The Times must be getting early access to all that free pot.
This is about a fifth of the subscription price that we already pay to the NY Times BUT the New York Times does have content, the Seattle Times is only useful if I want to read press releases from the UW Huskies, the Seahawks, Mariners, and the Sounders.
If you actually want to read news about what goes on here in WASTATE or Seattle, and want content, I suggest:
The Stranger
HorsesAss
Crosscut
The Seattle PI
Publicola
By the way these are all free or voluntary pay.