Sound Publishing purchased the Seattle Weekly from Voice Media Group in January 2013.

[7][8] In January 2018, Seth Sommerfeld became editor-in-chief and Mark Baumgarten transitioned to editorial director for King County.

Eric LaFontaine was named publisher in May 2018 and was put in change of all digital and print operations.

[9] On February 25, 2019, Sound Publishing announced that the paper would transition to web-only content in a move similar to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer a decade earlier.

[10] The final print edition was published on February 27, 2019, and the web-only portal was launched two days later.