A meeting that some expected to patch up the spat between Mike McGinn and Village Voice Media seems to have only sharpened the Mayor's position as the City Government's war on underage prostitution marches on apace. more ›

Trips to Chicago get a little easier, the Mayor's new nightlife initiative gains a major backer, legislation intended to encourage street food vendors is irking Pike Place Market, and councilmember Tim Burgess comes out swinging against a local alt-weekly. Guess which one? more ›

We've always thought Seattle's two local free weeklies existed in a more or less stable competitive environment. The opinion-driven, highly political Stranger and the traditional and passive Seattle Weekly both seem to have their uses, even if it was sometimes just in using one as a respite from the excesses of the other. A ruling in San Francisco may change that media landscape more ›

We don't really have to look any farther afield than the Stranger to get more than our fill of Seattle Weekly bashing in any given week, but right now there's an article in a Phoenix daily about the New Times Media vs. Village Voice Media culture war that jettisoned Weekly longtimers out the Weekly's door (and into something yet to be seen). The gist of the article is that across the country the left-leaning, axe-grinding, political alt-weekly veterans have been replaced with ass-kicking, name-taking whipper-snapper upstarts who don't much care for politics or other traditional alt-weekly stomping grounds. more ›

-Fans and admirers gathered at the grave of Bruce Lee on Sunday to honor what would have been his 65th birthday. There may be four or five residents of Seattle who still aren't aware that Bruce Lee is buried here. Now you know. 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 ›