How McClatchy got Seattle Times shares

How the Blethen family lost 49.5 percent of the Seattle Times Co.

Last week, minority shareholder McClatchy, the Sacramento newspaper chain, said it was willing to sell its not-quite-half slice of the Seattle Times. So how did a locally controlled Northwest newspaper company wind up with a national partner to begin with? The story starts in the 1920s. Click on the headline for an interesting story.