Editing Seattle Weekly (section)

==Ownership history==
Former owners of the ''Seattle Weekly'' include Sasquatch Publishing/Quickfish Media, Seattle from 1976 to 1997; Stern Publishing, New York, from 1997 to 2000; [[Village Voice Media]], New York, from 2000 to 2012; and [[Voice Media Group]] from September 2012 to January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|first=Anthony |last=Ha|title=Village Voice Media Execs Acquire the Company's Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company|date=September 23, 2012 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/23/voice-media-group-acquisition/|website=[[Tech Crunch]]|access-date=September 27, 2012}}</ref> Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders to form Voice Media Group. Sound Publishing purchased the ''Seattle Weekly'' from Voice Media Group in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web |first= Jason |last=Zaragoza|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/seattle-weekly-and-sf-weekly-sold-in-separate-transactions/Article?oid=6847891|title=''Seattle Weekly'' and ''SF Weekly'' Sold in Separate Transactions – Industry News |website=AltWeeklies.com |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

In July 2006, longtime editor-in-chief [[Knute Berger]] announced he would be leaving the paper.<ref name="Uncertain times">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Pryne |title=Uncertain times at Seattle Weekly |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003145858_weekly23.html |work=The Seattle Times |date=July 23, 2006 |access-date=February 22, 2007 }}</ref>

Mark Baumgarten, former ''City Arts'' editor-in-chief and author of ''Love Rock Revolution'', became editor-in-chief on March 12, 2013, replacing Mike Seely who resigned January of the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/thedailyweekly/942396-129/seattleweekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604075152/http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/thedailyweekly/942396-129/seattleweekly|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2015|title=Seattle Weekly Names Mark Baumgarten Editor-in-Chief |website=Seattle Weekly|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/01/16/mike-seely-leaving-seattle-weekly-ballard-bound/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121141841/http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/01/16/mike-seely-leaving-seattle-weekly-ballard-bound/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 21, 2013 | work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer | title=Mike Seely leaving Seattle Weekly, Ballard bound}}</ref> In January 2018, Seth Sommerfeld became editor-in-chief and Mark Baumgarten transitioned to editorial director for [[King County]]. In June 2018, Andy Hobbs replaced Baumgarten as editorial director, and in August 2018, he became editor-in-chief.

Eric LaFontaine was named publisher in May 2018 and was put in change of all digital and print operations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2, 2018 |title=Eric LaFontaine Named Seattle Weekly Publisher |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/eric-lafontaine-named-seattle-weekly-publisher/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=Seattle Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref>

On February 25, 2019, Sound Publishing announced that the paper would transition to web-only content in a move similar to the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' a decade earlier.<ref>{{cite news |last=Connelly |first=Joel |date=February 25, 2019 |title=''Seattle Weekly'': Once-great writers' paper ceases print publication |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Seattle-Weekly-Once-great-writers-paper-ceases-13643762.php |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref> The final print edition was published on February 27, 2019, and the web-only portal was launched two days later.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Paul |date=February 25, 2019 |title=''Seattle Weekly'' stops the presses, putting a period on four decades of print |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-weekly-to-end-its-print-edition/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 25, 2019}}</ref>