Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Seattle Times Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$55M
Total assets Below avg plan size
20
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Seattle Times Company · Washington · Information & Media

$55M in assets, 20 participants

Seattle Times Company's Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported $55M in total assets and 20 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,287 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $55M for 20 participants (~$2.7M/participant), up 1.4% in 2023.

#2,287
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+1.4%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$54,591,970 Top 14% higher than 86% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan is a small filing (20 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $779K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 23 in the plan year 2022 filing to 20 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $54M in the plan year 2022 filing to $55M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 910403890 · Seattle Times Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan · $55M · 20 · 86th

  • EBSA $55M
  • EBSA 20
  • EBSA 86th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Retirement & Pension Plan of Mriglobal (Plan I)
  • EBSA ind #2287

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Washington →

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$54M
Net Assets (End of Year)$55M
Net Income$779K
Employer EIN910403890
Plan Effective Date1998-11-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Seattle Times Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Seattle Times Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$337M 12.030407038677508% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$280M$300M$320M$340M$360M 202220232024 $301M $337M ▲ +12.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 757 $301M
2023 3 737 $325M
2024 3 708 $337M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Washington

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.05459197 · Participants: 20Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension PlanWestern Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 57.387332732 · Participants: 229511Western Conference of Teamsters Pension PlanThe Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company, Total assets ($B): 25.042153263 · Participants: 31566The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing CompanyThe Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.333139549 · Participants: 32477The Boeing Company Employee Retirement PlanNorthwest Carpenters Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.287308621 · Participants: 15892Northwest Carpenters Retirement PlanLocals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.066446219 · Participants: 8339Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Washington, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement & Pension Plan of Mriglobal (Plan I) in MO ($55M); by covered participants it is Dedert Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in IL (20 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 1.4% during 2023, from $54M to $55M. Reported net income was $779K.
How have Seattle Times Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Seattle Times Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.0%, from $301M to $337M.
Where does Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement & Pension Plan of Mriglobal (Plan I) in MO ($55M, 124 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dedert Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in IL (20 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 910403890.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.