Beriah Brown 's daily Puget Sound Dispatch and the weekly Pacific Tribune and folded both papers into

1800-614: The Times from claiming losses in 2000 and 2001 as reason to end the JOA, because they resulted from extraordinary events (in this case, a seven-week newspaper strike ). Each side publicly accused the other of attempting to put its rival out of business. The trial judge granted a summary judgment in Hearst's favor on the force majeure issue. But after two appeals, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in favor of

1875-513: The Times on June 30, 2005, on the force majeure clause, reversing the trial-court judge. The two papers settled the issue on April 16, 2007. The JOA ended in 2009 with the cessation of the P-I print edition. The P-I was notable for its two-time Pulitzer Prize -winning editorial cartoonist , David Horsey . Investigative reporting on King County Superior Court Judge Gary Little 's out-of-court contact with juvenile defendants revealed accusations that Little molested young boys while he

1950-754: The United States Army in April 1943, while Anna stayed at the paper to help keep a liberal voice in the running of the paper. After Boettiger's absence, the paper increasingly turned conservative with Hearst's new acting publisher. Anna left Seattle in December 1943 to live in the White House with her youngest child, Johnny. This effectively ended the Roosevelt-Boettiger ties with the P-I . On December 15, 2006, no copies were printed as

2025-589: The postseason only from 1995 to 2000 . Beginning in 2024 , KING-TV will air select Washington Huskies football games through Big Ten Saturday Night . It will also air select Seattle Kraken games as part of the team's new regional deal, which also made KONG the new flagship station for Kraken telecasts. KING-TV presently broadcasts 46 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday, six hours on Saturdays and five hours on Sundays). In 1999, to compete against KOMO-TV, KING-TV began broadcasting its newscasts in high definition ; at

2100-471: The 1990s, Almost Live! , as it became a pure comedy show, launched the careers of Bill Nye the Science Guy , Joel McHale (of The Soup fame) nationally and locally, Pat Cashman and John Keister (who replaced Ross Shafer as host of that show in 1988). KING-TV was also the home for Watch This! , a fast-paced Emmy Award -winning show aimed at children and teenagers; the show lasted five years and

2175-583: The Home Plate Center, a complex in the SoDo area of Seattle, and located across the street from T-Mobile Park (formerly Safeco Field). In March 2015, Gannett confirmed that KING, KONG, and NWCN would move to the lower three floors of the Home Plate Center, and announced plans for KING-TV to utilize the lower floor for the market's first street-side studio. The former facilities were sold to Kilroy Realty for nearly $ 50 million, and were demolished during

2250-411: The Internet in the 1990s. By the late 1990s, hundreds of U.S. newspapers were publishing online versions, but did not yet offer much interactivity. One example is Britain's Weekend City Press Review , which provided a weekly news summary online beginning in 1995. Today, online news has become a huge part of society which leads people to argue whether or not it is good for society. Austra Taylor, author of

2325-641: The Midnight Blue," a novel loosely based on the noted highjacking by D.B. Cooper ), the novelists E. B. White , Frank Herbert , Tom Robbins , Adam Schefter and Emmett Watson , as well as Andrew Schneider , who won two Pulitzer Prizes for specialized reporting and public service while working at The Pittsburgh Press . [REDACTED] Media related to Seattle Post-Intelligencer at Wikimedia Commons Online newspaper Going online created more opportunities for newspapers, such as competing with broadcast journalism in presenting breaking news in

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2400-510: The NBC telecasts of the games, and CBC Television 's broadcasts of the games were available to most cable providers in the region through the network's Vancouver owned-and-operated station CBUT . For the 2007 and 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, however, KING-TV aired NBC's Saturday night telecasts, while KONG aired the other NBC telecasts. As for the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals , KING-TV aired games 1, 2 and 5 while KONG aired games 6 and 7. KING-TV has been

2475-554: The Seattle television market since. Channel 5 first took to the air as KRSC-TV on November 25, 1948, becoming the first television station in the Pacific Northwest (within six years, it became the Pacific Northwest's first color broadcaster on July 1, 1954 ). The station was originally owned by Palmer K. Leberman's Radio Sales Corporation, which also operated KRSC radio (1150 AM, now KKNW , and FM 98.1, now KING-FM );

2550-568: The U.S. is the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , which stopped publishing after 149 years in March 2009 and went online only. In Scotland, in 2010, Caledonian Mercury became Scotland's first online-only newspaper, with the same aims as Southport Reporter in the UK, with The Yorkshire Times the following suit and becoming Yorkshire's first online-only paper in 2011. The Independent ceased print publications in 2016, becoming

2625-495: The U.S. newspaper industry and other newspapers on the market going unsold. Five days before the 60-day deadline, the P-I reported that the Hearst Corporation had given several P-I reporters provisional job offers for an online edition of the P-I . On March 16, 2009, the newspaper posted a headline on its front page, followed shortly after by a short news story, that explained that the following day's edition would be its final one in print. The newspaper's publisher, Roger Oglesby,

2700-539: The UK. Also, the UK Data Protection Act applies to online newspapers and news pages. Up to 2014, the PCC ruled in the UK, but there was no clear distinction between authentic online newspapers and forums or blogs. In 2007, a ruling was passed to formally regulate UK-based online newspapers, news audio, and news video websites covering the responsibilities expected of them and to clear up what is, and what

2775-775: The United States, and the United Kingdom. All samples within each country were nationally representative. Half of the sample reportedly paid for a print newspaper in the past 7 days, and only one-twentieth of the sample paid for online news in the past 7 days. That only 5% of the sample had recently paid for online newspaper access is likely because most people access news that is free. People with portable devices, like tablets or smartphones, were significantly more likely to subscribe to digital news content. Additionally, people aged between 25 and 34 are more willing to pay for digital news than older people across all countries. This

2850-630: The air in December. By the end of the year, KING-TV was left with poor-performing ABC and DuMont, the latter of which ceased operations in 1956. Subsequently, Bullitt lobbied NBC for a group affiliation for her stations, and in October 1958, KING-TV and KGW-TV in Portland began carrying NBC programming. In Seattle, channel 5 shared NBC and ABC with KOMO-TV for most of the 1958–59 television season . On September 27, 1959, KING-TV became an exclusive NBC station and KOMO-TV affiliated with ABC full-time. KING-TV

2925-410: The cable provider assets) to The Providence Journal Company. KING-TV and other King Broadcasting stations later became Belo properties as a result of that company's merger with The Providence Journal Company in 1997. As a result, Belo was forced to divest KIRO-TV to Cox Enterprises in order to keep the higher rated KING-TV. Bonneville International Corporation purchased KING (AM) in 1994. During

3000-505: The company's Portland stations since 1965, became president and CEO. By the 1970s and 1980s, KING-TV was the flagship of a growing regional media empire which at various times included ventures in publishing, the film industry, cable television systems (under the name of King Videocable , the assets of which have by now been absorbed into Comcast ) and even various timber assets in the Far East . Locally produced programs that debuted on

3075-586: The corresponding printed newspaper. An early example of an "online-only" newspaper or magazine was (PLATO) News Report , an online newspaper created by Bruce Parrello in 1974 on the PLATO system at the University of Illinois. The first newspaper to go online was The Columbus Dispatch on July 1, 1980. Beginning in 1987, the Brazilian newspaper Jornaldodia ran on the state-owned Embratel network , moving to

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3150-446: The day of publication is less important when it comes to predicting the popularity of the article. KING-TV KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington , United States, affiliated with NBC . It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Everett -licensed independent station KONG (channel 16). The two stations share studios at the Home Plate Center in the SoDo district of Seattle; KING-TV's transmitter

3225-632: The first British national newspaper to move to an online only format. In the US, technology news websites such as CNET , TechCrunch , and ZDNet started as web publications and enjoy comparable readership to the conventional newspapers. Also, with the ever-rising popularity of online media, veteran publications like the U.S. News & World Report are abandoning print and going online-only. In October 2020, 11 online only news portals formed DIGIPUB News India foundation to encourage an ecosystem of Digital Only press. In 2015, 65% of people reported that print

3300-506: The following morning. On January 6, 2017, NWCN was shut down due to declining viewership, the free online streaming of KING and KONG's newscasts, and the reluctance of local cable systems to pay more for the channel to keep it operating. KING-TV relies less on syndicated programming and more on the station's newscasts and local programming. As of December 2023, KING-TV broadcasts only two syndicated programs during its weekday schedule, Extra and Inside Edition . Despite this, KING-TV

3375-474: The increasing importance of social media platforms to disseminate news, especially amongst 18-24 demographic. In 2013, the Reuters Institute commissioned a cross-country survey on news consumption, and gathered data related to online newspaper use that emphasizes the lack of use of paid online newspaper services. The countries surveyed were France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, Brazil,

3450-635: The newspaper had unfairly disparaged the Sheriff's Office. The P-I declined to participate in the proceedings, and opted instead to give a detailed reply on its website. The P-I is known for the 13.5-ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) neon globe atop its headquarters on the Elliott Bay waterfront, which features the words "It's in the P-I" rotating around the globe and an 18-foot (5.5 m) eagle perched atop with wings stretched upwards. The globe originated from

3525-566: The newspaper." The International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined the strike in solidarity. Roger Simpson and William Ames co-wrote their book Unionism or Hearst: the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Strike of 1936 on the topic. Anna Roosevelt Halsted , the daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt , began working as the editor of the women's page at the P-I after her husband Clarence John Boettiger took over as publisher in 1936. Boettiger left Seattle to enter

3600-407: The number of article shares. With the dataset being publicly available, a fair amount of data analysis has been conducted. Some can be found on the website "Kaggle" . One "classification analysis" . GitHub . 30 November 2020. used machine learning methods, namely, logistic regression , linear discriminant analysis , artificial neural networks and random forests to predict

3675-691: The number of shares, preferably even predicting it before the article is being published. With new methods of Natural Language Processing such as Latent Dirichlet allocation it is possible to gain insights into the core characteristics of an article. A team of Portuguese scientists retrieved data from the website Mashable and made the dataset publicly available. Said "dataset about online news popularity" . consists of 39,644 observations and 60 possible features, that have been collected over two years from 2013 to 2015. The features consist of variables describing words, links, digital media, time, keywords, insights from Natural Language Processing and

3750-543: The official television partner of the Seattle Seahawks since 2022 , airing preseason games and team-focused shows; previous stints with the team were held from 1981 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2011 (sister station KONG carried Seahawks preseason games in 2003 and 2004). The station also airs Seahawks games through NBC 's broadcast contract with the NFL (via Sunday Night Football ; it has also served as

3825-416: The original callsign was derived from Leberman's company. The first broadcast on channel 5 was a live remote of a Thanksgiving Day high school football game – the telecast was plagued with technical difficulties, but local viewers reported being impressed nonetheless. Channel 5 was originally a primary CBS affiliate, and carried secondary affiliations with NBC, ABC and DuMont . Eight months after

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3900-441: The paper would either be turned into an Internet-only publication with a drastically reduced staff, or closed outright. The news of the paper's impending sale was initially broken by local station KING-TV the night prior to the official announcement, and came as a surprise to the P-I ' s staff and the owners of rival newspaper The Seattle Times . Analysts did not expect a buyer to be found, in view of declining circulation in

3975-557: The popular book, The Peoples Platform, argues that online news does not provide the detail needed to fully understand what actually happened. It is more just a fast summary to inform people what happened, but does not give a solution or fixation to the problem. Very few newspapers in 2006 claimed to have made money from their websites, which were mostly free to all viewers. Declining profit margins and declining circulation in daily newspapers forced executives to contemplate new methods of obtaining revenue from websites, without charging for

4050-428: The remaining 75%. Contrastingly, ad revenue for digital methods was 5% in 2006. Hybrid newspapers are predominantly focused on online content, but also produce a print form. Trends in online newspapers indicate publications may switch to digital methods, especially online newspapers in the future. The New York Times is an example of this model of the newspaper as it provides both a home delivery print subscription and

4125-818: The show after Al Wallace died. King Broadcasting's stations included KGW radio and television in Portland, KREM-TV in Spokane , KTVB-TV in Boise , KHNL-TV and KFVE in Honolulu and KYA radio in San Francisco . Long-time station-owner Dorothy Bullitt died in June 1989. Dorothy Bullitt's daughters Harriet Bullitt and Priscilla "Patsy" Bullitt Collins decided to sell the King assets in 1992—eventually selling King Broadcasting (including KING, KREM, KGW, KTVB, KHNL/KFVE and

4200-515: The station during the 1970s and 1980s included Seattle Today / Good Company , a mid-morning talk show hosted by Cliff Lenz and Shirley Hudson and later by Susan Michaels and Colby Chester; Seattle Tonight, Tonite! , hosted by Ross McGowan and later Dick Klinger; Almost Live! , originally a Sunday night talk and comedy show hosted by Ross Shafer , that later became an ensemble sketch comedy show (that eventually moved to Saturday nights) after Shafer left to become host of The Late Show on Fox ; and

4275-655: The story – and the network of connections that protected Little – are taught in journalism classes, and led to reforms in the way judges are disciplined in Washington state. In 2006 the P-I became the subject of a complaint to the Washington News Council for its reporting on the King County Sheriff's Office . The media watch-dog group ruled against the P-I , agreeing with Sheriff Sue Rahr's complaint that

4350-609: The subscription. This has been difficult. Newspapers with specialized audiences such as The Wall Street Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education successfully charge subscription fees. Most newspapers have an online edition, including The Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , USA Today , Mid-Day , and The New York Times . Many European countries also have their own English-language online news, such as The Daily Slovak News ( Slovakia ), Helsinki Times ( Finland ) and The Moscow Times ( Russia ). The Guardian experimented with new media in 2005, offering

4425-453: The summer of 2016, and would be replaced by mixed-use developments. The choice of a smaller location was in response to concerns that the large size of its previous facility inhibited collaboration. The ground floor contains two studios: a street-side studio for KING-TV's news programming, and the other for local productions such as New Day Northwest . The newsroom is located on the second floor, and contained NWCN's main set. The new facility

4500-577: The team's unofficial home station, carrying most games from 1977 to 1997 when the team played in the AFC , which NBC held the broadcast rights to in those years). Notably, this included the Seahawks' appearance in Super Bowl XLIX . Both KING-TV and KONG served as official television broadcasters of the city's Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC from 2009 to 2013 , in which KONG aired

4575-519: The television station debuted, KRSC-TV and KRSC-FM were purchased by King Broadcasting Company , owners of KING radio (1090 AM, now KPTR ) and the original KING-FM (94.9, frequency now occupied by KUOW-FM ), for $ 375,000 in May 1949. The station changed its callsign to KING-TV to match its radio sisters (according to legend, King Broadcasting president Dorothy Bullitt purchased the KING call letters while on

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4650-493: The time it only had one HD-capable studio camera. In April 2007, KING-TV upgraded all of its studio cameras, graphics and weather system to high definition and began broadcasting its public affairs programming in HD as well. Field reports continued to be broadcast in standard definition ( 480i converted to 1080i HD for telecast) but were taped in a 16:9 aspect ratio, giving the appearance of high-definition. According to KING-TV, it

4725-404: The top ten percent most frequently shared articles. The conclusion is, that the average keywords within an article and the average popularity of said keywords have the greatest impact on the amount of shares an article receives. Moreover, the amount of links to other articles and the closeness to the most relevant current topics are influencing the popularity of an article heavily. On the other hand,

4800-519: The waterfront, the globe was relocated to the new building. Over the decades since its first installation, the globe has become a city landmark that, to locals, is as iconic as the Space Needle . A stylized rendering of the globe appeared on the masthead of the newspaper in its latter years and continues to feature on its website. In April 2012, it was designated a Seattle landmark by the city's Landmarks Preservation Board . Mayor Ed Murray signed

4875-586: The world Library of Congress archived it subsequently. Unlike blog sites and other news websites, it is run as a newspaper and is recognized by media groups such as the NUJ and/or the IFJ . They fall under relevant press regulations and are signed up to the official UK press regulator IMPRESS . allNovaScotia is an online newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada that publishes business and political news six days

4950-489: Was a teacher at Seattle's exclusive Lakeside School between 1968 and 1971. It also revealed inappropriate contact between Little and juveniles appearing before him after he became a judge. On August 19, 1988, after reporter Duff Wilson called the judge to advise him the newspaper was publishing the story, Little shot himself in the King County Courthouse . The ethical debates surrounding the publication of

5025-630: Was acquired by Hearst in 1921. Circulation stood at 31,000 in 1911. In 1912, editor Eric W. Allen left the paper to found the University of Oregon School of Journalism, which he ran until his death in 1944. William Randolph Hearst took over the paper in 1921, and the Hearst Corporation owns the P-I to this day. In 1936, 35 P-I writers and members of The Newspaper Guild went on three-month strike against "arbitrary dismissals and assignment changes and other 'efficiency' moves by

5100-514: Was airing 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours of syndicated programming prior to September 2013. On New Year's Eve , KING-TV broadcasts coverage of the fireworks show on the Space Needle . KING-TV opted not to carry NBC 's telecasts of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006 , 2007 , 2008 and 2013 , when the games began at 5 p.m. Pacific time , choosing to instead air its regular lineup of local newscasts and syndicated shows. KONG picked up

5175-499: Was completed on December 23. On June 29, 2015, Gannett's newspaper business was spun out, with KING-TV and Gannett's former TV properties renamed Tegna . In April 2014, KING-TV announced plans to sell its South Lake Union headquarters and re-locate, taking advantage of a booming real estate market in the South Union Lake area. In September 2014, it was reported that the station was planning to lease multiple floors at

5250-474: Was equipped with new Grass Valley master control, graphics, and playout hardware, and Sony automation equipment. After broadcasting its final newscast from the North Dexter Avenue studio on February 12, 2016, KING quietly transitioned its master control to Home Plate Center during that night's broadcast of Late Night with Seth Meyers , and began broadcasting newscasts from the new facility

5325-579: Was hosted by local anchors, Jim Dever and Mimi Gan. On December 18, 1995, King Broadcasting launched Northwest Cable News (NWCN), which was a 24-hour regional cable news channel available primarily to cable providers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with lesser cable coverage in Alaska , Montana and California . Almost Live! ended after 15 years in 1999. On June 13, 2013, the Gannett Company announced that it would acquire Belo. The sale

5400-414: Was proposed by Hearst in 1981 due to $ 14 million in cumulative financial losses incurred by the P-I . In 2003 the Times tried to cancel the JOA, citing a clause in it that three consecutive years of losses were cause for cancelling the agreement. Hearst disagreed, and immediately filed suit to prevent the Times from cancelling the agreement. Hearst argued that a force majeure clause prevented

5475-405: Was quoted saying that the P-I would continue as an online-only operation. Print subscribers had their subscriptions automatically transferred to The Seattle Times on March 18. As of 2024, the P-I continues as an online-only newspaper. In September 2010, the site had an estimated 2.8 million unique visitors and 208,000 visitors per day. From 1983 to 2009, the P-I and The Seattle Times had

5550-578: Was representative of an establishment viewpoint. It was the state's predominant newspaper. Circulation was greatly increased by coverage of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. Hoge, who was involved in other business, sought to find a buyer and sold in 1899. The newspaper was acquired with assistance from James J. Hill by John L. Wilson who had first started the Seattle Klondike Information Bureau. The newspaper

5625-404: Was their preferred method for reading a newspaper, down 4% from 2014. The methods people use to get their news from digital means was at 28%, as opposed to 20% of people attaining the news through print newspapers. These trends indicate an increase in digital consumption of newspapers, as opposed to print. Today, ad revenue for digital forms of newspapers is nearly 25%, while print is constituting

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