Frank A. Blethen
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Frank A. Blethen is an American media executive who has served as publisher of The Seattle Times and chief executive officer of The Seattle Times Company, based in Seattle, Washington. He is a fourth-generation member of the Blethen family, which has owned the newspaper since 1896, and he became publisher in 1985. Earlier in his career, he also served as publisher of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, another newspaper the company owned in the 1970s. During his tenure at The Seattle Times, the family's ownership control decreased amid broader profitability declines across the newspaper industry, and the paper operated under a joint operating agreement with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until that paper ceased printing in 2009.
Updated 7 August 2026
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