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Phil Bronstein

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    The Bay Citizen Newsroom "Unsettled" by Merger

    With the good news, there's always some bad news​If all goes well and the paperwork is signed, The Bay Citizen newsroom will be handed over to the Center of Investigative Reporting within 30 days as part of an overall merger to bolster the Bay Area's in-depth news coverage.   While a merger i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Phil Bronstein Resigns from the Chronicle

    ​Former Chron editor Phil Bronstein confirmed today rumors that he is indeed leaving the newspaper after more than three decades with Hearst. However, Bronstein, 61, isn't leaving the news business.The 61-year-old tells us he will be taking on a larger role at the Center for Investigative Reportin ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    Local Politics: "Night Cabbie" Emil Lawrence Runs For Mayor

    ​Former Chron editor Phil Bronstein confirmed today rumors that he is indeed leaving the newspaper after more than three decades with Hearst. However, Bronstein, 61, isn't leaving the news business.The 61-year-old tells us he will be taking on a larger role at the Center for Investigative Reportin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Phil Bronstein and Jose Antonio Vargas Have a Date At Commonwealth Club

    Vargas will answer to his ex-boss. ​It's been nearly two weeks since Jose Antonio Vargas came out of the closet, revealing in the New York Times that he's been living and working as an illegal immigrant in the United States most of his life. He managed to pull it off while climbing the journalism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Phil Bronstein, Chron Editor, Was "Duped" by Illegal Immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas

    Bronstein's debate: Am I a dupe, felon, or friend? ​Phil Bronstein has many names for Jose Antonio Vargas, the former Chronicle editorial assistant who came out as an illegal immigrant yesterday in the New York Times. Among them are "lawbreaker," "hustler," and finally "friend." The Chron's editor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Phil Bronstein, Chronicle Editor, Discovers MS-13 Trial

    Hey Bronstein, presta atencion!​When you're Phil Bronstein, all other members of the media are mere gnats. Perhaps so insignificant as to be rendered invisible.   The Chronicle's editor-at-large writes in his column today about the ongoing federal trial of members of MS-13 -- Mara Salvatrucha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Obama Threatens to Ban Chron Reporter from White House Press Pool

    Matt SmithSeparated At Birth?​Is President Barack Obama Cosmo G. Spacely, the tyrannical chairman of Spacely Space Sprockets who banished George Jetson whenever he misused technology? Obama aides recently threatened to deny presidential access to a Chronicle reporter, after she used a cell-phone c ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2010

    Predictions for San Francisco 2011

    Matt SmithSeparated At Birth?​Is President Barack Obama Cosmo G. Spacely, the tyrannical chairman of Spacely Space Sprockets who banished George Jetson whenever he misused technology? Obama aides recently threatened to deny presidential access to a Chronicle reporter, after she used a cell-phone c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Baylinks: Pot, Pups, & Pillows

    ​New Berkeley medical marijuana dispensary to occupy abandoned chocolate factory. There's a joke in here somewhere... [Daily Clog]Phil Bronstein talks Twitter. [BayNewser]Oh, HELL no: 7x7 thinks ladies should learn how to make drinks guys like. Because ovaries repel whiskey or something. [Uptown A ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    List: Do not open until Christmas

    ​New Berkeley medical marijuana dispensary to occupy abandoned chocolate factory. There's a joke in here somewhere... [Daily Clog]Phil Bronstein talks Twitter. [BayNewser]Oh, HELL no: 7x7 thinks ladies should learn how to make drinks guys like. Because ovaries repel whiskey or something. [Uptown A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Chron's Bronstein Lashes Out at New York Times For 'Borrowing' Anecdote -- That His Paper 'Borrowed' Too

    Hey Phil Bronstein -- how do you like them apples?​San Francisco Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein yesterday reminded the Bay Area of a use for newspapers any puppy owner is well aware of when he inaugurated a journalistic pissing contest. It was a move he may soon regret. In what was decid ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Still Fit to Print?

    Hey Phil Bronstein -- how do you like them apples?​San Francisco Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein yesterday reminded the Bay Area of a use for newspapers any puppy owner is well aware of when he inaugurated a journalistic pissing contest. It was a move he may soon regret. In what was decid ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2009

    Chron's anniversary surprises

    Hey Phil Bronstein -- how do you like them apples?​San Francisco Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein yesterday reminded the Bay Area of a use for newspapers any puppy owner is well aware of when he inaugurated a journalistic pissing contest. It was a move he may soon regret. In what was decid ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    Classified Information

    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 >>

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

    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

    February 4, 2008

    The Do-It-Yourself Ward Bushee Doll from the Arizona Republic

    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

    January 25, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • News

    August 15, 2007

    Citizen Bronstein

    Why does the Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?

  • News

    July 25, 2007

    Gate Keepers

    Why does the Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Chron's No. 2: Out

    Why does the Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    The Cream and the Cake

    Why does the Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Chron 2.0

    Why does the Chronicle's editor want to emulate the pioneer of yellow journalism?

  • News

    November 22, 2006

    Two Cents Too Much

    Taking an example from the Chron's random-crank database

  • News

    February 11, 2004

    Dog Bites

    Phil Matier and Willie Brown raise eyebrows by doing TV together; no cow eyes at the Exploratorium; and more!

  • News

    January 22, 2003

    Common Cents

    The Chronicle should stop the dubious "news stories" and openly rail against a sales tax hike that hurts its major advertisers -- and slaughters the poor

  • Culture

    October 9, 2002

    Foreign Correspondents

    Tom Stoppard's 1978 play reminds us of a time when reporters had access to war zones

  • News

    February 13, 2002

    Gone at the Chron

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

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Dragon Bites

    A Beautiful Day to Be Irradiated; We Have Plenty of Lines Open; Annals of Blowback; Press Release of the Week

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    Read It, Hug It

    The new Chron may not be better, but it is more emotionally available

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Chron to Times: "Eat My Dust";Tattletales and Squealers, Your Ship Has Come In

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Who Is Clint Reilly, Really?

    He's running for mayor again, and this time he wants to define himself, before his enemies do it for him

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Mercury News redesign; Chronicle rumors; Gavin Newsom

  • News

    September 6, 2000

    Dog Bites

    A Little Crazy

  • News

    June 28, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Caen and Less Than Able

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    Dog Bites

    The Ken Garcia Golden Handshake Countdown!

  • 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

    Postscript

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

  • Film

    March 24, 1999

    Reel World

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

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    Letters

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

  • News

    November 25, 1998

    Letters

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

  • News

    October 8, 1997

    Dog Bites

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

  • News

    August 27, 1997

    Dog Bites

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • News

    August 13, 1997

    Dog Bites

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • Calendar

    July 9, 1997

    Unspun

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • News

    May 8, 1996

    Chatterbox

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    Dog Bites

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • Calendar

    June 7, 1995

    Lash Them With the On-Line!

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • News

    May 24, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Phil & Sharon in Black & White

  • News

    March 8, 1995

    The Mandel Card:

    Don't Leave the Ex Without It

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