Talk:San Francisco Examiner

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)

Exactly, I agree. Some of this information is quite pertinent, and in fact I'm glad I clicked on "discussion" since the main page is horribly void of the history that again comes back to life here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.74.195.196 (talk) 00:35, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Delaware business registration?

• 3763252 THE SF NEWSPAPER COMPANY LLC

-- Arlo James Barnes 23:16, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Unsolicited delivery

There is significant concern over their use of unsolicited delivery to homes to distribute the paper with many claiming that this is widespread litter and amounts to physical spam. At present, however, the article has no information on this when the presence of a wet, unwanted pile of newspapers is the only thing that many citizens manage to notice about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.55.239 (talk) 17:46, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Name of this article

It should be "San Francisco Examiner," not "The San Francisco Examiner," because (to my knowledge) the article "The" was never used. Unfortunately, for some reason I am not able to move it myself. BeenAroundAWhile (talk) 23:25, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Support – based on the current usage. I looked at archives:

• On January 16, 2019, the masthead was "SAN FRANCISCO Examiner", and the pub info on page 2 shows the same at the top, but says "The Examiner is published ..." and "The Examiner is located ...", though these could just be definite articles at the beginning of sentences. The page footers say "SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER · SFEXAMINER.COM · WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2019".
• On December 26, 2000, the masthead was "S A N   F R A N C I S C O   Examiner", and the pub info on page 2 says the same at the top; following that, it says "The San Francisco Examiner is published ...". Note the upright styling of "The", indicating that it is specifically being used for grammatical purposes and not part of the name, which is italicized; this is the best evidence. The page headers say "S A N   F R A N C I S C O   E X A M I N E R".
• On September 30, 1980, the masthead was "San Francisco Examiner", and the pub info on page 2 agrees. The page headers say "S.F. EXAMINER ** Tues., Sept. 30, 1980".
• On May 22, 1887, the masthead was "The Daily Examiner." and the pub info on page 4 says "DAILY EXAMINER" twice, "THE EXAMINER" for the mailing address, and referred to "THE WEEKLY EXAMINER." (the weekly paper). The page headers say "THE DAILY EXAMINER, SAN FRANCISCO: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1987.". —[AlanM1(talk)]— 03:28, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

• Support move to "San Francisco Examiner". That was what was on the masthead/nameplate for a large majority of its history as a major daily paper. Yes, on occasion in the 21st century, when trying to branch out to other cities, it called itself "The Examiner". But never "The San Francisco Examiner", as far as I know. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:16, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
• Support move. This newspaper did not have "The" in the title for the great majority of its years. Binksternet (talk) 10:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Move requested at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests#Uncontroversial technical requests. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 12:38, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Move complete. I changed the targets on the four existing redirects (that have minimal usage). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 13:19, 22 December 2019 (UTC)