Paul Barrett

Seattle

Sports Editor at Seattle Times

Executive Vice President and Publisher at The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)

Sports editor at The Seattle Times. @MurrowCollege grad. First vice president, @APSE_sportmedia.

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From the publisher's desk | Changing how we deliver Monday's newspaper

3 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

A year ago, we brought back the Monday printed newspaper to offset the combining our Sunday and Saturday editions. The latter part of that experiment has been successful. Our Weekend Editions have had, in some cases, 20 percent more pages and our advertisers like the extended shelf life. Many readers have told us they love longer features and more time to read them. The Monday part of that experiment, however, has not gone well.
Lagniappe | The trip of a lifetime

1 month ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

To subscribe, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To pitch a ‘My Turn’ guest column, email [email protected]. I’d like to think that everyone, regardless of their lot in life, has memories of their “trip of a lifetime.”For me, it was an invitation by my boss at the time, Jerry Strader, to join him on a trip to a small island in Georgian Bay in Lake Huron in Canada.
Lagniappe | Remembering a once-in-a-lifetime kind of friend

1 month ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

To subscribe, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To pitch a ‘My Turn’ guest column, email [email protected]. Whether it was a family name or he was named after the movie star, the given name John Wayne was incredibly fortuitous. John Wayne Bohl was indeed a “man’s man,” and I was incredibly lucky to have known him. He died this week six years ago in his hometown of Meridian, Miss.
Lagniappe | A kid’s life in the '60s: Bus driver, tenant evictor, amateur phlebotomist

1 month ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

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Lagniappe | 'A true son of Mississippi and the Delta'

1 month ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

In 1996, I was promoted to regional manager and publisher at the Meridian (Miss.) Star. We were owned by American Publishing Company, and our flagship paper was the Chicago Sun-Times. Our president and publisher of the Sun-Times was Jerry Strader. At one time, he had been publisher at The Star. On my first day, he called me to wish me luck and tell me about a guy who was going to be a real thorn in my side — Eddie Smith.
Lagniappe | Restoration sure floats my boat

2 months ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

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Lagniappe | He's a Hall of Famer in my book

2 months ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

To subscribe, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To pitch a ‘My Turn’ guest column, email [email protected]. Want to purchase today’s print edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locations. Sign up for our daily newsletter hereI met Rafael Palmeiro for the first time around 1992 after he was traded to the Texas Rangers from the Baltimore Orioles.
Lagniappe | Publisher at your service (club)

2 months ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to speak at the Urbana Rotary Club. Over the last five years, I have been asked to speak at over 30 clubs, groups and organizations. It’s been a privilege to get to meet so many different people and share the news of the publishing world. All were kind and gracious. The Urbana club may be the most enthusiastic about the continued success of The News-Gazette, and they were unusually well-prepared to ask questions and offer comments.
Lagniappe | 'You have to get up off your (butts) to make a buck in this world'

2 months ago | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

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Lagniappe | The publisher and the governor

Jan 21, 2025 | news-gazette.com | Paul Barrett

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