Category: Business

After Belo Sale to Gannett, Who Owns What in Seattle TV News?
Business, News

After Belo Sale to Gannett, Who Owns What in Seattle TV News?

“After the close of the combination,” reads a Gannett memo about the $2.2-billion purchase of Belo, owner of KING 5 in Seattle and NW Cable News, “Gannett will strengthen our position as the number one local media company in America.” Virginia-based Gannett says it will be the fourth-largest owner of major network affiliates (leading in NBC and CBS affiliates, fourth in ABC), reaching one-third of U.S. households. Continue reading After Belo Sale to Gannett, Who Owns What in Seattle TV News?

Op-Ed: The Minimum Wage: Putting Some Myths to Rest, by Kshama Sawant
Business, News, Politics

Op-Ed: The Minimum Wage: Putting Some Myths to Rest, by Kshama Sawant

“As in every previous discussion of raising the minimum wage, it has been asserted that such a move would increase unemployment, be harmful to the most underprivileged workers, bad for small businesses, and indeed, disastrous for the wider economy. In this same narrative, low-wage jobs are stepping stones, and hard work and higher education are reliable paths to middle-class employment.” Continue reading Op-Ed: The Minimum Wage: Putting Some Myths to Rest, by Kshama Sawant

Asteroid Hunters Kickstart a Public Space Telescope
Business, News, Science

Asteroid Hunters Kickstart a Public Space Telescope

The space telescope in question is Planetary Resources’ ARKYD 100, which uses a 200-mm aperture, f/4 primary optic, and is smaller than many backyard telescopes. (Smaller is better when you have to pay launch costs.) It registers wavelengths from 200 nm to 1100 nm, can detect objects up to visual magnitude of 19, and records using a 5 MP+ image sensor. Continue reading Asteroid Hunters Kickstart a Public Space Telescope

Glazer’s Camera Will Survive Hot SLU Real Estate Market
Business, News, Real Estate

Glazer’s Camera Will Survive Hot SLU Real Estate Market

The Wolff Company, itself a third-generation, family-owned firm, has announced that “Glazer’s will occupy the new mixed-use development’s exciting two-story commercial corner on 8th same location where the store exists today.” Glazer’s is signing a long-term agreement that will allow them to move their rental and lighting and supplies locations in under one roof there at 8th and Republican. Continue reading Glazer’s Camera Will Survive Hot SLU Real Estate Market

Alaska Airlines Gouging Them, Say Flight Attendants with Strained Smiles
Business, News, Transportation

Alaska Airlines Gouging Them, Say Flight Attendants with Strained Smiles

But though Alaska was a 2011 On-Time Performance winner, the company has not been able to land a contract with its flight attendants for the past 18 months (pilot negotiations have been moving briskly in contrast). Earlier this May, due to contract talks stalling, the flight attendants turned to mediation. Continue reading Alaska Airlines Gouging Them, Say Flight Attendants with Strained Smiles