Westside Seattle Explained

Westside Seattle, formerly The Westside Weekly, is a weekly newspaper that serves the areas of West Seattle, Ballard, White Center, Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac in Washington state.^[1]

History

In 1952, Gerald “Jerry” Robinson, owner of Robinson Newspapers, purchased the White Center News (1923).^[2] He founded the Federal Way News in 1954 and launched the Des Monies News in 1963. He bought the West Seattle Herald (1923) in 1974 and acquired the Highline Times of Burien a few years later.^[3]

In 1989, Robinson's five newspaper operation was sold to American Community Newspapers and he retired.^[4] In 1991, The Seattle Times Company acquired three of those newspapers (Federal Way News, Highline Times and Des Monies News) in bankruptcy court. Robinson also bought back the West Seattle Herald and White Center News.^[5] The Seattle Times later shuttered those three papers in 1997. This promoted Robinson to relaunch the newspapers and Sound Publishing to launch the Federal Way Mirror.^[6]

In 1993, Robinson acquired the Ballard News-Tribune of Ballard^[7] (founded in 1963 after The Ballard News and The Ballard Tribune merged)^[8] and the Monroe Monitor and Valley News (1899). The Monitor was later sold to RIM Publications.^{[9] [10]}

On August 21, 2013, Robinson Newspapers announced that it would combine the Ballard News-Tribune, the Highline Times, the West Seattle Herald, and White Center News into The Westside Weekly on September 6, 2013.^[11] In 2014, Amanda Knox began writing for the paper.^[12] Jerry Robinson died in 2014, and ownership of the paper was passed down to his three sons. The paper's name was changed from The Westside Weekly to Westside Seattle in June 2017.^[13] The newspaper published its final print issue on April 30, 2021, but continued to maintain an online presence.^[14]

External links

• Official website
• Robinson News

Notes and References

1. Web site: Westside Seattle (Seattle, Wa) 2017-2021 . 2024-09-16 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
2. Web site: May 27, 2014 . Robinson Newspapers publisher Jerry Robinson dies at 94 . 2024-09-16 . . en-US.
3. Web site: Coffman . Larry . 2021-05-14 . The First—and the Last! . 2024-09-16 . marketingnw.com . en-US.
4. Web site: History . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100123213715/http://www.robinsonnews.com/content/view/14/39/ . January 23, 2010 . September 13, 2024 . Robinson News.
5. News: Fysh . Graham . July 10, 1991 . Seattle Times to buy 4 weeklies . The News Tribune . 10.
6. News: January 30, 1998 . Media . The Olympian . 20.
7. News: Westneat . Danny . April 24, 2021 . Stopping the presses, again: The story ends for 2 more century-old Seattle newspapers . February 2, 2024 . The Seattle Times.
8. Web site: The Ballard News Tribune (Seattle, Wash.) 1963-1974 . 2024-09-16 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
9. Book: Bagwell . Steve . New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be . Stapilus . Randy . Ridenbaugh Press . 2013 . 978-0-945648-10-9 . Carlton, Oregon . 232 . 861618089.
10. Monroe Monitor/Valley News . Library of Congress .
11. Web site: Robinson, Ken . Introducing The Westside Weekly, your community newspaper . November 15, 2017 . WestsideSeattle.com.
12. Web site: Lippo, Caralynn . September 30, 2016 . Where is Amanda Knox Now? The Seattle Native Returned Home . July 12, 2017 . Romper.com.
13. Web site: Robinson . Ken . April 3, 2014 . A note about some changes- Westside Weekly becomes Westside Seattle . 2024-09-16 . Westside Seattle.
14. Web site: Moorer . Brit . April 30, 2021 . West Seattle Herald prints final issue after nearly 100 years . May 2, 2021 . KING-TV . en.