Talk:San Francisco Examiner

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[edit] Deletion of Fang history

While I would like to convert the references into something conforming more with the "References" standard, it does not give me motivation when a single purpose account keeps whitewashing the Fang tenure. The text, incidentally, of this section follows:

For 35 years starting in 1965 the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner operated under a Joint Operating Agreement whereby the Chronicle published a morning paper and the Examiner published in the afternoon. The Examiner also published the Sunday paper. Circulation was approximately 100,000 on weekdays and 500,000 on Sundays. By 1995, discussion was already brewing in print media about the possible shuttering of the Examiner due to low circulation and n extremely disadvantgeous revenue sharing agreement for the Chronicle. [1]

When Chronicle Publishing Company divested its interests, the Hearst Corporation purchased the Chronicle. To satisfy antitrust concerns, Hearst sold the Examiner to ExIn, LLC, a corporation owned by the politically connected Fang family [2], which also own the national magazine AsianWeek, for $100. San Francisco political consultant Clint Reilly filed a lawsuit against Hearst, charging that the deal did not ensure two competitive newspapers and was instead a sweetheart deal designed to curry approval. On July 27], 2000, a federal judge approved the Fang's assumption of the Examiner name, its archives, 35 delivery trucks and a subsidy of $66 million, to be paid over three years. The last day the Hearst Corporation published the Examiner was November 21, 2000. [3]

The Fang's tenure was criticized as being heavily partisan, supportive of mayor Willie Brown, and accused of using the Hearst subsidy as a means of supporting the Fang family instead of journalism. On the other hand, the Examiner was also praised for detailed coverage of local politics that at times rankled local politicos. During this period, content from the Fang's other newspaper, the thrice-weekly San Francisco Independent, often ran in the Examiner. [4]

In May 2002, the Examiner relaunched as a tabloid, as part of an attempt to capture a younger audience. Mario Garcia, who was responsible for the redesign of The Wall Street Journal, designed the newspaper to integrate color and reflect the influence of the Internet on readers. [5]

On February 24, 2003, the Examiner became a free daily newspaper. Three days later, the Fangs laid off 40 staffers in the paper's circulation and news departments. The switch to a free tabloid was made easier by the fact that a profitable free tabloid, the Palo Alto Daily News, was operating just 20 miles south of San Francisco, providing a model the Examiner could copy. [6]

On February 19, 2004, Philip Anschutz of Denver, Colorado purchased the Examiner and its printing plant. The move was expected by the Fang family once the subsidy expired. His new company, Clarity Media Group, launched the Washington Examiner in 2005 and Baltimore Examiner in 2006. The Examiner is currently run by Anschutz subsidiary SF Newspaper Company. In 2006, Anschutz donated the archives of the Examiner to the University of California, Berkeley Bancroft Library, the largest gift ever to the library. [7]

Please discuss why you are shortening the text on the talk page, please. Thank you. Calwatch 03:55, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:San Francisco Examiner Front Page.JPG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)