San Francisco Examiner
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The San Francisco Examiner is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863.
Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner
History
Founding
The Examiner was founded in 1863 as the Democratic Press, a pro-
Hearst acquisition
In 1880, mining engineer and entrepreneur
William Randolph Hearst hired
20th century
After the great earthquake and fire of 1906 destroyed much of San Francisco, the Examiner and its rivals—the
Through the middle third of the twentieth century, the Examiner was one of several dailies competing for the city's and the Bay Area's readership; the San Francisco News, the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, and the Chronicle all claimed significant circulation, but ultimately attrition left the Examiner one chief rival—the Chronicle. Strident competition prevailed between the two papers in the 1950s and 1960s; the Examiner boasted, among other writers, such columnists as veteran sportswriter Prescott Sullivan, the popular Herb Caen, who took an eight-year hiatus from the Chronicle (1950–1958), and Kenneth Rexroth, one of the best-known men of California letters and a leading San Francisco Renaissance poet, who contributed weekly impressions of the city from 1960 to 1967. Ultimately, circulation battles ended in a merging of resources between the two papers.
For 35 years starting in 1965, the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner operated under a
On October 31, 1969, sixty members of the
In its
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San Francisco Examiner front page, Friday, February 27, 1942
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The Examiner, 2007
21st century
Fang acquisition
When the
On February 24, 2003, the Examiner became a
Anschutz acquisition
On February 19, 2004, the Fang family sold the Examiner and its printing plant, together with the two Independent newspapers, to
Under Clarity ownership, the Examiner pioneered a new business model[27] for the newspaper industry. Designed to be read quickly, the Examiner is presented in a compact size without story jumps. It focuses on local news, business, entertainment and sports with an emphasis on content relevant to its local readers. It is delivered free to select neighborhoods in San Francisco and San Mateo counties, and to single-copy outlets throughout San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Alameda counties.
By February 2008, the company had transformed the newspaper's examiner.com domain into a national hyperlocal brand, with local websites throughout the United States.[28]
Independent ownership
Clarity Media sold the Examiner to San Francisco Newspaper Company LLC in 2011. The company's investors included then-President and Publisher Todd Vogt, Chief Financial Officer Pat Brown, and David Holmes Black.[citation needed] Early, incorrect media reports stated that the paper was purchased by Black's company Black Press.[29] In 2014, Vogt sold his shares to Black Press.[citation needed]
Present-day owners of the Examiner also own
Clint Reilly acquisition
In December 2020, Clint Reilly, under his company, Clint Reilly Communications, acquired the SF Examiner for an undisclosed sum.[31][32] The acquisition included buying the SF Weekly "like a stocking stuffer," Reilly said.[33] He also owns Gentry Magazine and the Nob Hill Gazette.
He then hired editor-in-chief Carly Schwartz in 2021.[34] Under her leadership, a broadsheet-style newspaper was re-introduced,[35] and she launched two newsletters with a nod to the rise in popularity of email marketing models such as Substack.[36] Schwartz also put the SF Weekly on hiatus "for the foreseeable future," ending a more-than-40-year tenure.[37]
In July 2022, Schwartz announced via a Facebook post that she had stepped away from the role, stating that while it was a "'dream job' on paper," it didn't give her enough time to travel. She then went to write her memoir and go to Burning Man.[38]
Staff
Current
- Allen Matthews was hired as director of editorial operations in 2021.[39]
Former
- Phil Bronstein, editor (left Examiner in 2012)
- Herb Caen, columnist (1950–1958)
- Oscar Chopin, cartoonist
- C. H. Garrigues, jazz columnist (retired 1967)
- Howard Lachtman, literary critic (1977–1986)[40][41]
- Edward S. Montgomery, journalist
- Edgar Orloff, assistant managing editor (retired 1982)
- David Talbot, founder of the early online magazine Salon
- Ernest Thayer, humor columnist (1886–1888)
- Stuart Schuffman, also known as Broke-ass Stuart, was a guest columnist.[42] In 2021, he announced that after 6+1⁄2 years, he would be moving his column to SF Weekly.[43]
- Al Saracevic was hired as assistant managing editor in 2021.[44] Saracevic died of a sudden heart attack in August 2022 while working on assignment for SF Examiner.[45]
- Frank Herbert
Editions
In the early 20th century, an edition of the Examiner circulated in the East Bay under the Oakland Examiner masthead. Into the late 20th century, the paper circulated well beyond San Francisco. In 1982, for example, the Examiner's zoned weekly supplements within the paper were titled "City", "
See also
References
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- ^ "Clint Reilly Communications Acquires San Francisco Examiner". ClintReilly.com. 18 December 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-05544-5– via Google Books.
- ^ "How Old Is The Examiner?". pjsf.typepad.com. Archived from the original on 2004-06-01.
- ^ OCLC 504264488– via Internet Archive.
- ^ "William Randolph Hearst, Journalist, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 15, 1993.
- ^ "William Randolph Hearst, 1863–1951". zpub.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2006-10-01.
- ^ 1906 quake FAQ Archived 2006-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Chinatown Historical Society
- ^ Images of the Hearst Building, San Francisco, California, by Julia Morgan
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- ISBN 978-0-231-08437-6. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ Laurence, Leo E. (October 31 – November 6, 1969). "Gays Penetrate Examiner". Berkeley Tribe. Vol. 1, no. 17. p. 4. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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- ^ a b Bryer, Amy (February 19, 2004). "Anschutz buys San Francisco newspapers". Denver Business Journal.
- ^ Seyfer, Jessie (July 27, 2000). "Judge clears way for Hearst to buy San Francisco Chronicle". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Associated Press.
- ^ "Clint Reilly Communications Acquires San Francisco Examiner". ClintReilly.com. 18 December 2020.
- ^ Maclay, Kathleen (April 4, 2006). "Bancroft Library receives vast archives of San Francisco Examiner". Berkeley.edu (Press release). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ Robertson, Lori (April–May 2007). "Home Free". American Journalism Review. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ^ Harden, Mark (February 27, 2008). "Anschutz's Clarity Media names online chief, recruits new editors". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved October 20, 2017 – via Bizjournals.com.
- ^ Torres, Blanca (November 11, 2011). "San Francisco Examiner Sold to Black Press Group". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved October 20, 2017 – via Bizjournals.com.
- ^ Dudnick, Laura (2014-07-02). "New publisher named for San Francisco Media Co". SF Examiner. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ "Clint Reilly Communications Acquires San Francisco Examiner". ClintReilly.com. 18 December 2020.
- ^ Gardner, Jim. "Local magnate Clint Reilly buys San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly". Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Said, Carolyn. "Real estate investor Clint Reilly - who once tangled with S.F. Examiner - buys it". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Staff, Examiner. "San Francisco Examiner names Carly Schwartz editor in chief". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "S.F. Examiner Rolls Out Broadsheet". cnpa.com. 17 November 2021.
- ^ Schwartz, Carly. "Introducing two new S.F. Examiner newsletters". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Kost, Ryan. "SF Weekly to cease publication 'for the foreseeable future'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Some personal life news!". Facebook.com.
- ^ "San Francisco Examiner names Carly Schwartz editor in chief". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Lachtman, Howard (May 29, 1977). "Street Smart and Courtroom Wise". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 249.
- ^ Lachtman, Howard (January 26, 1986). "The New Mysteries: Murder Among the Animals and Music". The San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ Schuffman, Stuart. "Stuart Schuffman". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Schuffman, Stuart (15 July 2021). "Goodbye Examiner, Hello SF Weekly". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "San Francisco Examiner names Carly Schwartz editor in chief". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Elder, Jeff. "Al Saracevic, longtime Examiner and Chronicle columnist and editor, dies at 52". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 22 September 2022.