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Flaky Amazon, Seattle Weekly, and...President Inslee?

Your weekly dose of city news in short.

03/01/2019 By Anne Dennon

Afternoon Jolt

Wednesday Jolt: The Reproductive Parity Act and the Weekly

The day's winners and losers.

01/16/2013 By Afternoon Jolt

Media

Little Nickel Publisher Buys Seattle Weekly

Little Nickel, community newspaper publisher Sound Publishing buys Seattle Weekly from Village Voice Media.

01/09/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

Kristof: Goldman Sachs Gets Out of Underage Sex-Trafficking Biz

NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof's questioning prompts Goldman Sachs to dissociate itself from Village Voice Media's child-prostitution business.

04/02/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

Kristof: "A Bit Surprised" Village Voice Media Denies Role in Sex Trafficking

NYT columnist Nick Kristof says he's disappointed and surprised at Village Voice Media's response to his op/ed on child sex trafficking.

03/26/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

Today In Ludicrous Public Disclosure Requests

Seattle Weekly's juvenile war on McGinn continues.

10/31/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Jolt

Friday Jolt: Weekly Tries to Distance Itself From Backpage Controversy

Today's winners & losers.

10/28/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Opinion

Underage Prostitutes Aren't the Only Ones Being Exploited

Mayor Mike McGinn and AG Rob McKenna's righteous crusade against juvenile prostitution doesn't go far enough.

08/31/2011 By Josh Feit

On Other Blogs

SeattleCrime.com: McKenna, 44 Other AGs Demand Records from Backpage

SeattleCrime.com: AG Rob McKenna demands that the Seattle Weekly-affiliated Backpage.com (the paper and the classified site are both owned by Village Voice Media) prove that they're working to prevent sex trafficking of children on the site.

08/31/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

SeattleCrime.com: AG McKenna Investigating Weekly's Escort Site

SeattleCrime.com: AG Rob McKenna prepares to jump in to the fight against Backpage.com, the Seattle Weekly-affiliated classified site, which has been linked to promoting child prostitution.

08/29/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

City

McGinn, Mayors to Weekly Owner: Do More to Stop Child Trafficking on Backpage.com

Mayor Mike McGinn, along with seven other mayors from across the state, wrote a letter today to the CEO of Village Voice Media CEO urging him to start requiring escorts who advertise on VVM's classified service, Backpage.com, to prove that they're 18 or o

08/22/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

PI.com: Fake Cop Raped Two Child Prostitutes Hired From Weekly's Escort Site

PI.com: A Seattle man is charged with raping two teenage prostitutes he found through the Seattle Weekly's lucrative escort site, Backpage.com.

08/10/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

Jolt

Afternoon Jolt: Mayor McGinn Vs. the Weekly

The day's winners and losers.

08/09/2011 By Afternoon Jolt

Morning Fizz

Aggressive Tactics

Tuesday Edition: KC Council puts off car license vote; Tom Rasmussen goes after the other aggressive solicitors; Seattle Times reports on tunnel tolling, but misses key point; pro and con tunnel camps send out dueling press releases on latest contribution

07/26/2011 By Morning Fizz

On Other Blogs

The Weekly Mess

Another mess at Seattle's troubled alt-weekly.

07/22/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

On Other Blogs

Seattlecrime.com: NOW Joins McGinn's Anti-Trafficking Crusade

SeattleCrime.com: The Hollywood chapter of NOW praises Mayor Mike McGinn's crusade against child sex trafficking through ads on the Seattle Weekly's backpage.com.

07/22/2011 By Erica C. Barnett