Article: Edition 3 TEST: Test story takes newspaper fight; State justices agree to hear Hearst appeal; Dispute with Times.(Business)

Byline: BILL RICHARDS; Seattle Times

The Washington State Supreme Court agreed yesterday to review arguments in the long-running legal fight between The Seattle Times Co. and The Hearst Corp. over who will control the future of Seattle's daily newspaper market.

Hearst, owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, praised the high court's decision to review a unanimous ruling in The Times' favor last March by a three-judge state Appeals Court panel.

In that decision, the appellate judges wrote that while it might be "a sad moment for Seattle and for journalism," The Times was legally correct in citing strike-related losses in 2000 and 2001 to ...

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