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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1250428316">.mw-parser-output .ib-newspaper .infobox-title{font-size:125%;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .ib-newspaper .logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-newspaper"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">The Seattle Times</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seattletimes-frontpage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Seattletimes-frontpage.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="367" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="367" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The July 4, 2006 front page<br />of <i>The Seattle Times</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daily_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily newspaper">Daily newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">Broadsheet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times_Company" title="The Seattle Times Company">The Seattle Times Company</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Blethen" title="Frank Blethen">Frank A. Blethen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Michele Matassa Flores</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1891<span class="noprint">; 133 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1891</span>)</span> (as <i>Seattle Press-Times</i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">1000 Denny Way<br /><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a><br />98109</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">210,156 (as of 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0745-9696">0745-9696</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> number</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9198928">9198928 </a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://seattletimes.com">seattletimes<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Seattle Times</b></i> is an American daily newspaper based in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>. Founded in 1891, <i>The Seattle Times</i> has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the state of Washington and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Northwest" title="Pacific Northwest">Pacific Northwest region</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times_Company" title="The Seattle Times Company">The Seattle Times Company</a>, which owns and publishes the paper, is mostly owned by the Blethen family, which holds 50.5% of the company; the other 49.5% is owned by <a href="/wiki/McClatchy" title="McClatchy">The McClatchy Company</a>. The Blethen family has owned and operated the newspaper since 1896. </p><p><i>The Seattle Times</i> had a longstanding rivalry with the <i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer" title="Seattle Post-Intelligencer">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a></i> until the latter ceased physical publication in 2009. </p><p><i>The Seattle Times</i> has received 11 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prizes</a> and is widely renowned for its <a href="/wiki/Investigative_journalism" title="Investigative journalism">investigative journalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-overview_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Seattle Times</i> originated as the <i>Seattle Press-Times</i>, a four-page newspaper founded in 1891 with a daily <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">circulation</a> of 3,500, which <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> teacher and attorney <a href="/wiki/Alden_J._Blethen" title="Alden J. Blethen">Alden J. Blethen</a> bought in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-overview_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renamed the <i>Seattle Daily Times</i>, it doubled its circulation within half a year. By 1915, circulation stood at 70,000. </p><p>The newspaper moved to the <a href="/wiki/Times_Square_Building" title="Times Square Building">Times Square Building</a> at 5th Avenue and Olive Way in 1915. It built a new headquarters, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Times_Building" title="Seattle Times Building">Seattle Times Building</a>, north of Denny Way in 1930. The paper moved to its current headquarters at 1000 Denny Way in 2011. In 1966, the publication changed to its current name of <i>The Seattle Times</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LOChistory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOChistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Seattle Times</i> switched from afternoon delivery to mornings on March 6, 2000, citing that the move would help them avoid the fate of other defunct afternoon newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This placed the <i>Times</i> in direct competition with its <a href="/wiki/Joint_Operating_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Operating Agreement">Joint Operating Agreement</a> (JOA) partner, the morning <i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer" title="Seattle Post-Intelligencer">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nine years later, the <i>Post-Intelligencer</i> became an online-only publication.<sup id="cite_ref-PI-2009_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Times</i> is one of the few remaining major city dailies in the United States independently operated and owned by a local family (the Blethens). The Seattle Times Company, while owning and operating the <i>Times</i>, also owns three other papers in <a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a>, and formerly owned several newspapers in <a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a> that were later sold to <a href="/wiki/MaineToday_Media" title="MaineToday Media">MaineToday Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_McClatchy_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The McClatchy Company">The McClatchy Company</a> owns 49.5% of voting common stock in the Seattle Times Company, formerly held by <a href="/wiki/Knight_Ridder" title="Knight Ridder">Knight Ridder</a> until 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Seattle Times</i> has received 11 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prizes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-overview_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> most recently in 2020 for its national reporting of the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX_groundings" title="Boeing 737 MAX groundings">Boeing 737 MAX</a> crashes<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by reporters Dominic Gates, Mike Baker, Steve Miletich and Lewis Kamb. It has an international reputation for its investigative journalism in particular.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2012, investigative reporters Michael Berens and Ken Armstrong won the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Investigative_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting">Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting</a> for a series documenting more than 2,000 deaths caused by the state of Washington's use of <a href="/wiki/Methadone" title="Methadone">methadone</a> as a recommended painkiller in state-supported care.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2010, the <i>Times</i> staff won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage, in print and online, of the <a href="/wiki/2009_Lakewood_shooting" title="2009 Lakewood shooting">shooting deaths of four police officers</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Washington" title="Lakewood, Washington">Lakewood</a> coffee house and the 40-hour manhunt for the suspect.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A tenth Pulitzer Prize was awarded in 2015 for breaking news coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Oso_mudslide" class="mw-redirect" title="Oso mudslide">Oso mudslide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Times</i> photographer Jerry Gay won the 1975 <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Spot_News_Photography" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography">Spot News Photography</a> prize for "<a href="/wiki/File:Lull_in_the_Battle.jpg" title="File:Lull in the Battle.jpg">Lull in the Battle</a>", an image of firefighters resting after fighting a house fire. In 1982, reporter <a href="/wiki/Paul_Henderson_(journalist)" title="Paul Henderson (journalist)">Paul Henderson</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Investigative_Reporting" title="Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting">Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting</a> for his coverage of the case of <a href="/wiki/Wrongful_conviction_of_Steve_Titus" title="Wrongful conviction of Steve Titus">Steve Titus</a>. Titus had been wrongfully convicted of rape, and in a series of articles Henderson challenged the circumstantial evidence in the case, convincing the judge to reverse Titus' conviction.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_headline_controversy">2002 headline controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2002 headline controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2002, <i>The Seattle Times</i> ran a subheadline "American outshines <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Kwan" title="Michelle Kwan">Kwan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irina_Slutskaya" title="Irina Slutskaya">Slutskaya</a> in skating surprise" after <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Hughes" title="Sarah Hughes">Sarah Hughes</a> won the gold medal at the <a href="/wiki/Figure_skating_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games">2002 Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Asian Americans felt insulted by the headline because Michelle Kwan is also American.<sup id="cite_ref-TimesKwanApology_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesKwanApology-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asian American community leaders criticized the subheadline as perpetuating a stereotype that people of color can never be truly American.<sup id="cite_ref-TimesKwanApology_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesKwanApology-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident echoed a similar incident that happened with an <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> article during the <a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">Winter games</a> in 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-TimesKwanApology_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesKwanApology-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was reported on by <i>Times</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper's Executive Editor at the time of the controversy, Mike Fancher, issued an apology in the aftermath of the controversial headline.<sup id="cite_ref-TimesKwanApology_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimesKwanApology-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_election_controversy">2012 election controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2012 election controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 17, 2012, the publishers of <i>The Seattle Times</i> launched advertising campaigns in support of <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Washington_gubernatorial_election,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington gubernatorial election, 2012">gubernatorial candidate</a> <a href="/wiki/Rob_McKenna" title="Rob McKenna">Rob McKenna</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Washington_Referendum_74_(2012)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Referendum 74 (2012)">state referendum</a> to legalize <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>. The newspaper's management said the ads were aimed at "demonstrating how effective advertising with <i>The Times</i> can be."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The advertisements in favor of McKenna represented an <a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">$</a>80,000 independent expenditure, making the newspaper the third largest contributor to his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than 100 staffers signed a letter of protest sent to <i>Seattle Times</i> publisher Frank Blethen, calling it an "unprecedented act".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Joint_Operating_Agreement">Joint Operating Agreement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Joint Operating Agreement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg/220px-Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg/330px-Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg/440px-Seattle_Daily_Times_news_editor_quarters_-_1900.jpg 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption>"Quarters of the news editor", one in a group of four photos in the brochure <i>Seattle and the Orient</i> (1900), collectively captioned "The <i>Seattle Daily Times</i>—Editorial Department"</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1983 to 2009, the <i>Times</i> and Seattle's other major paper, the <a href="/wiki/Hearst_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearst Corporation">Hearst</a>-owned <i>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i>, were run under a "<a href="/wiki/Joint_Operating_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Operating Agreement">Joint Operating Agreement</a>" (JOA) whereby advertising, production, marketing, and circulation were controlled by the <i>Times</i> for both papers.<sup id="cite_ref-overview_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overview-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two papers maintained their own identities with separate news and editorial departments. </p><p>The <i>Times</i> announced its intention to cancel the JOA in 2003, citing a <a href="/wiki/Clause" title="Clause">clause</a> in the JOA contract that three consecutive years of losses allowed it to pull out of the agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hearst sued, arguing that a <i><a href="/wiki/Force_majeure" title="Force majeure">force majeure</a> clause</i> prevented the <i>Times</i> from claiming losses as reason to end the JOA when they result from extraordinary events (in this case, a seven-week strike by members of the Newspaper Guild). While a district judge ruled in Hearst's favor, the <i>Times</i> won on appeal, including a unanimous decision from the <a href="/wiki/State_supreme_court" title="State supreme court">Washington State Supreme Court</a> on June 30, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hearst continued to argue that the <i>Times</i> fabricated its loss in 2002. The two papers announced an end to their dispute on April 16, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The JOA was terminated when the <i>Post-Intelligencer</i> ceased publication; its final printed edition was March 17, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-PI-2009_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Times</i> contains different sections every day. Each daily edition includes Main News & Business, a NW section for the day, Sports, and any other sections listed below.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><b>Friday</b>: NW Autos; Weekend Plus </p><p><b>Saturday</b>: NW Homes </p><p><b>Sunday</b>: Business; ShopNW; NW Jobs; NW Arts & Life; NW Traveler; Pacific NW Magazine </p><p><i>Pacific NW</i> is a glossy magazine published every week and inserted in the Sunday edition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Delivery_and_page_width">Delivery and page width</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Seattle_Times&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Delivery and page width"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For decades, the <a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">broadsheet</a> page width of the <i>Times</i> was <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">13<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inches (34 cm), printed from a 54-inch web, the four-page width of a roll of <a href="/wiki/Newsprint" title="Newsprint">newsprint</a>. Following changing industry standards, the width of the page was reduced in 2005 by 1 inch (2.5 cm), to <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">12<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> inches (32 cm), now a 50-inch web standard. 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