Welcome to the Seattle Times Company. We are a 107-year-old locally owned, private and independent news and information company. Founded in 1896 by Alden J. Blethen, The Seattle Times Company is a fourth- and fifth-generation family business. Our flagship newspaper, The Seattle Times, is the largest daily newspaper in Washington state and the largest Sunday newspaper in the Northwest. Well respected for its comprehensive local coverage, The Seattle Times, winner of seven Pulitzer Prizes, is also recognized nationally and internationally for in-depth, quality reporting and award-winning photography and design. The Seattle Times Company owns seven affiliate newspapers in Washington state and Maine; a network of comprehensive online news, information and advertising Web sites; and printing and distribution subsidiaries. Under a joint operating agreement we also manage advertising, production, circulation and marketing for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a separately owned newspaper with a separate and competitive news department.