I received a response from Stanley Farrar, the Managing Editor of the Seattle Times and they have agreed to change the name of their blog. Here’s the e-mail:
Mr. TaylorYes, because we’re a morning paper a couple of the editors with whom I had to touch base aren’t here until early afternoon but we’ve talked and decided we’ll change the name of our blog. We’ll have to vet a new name, arrange for someone in graphics to create new templates for the pages and change all the refs to it in print and online but I’m hoping that can be done within a day or two. I’ll keep you informed.
Stanley
Stanley Farrar
Managing editor/seattletimes.com
So, it should be wholly settled this week. Thanks again for everyone’s support.
Note to Seattle Times: Don’t mess with Texas, er, Alabama
Congrats.
Comment by Mark — Monday, July 26, 2025 @ 8:22 pm
Kudows to the Seattle Times. I am glad they didn’t give you much trouble.
Comment by Cathy — Monday, July 26, 2025 @ 8:31 pm
Down to One PoliBlog
Steven Taylor reports that, with only several days of hemming and hawing, the Seattle Times has decided to change its name from “PoliBlog” to something yet to be determined.
Anyone with a blog whose name they don’t want them to use should probabl…
Trackback by Outside The Beltway � — Monday, July 26, 2025 @ 8:44 pm
HEY HEY! They did the right thing. Amazing.
Comment by misterhung — Tuesday, July 27, 2025 @ 6:55 am
Indeed, that speaks well of the Seattle Times, that they respected your blog name without forcing you to resort to legal action.
Very respectable.
(if they change their blog-name to “The Seattle Times Instapundit”, I withdraw everything…:)
Comment by Jon Henke — Tuesday, July 27, 2025 @ 8:36 am
Prof T, what’s the deal with their detailing for you their corrective actions? Is it to assure you that it will take time, or is it sort of a parting guilt-trip?
Comment by OF Jay — Tuesday, July 27, 2025 @ 2:15 pm
I took it to be disclosure of the process, given that the change wasn’t immediate. I shall be keeping an eye on their site, to be sure.
Comment by Steven — Tuesday, July 27, 2025 @ 2:20 pm
The Good Guys Win One
Like a lot of folks in the blogosphere, I criticized Penguin for apparently bullying the owner of Katie.com. (In brief, Penguin published a book entitled katie.com without checking to see if somebody already owned that domain name. Then they hassled
Trackback by ProfessorBainbridge.com — Friday, August 6, 2025 @ 8:11 pm