The Seattle Medium is an African American

African American

African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

 newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 that serves Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

. It was founded in January 1970. Its parent company, the Seattle Medium Newspaper Group, also publishes the Seattle Metro Homemaker, the Tacoma True Citizen (Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...

), and the Portland Medium (Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

). It also owns the Seattle radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

s KRIZ

Križ

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 1420 AM, KZIZ

KZIZ

KZIZ is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to Sumner, Washington, USA, it serves the Seattle area. The station is currently owned by the Seattle Medium....

 1560 AM, and KYIZ

KYIZ

KYIZ is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary format. Licensed to Renton, Washington, USA, it serves the Seattle area. The station is currently owned by the Seattle Medium....

 1620 AM (better known as The Z Twins

The Z Twins

The Z Twins is a group of radio stations owned by the Seattle Medium, an African American newspaper that serves the Seattle area:* KRIZ 1420 AM* KZIZ 1560 AM* KYIZ 1620 AM...

), as well as the Portland station KBMS

KBMS

KBMS is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Vancouver, Washington, USA, it serves the Portland, Oregon area. The station is currently owned by the Seattle Medium. KBMS is well known in Portland's African-American community. KBMS is the only Urban AC...

 1480 AM.

In the 22 October 2009 issue they encouraged their readers to vote against Referendum 71

Washington Referendum 71 (2009)

Referendum 71 was a vote held in 2009 in which the people of Washington state confirmed Senate Bill 5688, a law extending the rights and obligations of domestic partnership in Washington...

 which "would expand the rights, responsibilities, and obligations accorded state-registered same-sex and senior domestic partners to be equivalent to those of married spouses".
It bills itself as "the largest African American owned and operated communications company in the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest

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