Washington state has agreed to provide its newspapers with a tax break, granting the industry a 40 percent reduction in the state’s main business tax. The cut is similar to ones bestowed upon Boeing Co. and the timber industry in the past. The tax reduction plan is receiving a mixed reaction. The Business Insider, for one, remains critical.
You can read the opposing viewpoints in the article in the Seattle Times and also theblog post on the Business Insider’s website.