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  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Purported Newspaper Lover Dave Eggers Coy About Newspapering Past

    Look Ma, newspapers don't need advertising​The Onion satirical newspaper's more earnest insert, A.V. Club, published an interview with Dave Eggers today asking the writer in a bunch of different ways why he loves newspapers. Eggers recently spent several months producing the much larger than a bre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Examiner, MediaNews to Partner on Bay Area Ad Sales Deal

    Media mogul Dean Singleton is again seeking inroads to San Francisco's daily newspaper market, according to a report today in the Denver Business Journal.Will joint ad sales bring happy days back?​Apparently Singleton's MediaNews Group -- owner of legion Bay Area newspapers, including the Oakland ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Layoffs Commence -- Yes, Again -- At the Chronicle

    ​Word from the Chronicle newsroom came SF Weekly's way this afternoon that the paper's "after Labor Day" layoff date is right here, right now. Newspaper employees were informed less than an hour ago that the paper is, once again, downsizing. A bulletin was sent out by the Newspaper Guild that Chro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Revenge of the Politicos? Lefty Supes Move To Yank City Ads from Chron, Ex.

    Of all the harping about the "mainstream media," perhaps the shrillest version comes from politicians occupying the left fringe of this city's politics. Their news source of choice, for example, is a local liberal news and opinion Web site, BeyondChron.org. On his own blog, Supervisor ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 8, 2009

    The Story

    In an age where newspapers are in decline, a play about the power of the press seems dated.

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009

    Ink-Stained Wretches

    In an age where newspapers are in decline, a play about the power of the press seems dated.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Fledgling Newspaper Union Appeals Labor Board Decision

    By John Geluardi Three Contra Costa Times reporters, who say they were targeted for layoffs once they succeeded in forming a union, filed an appeal last week with the federal labor board after the board rejected their initial complaint for lack of evidence. Last July, just weeks after organizers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Chronicle Editor Ward Bushee Loves the Oldies

    By Will HarperListening to Chronicle editor Ward Bushee on KQED's Forum made me nostalgic for Phil Bronstein. The former Mr. Sharon Stone had his faults, but what I liked about him was that he was more than a newspaper editor--he was a showman. Remember when Bronstein donned scuba gear to save a yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    East Bay Newspapers Rescind Layoffs... Temporarily

    By John Geluardi Bay Area News Group – East Bay) managers have rescinded the eight newsroom layoffs they announced last week after the company’s new union filed a complaint with the National Labors Relations Board. Managers told the eight employees who are part of the bargaining unit that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    East Bay Newspaper Managers Continue to Cut Jobs

    By John Geluardi Bay Area News Group – East Bay) managers have rescinded the eight newsroom layoffs they announced last week after the company’s new union filed a complaint with the National Labors Relations Board. Managers told the eight employees who are part of the bargaining unit that ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Double Bogey

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Tell Newspaper Reporters What You REALLY Think

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    San Francisco Chronicle To Cut 125 Positions

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Newspaper Union Accuses Company Of Retaliation

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2008

    Newspaper Management Strikes Back

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    Newspaper Union Stirring to Life in the East Bay

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Print is dying, but Chron gets glossy new press

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    A Boy Named Sue

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Harvard Professor: Guardian’s Theory “Irrational”

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    Ward Bushee to Bring More McNews to Chronicle

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2008

    Breaking News: Ward H. Bushee Replaces Embattled San Francisco Chronicle EIC Phil Bronstein

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2008

    Investigating the Future of Investigative Journalism. Part III: Who’s Going to Pay For All This?

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Investigating the Future of Investigative Journalism. Part I: ‘It’s a Very Scary Time’

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Hot Comments on SF Weekly — Kings of Commenting

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    Paper Chase

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    San Jose Merc 'Downsizing with Dynamite': Washington Post

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    Watchdog Catfight

    Activists aren't happy about the deal struck between Clint Reilly and Bay Area media barons

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Chron 2.0

    Activists aren't happy about the deal struck between Clint Reilly and Bay Area media barons

  • News

    April 26, 2006

    Methodist Acting

    Activists aren't happy about the deal struck between Clint Reilly and Bay Area media barons

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, December 7, 2005

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    Craig$list.com

    The much-loved Web site is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Darth Vega to the Rescue

    New Chronicle Publisher Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    alt.war

    Traditional media mislead the public about the war in Iraq as a media revolution makes traditional media increasingly irrelevant

  • News

    February 13, 2002

    Gone at the Chron

    The paper loses a managing editor but gains a lot of nervous tension

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Trouble at the F-Ex

    The paper loses a managing editor but gains a lot of nervous tension

  • News

    September 6, 2000

    Dog Bites

    A Little Crazy

  • News

    September 8, 1999

    A Chance for Respect?

    How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

  • Calendar

    July 21, 1999

    Mecklin

    How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

  • News

    June 16, 1999

    We're Honored

    How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

  • Calendar

    January 6, 1999

    Mecklin

    How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

  • News

    January 28, 1998

    Letters

    How to tell whether the San Francisco Chronicle is becoming a great newspaper, or another nondescript Hearst money-machine

  • News

    July 16, 1997

    Quieter South of the Border

    Corporate shifts at Knight-Ridder cost the Merc control of its Mexico City news bureau, the last such source of Mexico news in the Bay Area

  • Calendar

    July 9, 1997

    Unspun

    Corporate shifts at Knight-Ridder cost the Merc control of its Mexico City news bureau, the last such source of Mexico news in the Bay Area

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1997

    Dog Bites

    Corporate shifts at Knight-Ridder cost the Merc control of its Mexico City news bureau, the last such source of Mexico news in the Bay Area

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1997

    Unspun

    Corporate shifts at Knight-Ridder cost the Merc control of its Mexico City news bureau, the last such source of Mexico news in the Bay Area

  • Calendar

    December 11, 1996

    Unspun

    Corporate shifts at Knight-Ridder cost the Merc control of its Mexico City news bureau, the last such source of Mexico news in the Bay Area

  • News

    May 29, 1996

    Final Deadline

    David Burgin is legendary as a rough-and-tumble newspaper editor. But the legend is full of astonishing contradictions, and its last chapter may include the outcome of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by one of his proteges at the Oakland Tribune.

  • News

    October 18, 1995

    Out, and Down and Out, in S.F.

    A shutdown Sentinel and turmoil at Bay Times signal upheaval in the city's gay press

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    News Advisory

    "Hello, rewrite. Get me the Chronicle Focus Group."

  • News

    March 1, 1995

    The Case For One Daily

    The Joint Operating Agreement deprives the Chronicle of the resources it needs to produce a great newspaper; it also prevents the afternoon Examiner from connecting with the readers it needs to survive. Since the JOA makes it inevitable that only one wil

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