We've been hoping for weeks to publish what Danny Westneat did today--an open letter to everyone who says Seattle's schools are shitty. more ›

Not since Joe's Asprin Stacking Blog joined forces with Alexis's Rice Crispe World Blog to form Joe & Alex's Little House of Horrors Blog has a merger of this magnitude so shaken Seattle's media environment. Villiage Voice Media, owner of The Seattle Weekly, has announced a merger with alt-weekly publisher New Times Media. more ›

Real Networks has finally, officially, bailed out on its Musicnet service. Real and the other owners of MusicNet (EMI, Bertelsmann, Time Warner) sold it to Baker Capital, an investment firm in New York. more ›