Tuesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Seattle alt weekly The Stranger is under new ownership, a selfie inspires researchers to confirm two new shark species in Puget Sound, and a Washington State Representative was recently ousted from the criminal justice nonprofit she helped found.
It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
| 0:01.8 | It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:06.4 | The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. |
| 0:10.7 | Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We get behind the headlines. |
| 0:19.4 | We get to the truth. |
| 0:22.8 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:26.5 | Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Ruby Deluna. Here are today's top |
| 0:33.9 | stories. It's Tuesday, July 30th. Let's start with big news on Seattle's media front. |
| 0:40.6 | One of the city's iconic alternative publications has a new owner, recently formed media group Noisy Creek, |
| 0:47.5 | is now majority owner of the stranger, along with its Portland counterpart, Portland Mercury. |
| 0:53.9 | Former Washington State Democratic |
| 0:56.3 | Lawmaker, Brady Wackenshaw, is head of Noisy Creek. He says he plans to expand the newsrooms |
| 1:02.5 | in Seattle and Portland. I do think that alternative weeklies are a really promising way to |
| 1:09.0 | think about reviving and investing in local media and local news |
| 1:12.1 | and journalism. And part of that is the incredible work that these publications have done over many |
| 1:16.7 | years in arts and culture is really vital. The Stranger was founded in 1991 by Tim Keck, |
| 1:23.4 | after he co-founded and then sold the satire news outlet, The Onion. |
| 1:27.7 | Wachenshaw says all current staff members will be offered positions under the new owners. |
| 1:33.8 | Some news from Seattle City Council. |
| 1:36.2 | The food delivery company DoorDash says it's going to add $1.99 fee to some food orders by Thursday |
| 1:44.0 | if the council doesn't overhaul the minimum wage |
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