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print is dead
San Francisco Paper to Beat Back Internet With Advanced 'Newsprint' Technology
How can a newspaper near the heart of Silicon Valley win readers back from the Web? With a new $200 million-plus plant for printing the news on top of dead trees. Welcome to the future! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: Outlook for newspapers: cloudy. 3 Responses | Other threads
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class war
Rich Guys Blog, To Make You Mad
The failing San Francisco Chronicle has started—in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression—a blog by two idly rich guys. Topic: "What's it like to be rich?" Lots of dodging pitchforks, I imagine. More »
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Comment by Smitros: I guess they didn't get the noblesse oblige memo. Since they don't have to work for a living, couldn't they be... 10 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
The Prize-Winning Scoop That Wasn't
Journalism awards positively encourage inflated claims; this is among their most pernicious effects on the trade. Judging from a San Francisco Chronicle editor's increasingly agitated emails, they also don't do much for industry collegiality. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Winterstoblame: I wonder where gawker and similar blogs would get their news if they didn't leech most of it off of... 4 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Billionaire Wants To Forge Nation's Largest Nonprofit Newspaper
Wow, some nutty investor is actually buying into that harebrained scheme to turn the money-bleeding San Francisco Chronicle into a (purposely) nonprofit paper. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by jobsworth: What will happen if papers like and the NY Times can't afford to keep going? Will major cities then... 3 Responses | Other threads
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san francisco chronicle
Who Would Fund America's Largest Nonprofit Newspaper?
San Francisco Chronicle journalists are trying to talk investors into buying the foundering daily newspaper and restructuring it as a nonprofit, writes the SF Appeal. Who are the ink-stained wretches courting? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by dell123: The Chron is a piece of crap; I mean, its book editor Weigand (white boy and rice queen who's... 3 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
At Bleeding Newspaper, Management Has Its Way With Union
You know when a labor union is proposing to eliminate paid vacation and cut pay 5 percent, things will not end well for workers. So it is at the San Francisco Chronicle. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Adah: I feel sad that the union had to give up the ability to protect senior members. It's the age 50+... 6 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
Newspapers are dead. Google and Sharon Stone's ex-husband killed them.
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death of print
San Francisco Chronicle Owner Threatens Shutdown
Hearst Newspapers could shut down San Francisco's dominant daily, the Chronicle, if unions do not agree to major job cuts. The threatened shuttering would leave the city without a real newspaper. Would anyone notice? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by PRIsNotJournalism: And this is when capitalism officially takes over democracy. Too bad no one will be around to document it, except... 4 Responses | Other threads
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great moments in pr
Which Examiner is which? Newspaper flack can't explain
A PR rep for the San Francisco Examiner's website pitched San Francisco Chronicle Web editor Eve Batey on a story — and then tried to deny that Examiner.com had any connection with the Examiner. If you don't read newspapers, here's some useful background:San Francisco used to be a two-newspaper town. Now we're a one-and-a-half newspaper town, if you're being generous. I'm just not sure if the "one-half" is the San Francisco Chronicle or the freely distributed San Francisco Examiner. The Examiner is the paper I see most people at the gym reading, if only because its tabloid format stays on a treadmill better. Anyway, the Examiner flack finally conceded to Batey that the website and newspaper were owned by the same company, telecom billionaire Philip Anschutz's Clarity Media Group . What she might have brought up: The newspaper has its own website, sfexaminer.com. (She mentioned it, in passing, but got the URL wrong.) No, that doesn't help any of this makes sense. The email exchange: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by sample032: I actually think calling either a whole newspaper is generous. Say a 1.25 newspaper town, just to be safe. 3 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
San Francisco Chronicle now free to gossip bloggers
My constant raving about The Examiner is has paid off: The Chronicle now magically appears on my doorstep, 13 floors up, every morning. My neighbor doesn't get it, just me. Influencer marketing, or is the Chron trying to pump up its subscription numbers in Pacific Heights? I hate to admit it, but I might actually open the paper if I knew Violet Blue was hiding in there.
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By Paul BoutinComment by dotbombing: @Paul Boutin: Really? I might toss it out my 13th floor window if she was hiding in there... Though... 3 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
300-strong newsroom unable to put out email newsletter
Even after last year's cutbacks, our local rag, the San Francisco Chronicle, has some 300 editorial employees and managers. You'd never know it from reading the newspaper, which seems mostly filled with wire copy these days. Online, too, evidence of the Chronicle's bench strength is scant. Consider this note sent to subscribers to the Chronicle's "Top o' the Bay" newsletter: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by mpantone: The Chron has Spots. That's all that matters. more » | Other threads
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online advertising
Yahoo launches APT ad-buying tool, confuses agency friends
Yahoo's marketing department didn't like "Apex," and their choice, AMP, was already taken, so when Yahoo finally announced its new display advertising dashboard for sales representatives yesterday, the company decided to call it APT. The San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News have already signed up, reports the Wall Street Journal. Yahoo's friends at ad agencies Publicis, WPP and Havas plan to hold off on using it, though. More » -
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San Francisco Chronicle to slash 125 jobs in desperation
The San Francisco Chronicle, which has been losing over $1 million a week for Hearst for years, is set to offer 125 employees across the company buyouts. Rather than a strategic round of buyouts focused on one division, any employee can offer up his or her name, marking a desperation to reduce overhead at all cost. It remains to be seen how many of the cuts will come out of the newsroom, and if more than 125 buyout applications are received, the newspaper may accept even more. If not enough employees apply for the buyout, layoffs are threatened. Who's responsible? More »
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By Jackson WestComment by michaellamb: they haven't had a good tech writer there since, well..... never. I liked Jessicy Gyunn the best but even her... more » | Other threads
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willie brown
SF's dotcom-era mayor now black, white and read all over
Willie Brown, San Francisco's only black mayor (1996-2004) and a fixture in local politics for more than 40 years, has popped up as the Chronicle's latest columnist. Brown's first offering reads like a mix of Herb Caen and Dave Winer — short, first-person musings on current events, ending with a namedrop of Willie's rich neighbors at the St. Regis. It's pro forma to hate on Brown in San Francisco, even though he helped legalize oral sex and badgered President Clinton to leave the city's pot clubs alone. Willie's real crime? He always plays to win, and he usually does. For most politicos, a newspaper column would signal early retirement. In Brown's case, I can't wait to see how he parlays the Chron gig into his next big score. (Photo by AP/Eric Risberg)
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By Paul BoutinComment by Jeremy: I would always see Willie at various places, and I would inevitably beg him to come back and save the... more » | Other threads
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geek love
Craig Newmark angles to take Phil Bronstein's livelihood, woman
At the party for Jonathan Zittrain's new book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop it, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark couldn't settle for destroying San Francisco Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein's profession — he may be after Bronstein's woman, too:Craig told my wife she was out of my league. I know that! This is the guy who destroyed newspapers? Master of the obvious. But he's come a long way himself from the days when he was his own best browser in the Craigslist "Missed Connections" section.
(Photo by AP/Benjamin Sklar)
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By Jackson WestComment by cyc: @Wikipedophile: LOL because this is obviously another one of Rachel Marsden's accounts. Looks like a poor man's Ann Coulter to me.... more » | Other threads
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death of print
San Francisco Chronicle, you're doing it wrong: It's business in the front, party in the back
As commenter WhatBubble pointed out, when it comes to mullets, it's supposed to be business in the front, party in the back. The San Francisco Chronicle got a trim in February, and some days now runs the sports section and business section together — but got it backwards, with the sports party in the front, and the exploits of captains of industry relegated to the rear. The New York Times has also combined the two sections in the weekday edition, but properly puts business up front. But hey, for those who like their business in the back, the Chronicle has you pegged.
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By Jackson WestComment by Arnaud H: Says who? C'mon, don't tell me you also read Friday's NASDAQ closing prices in the Saturday edition. more » | Other threads
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keeping it classy
Who Is Too Good For Cats And The Celebrities?
The San Fransisco Chronicle, that's who. The paper has changed its A2 page, which used to be devoted to life affirming human interest stories about Britney Spears and adorable kitties, to a place for "real" news. The internet has taught these people nothing. [SF Chron]
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By rebeccaComment by pettyhooker: Don't pet the cat if you just met the cat! more » | Other threads
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i hate it here
San Francisco Chronicle's desperate calls for help
The San Francisco Chronicle must be shedding readers even faster than staff. Reportedly, it was losing $1 million a week before shedding 100 employees last May. In order to maintain circulation, the Chronicle is engaging in an extensive telemarketing campaign. For the last few weeks, I've been an unwilling target. I've been called almost daily by an incoherent newspaper peddler who greets me with the gruff demand, "Where do you live?" and offers either a six-week or six-month trial — the mumbling made it unclear. After the trial, the Chronicle is asking a measly $3/week for home delivery. Why not stop badgering me and drop the newspaper off at my door for free, like the Examiner? That seems easier.
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Comment by bloatboy: Let me see, no pets to train, no birdcage to line. I also have an adequate supply of regular toilet paper... more » | Other threads
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i hate it here
Burmese pythons join tigers, oil tankers as threat to Bay Area
An investigative reporter at the Chronicle reports that Burmese pythons could slither their way from Florida to the Bay Area in just 12 years. The 250-pound, alligator-swallowing snakes find our climate congenial, and could arrive sooner if introduced here by irresponsible pet owners. What the Chronicle missed: Unlike other cold-blooded threats to our way of life, Burmese pythons won't drive up rents.
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By Owen ThomasComment by ScalaWag: He missed the bigger story. These Snakes will arrive On the Plane. more » | Other threads
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office etiquette
Hearst CEO Cathie Black On Office Tears: "Get Over It."
Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black is a total hardass. "You suck it in if you're ever driven to tears at the office," she tells the San Francisco Chronicle. "Get over it." Yikes. (Not that we particularly disagree, but when we say it, it's a lot less terrifying. Probably because the only publishing corporation we preside over at present has to do with Christmas thank-you cards.) Black's the affable sort, though, no need to cower (though it's probably one of those unwritten office rules.) "I'm from Chicago. I have strong Midwestern values. I'm accessible," she says. Funny, she won't answer our calls. A little advice from her old pal Rupert Murdoch, with whom she worked at New York magazine? Don't hold meetings sitting down. "He told me, 'when I stand the meetings are shorter,' and I vividly remember that," Black says. Actually? That totally works.
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By MaggieComment by lizzybennet: uh, worked for Hillary Clinton. Bitch.(Not that being the first female Presidential nominee is ANYTHING compared to be the President... more » | Other threads
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i hate it here
Effects of tiger spill on Bay will be felt for generations
I swear the San Francisco Chronicle updates its front page by replacing the words "Cosco Busan" with "Tatiana" and running the same damn angles again. The Chron's reports on failed systems, beleaguered bureaucrats, and oh-the-humanity handwringing are all framed by the big question: How could this have been prevented? I keep hoping some rival paper will court Valley engineers with a headline like TIGER IN CITY, WHAT A STUPID IDEA. -
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'San Francisco Chronicle' Brings ACTION To Journalism
Now that San Francisco Chronicle editor Phil Bronstein has finished firing a quarter of his staff, he's ready to shake things up at his troubled paper. How's he going to do it? Why, "Journalism of Action"! Tell us more!Bronstein, who recently finished overseeing the staff cuts that ended with the departure of about 90 people from his 400-person newsroom, met on Thursday with those who will remain and directed them to take the new approach into daily news coverage. "It is more about solutions, helping them understand what they can do about things," he said. "Yes, there are murders in Bayview, and Muni is broken down. But what can you do about it?"
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Conrad Black Even Swears Like Nixon
- In an interview with the Guardian, Conrad Black calls his fraud trial "bullshit" and announces that he's at war with the U.S. government. The paper also has an excerpt from Black's forthcoming biography of Richard Nixon, which praises the former president's "surpassing dignity." Read into that what you will. [Guardian] More »
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in brief
User-Generated Vehicular Assault
The morning after Angry Volvo Man rammed five cars and injured four people on the streets of SF, the Chronicle begins the healing with a front-page report on PlateWire, a sort of Craigslist Missed Connections for angry angry drivers. Be warned: Five minutes of scrolling through PlateWire's sputtering, impotent posts ("Hey Jerk in the BLK BMW ... you and your ugly girl-friend") are enough to make you get behind the wheel and do something. More » -
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Sean Lennon Refuses to Namedrop
Fourth most frequently spotted Gawker Stalkee (after Chris Noth) Sean Lennon, whose new album features cameos from Lindsay Lohan, Devon Aoki, Asia Argento, Jordana Brewster and Carrie Fisher — not to mention fellow boomer-icon offspring Harper Simon and Bijou Phillips — is a stalwart when it comes to refusing to use his connections for material gain. Obviously! A San Francisco Chronicle reporter found this out the hard way:Q: Do you ever call [older brother Julian] for career advice? Do you call anyone for advice?
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By Emily GouldComment by the earl grey: and he was so cute in Warhol's diaries ! seriously Julian Lennon actually had a hit single. From what Ive... more » | Other threads
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sean penn
Reading Sean Penn in Tehran
It's Day Two of Sean Penn's week-long hostage situation over at the San Francisco Chronicle, during which the hyperbolic actor has forced the newspaper's poor editors to run his reports from time spent in Iran. But it's worth the effort, because you can trust Sean Penn to put on his Ernie Pyle costume and tell us what we really need to know. Brace yourself for the intensity: More » -
san francisco chronicle
The New York Post is gay
The San Francisco Chronicle suggests that in light of the recent Sandy Koufax ordeal, the NY Post seems a little too interested in the sexual orientation of various baseball players, miscellaneous celebrities, etc. It all seems very suspicious, and C.W. Nevius thinks he's figured it out: the New York Post is gay. "For example," he writes, "those who see the Post on a regular basis will probably notice that the banner across the top of the front page is generally done up in red ink. Or is that pink? Just asking." More » -
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The Office
The BBC reports that US networks are considering bringing the popular UK TV series "The Office"—"a mock fly-on-the-wall documentary about a stationery supplies office"— to American audiences. The San Francisco Chronicle's reviewer, Tim Goodman, says American audiences "might not get it because of the subtleties. We like the sledgehammer stuff." Speak for yourself, Tim. Sledgehammer stuff is why network TV sucks. More »
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