Alden J. Blethen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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editor in chief of the Seattle Daily Times
Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1845
Place of Birth: Knox County, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 12-Jul-1915
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Alden J. Blethen
- Alden J.
- Blethen (December 27, 1845 – July 12, 1915) was a teacher and attorney, who was editor-in-chief of the Seattle Daily Times from August 10, 1896 until his death.
- Born in Knox County, Maine, Blethen first became a schoolteacher, then a lawyer.
- At age 34 he moved his family to Kansas City, Missouri and purchased part interest in the Kansas City Journal, becoming one of the incorporators of the Kansas City Club.In 1884 after little success in Kansas, he moved to Minneapolis and became part owner of the Minneapolis Tribune.
- For the next 12 years, he operated the paper successfully and began to be called "Colonel," an appellation he preferred for the rest of his life. In 1896 with others, he purchased the Seattle Daily Times, a four-page daily newspaper with a readership of around 4,000, and succeeded in turning it into a large newspaper, attaining much power and prestige in the Seattle community. After his death in Seattle, the newspaper stayed in the family: Alden J.
- Blethen (1896-1915); Clarance Brettun Blethen (1915-1941); William Kingsley Blethen (1949-1967); John Alden "Jack" Blethen (1967-1982); Frank A.
- Blethen (1945-) (1985-present).
- Clarance sold 49.5% of the company's voting shares to Knight-Ridder.
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