Seattle Times Wins Court Support

The Seattle Times has received court support for its position that it has lost money under a joint operating agreement with rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer. As the article points out, this could put the Post-Intelligencer in real danger of not surviving. It's worth mentioning here because Seattle is one of the last few legitimate two newspaper towns in terms of how content is treated. The Post-Intelligencer features the very loyal David Horsey, one of the most lauded editorial cartoonists currently working. More importantly, having two newspapers serving the same market means that the P-I and the Times compete for syndicated strips. When two newspapers compete like that, it's a boon for cartoonnists as very often a paper will buy content it doesn't have room for just to keep the competition from latching onto it. So not only would the P-I closure mean two full pages of daily newspaper strips and a significant number of Sunday strips would lose a high-paying client, but that you would also lose sales on strips not yet running from both newspapers. The P-I has also been aggressive in buying strips for on-line publication.
 
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