San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco Examiner is a daily newspaper in San Francisco, California, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events.

The newspaper is published six days a week - Monday through Saturday.

The San Francisco Examiner is a free tabloid newspaper published since 1865, originally called The Daily Examiner. In 1880 the paper was bought by mining engineer and entrepreneur George Hearst, who gave it to his 23 year-old son William Randolph Hearst in 1887. The young publisher used the paper to crusade for civic improvement and to expose corruption. He hired great American writers including Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, and Jack London.

Hearst went on to create the national newspaper and magazine chain that today is known as Hearst Corporation. His story was the basis for the classic movie Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles. The current publisher of the Examiner, Clarity Media Group, is owned by American billionaire Philip Anschutz.

Circulation: 200,000 copies

This newspaper is owned by Clarity Media Group.

The web site is presented in the English language.

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Jim Pimenthel is the editor of the San Francisco Examiner.

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Mondo Times editors Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:58pm on Monday, June 29th, 2009

The story of how billionaire Philip Anschutz got into the free newspaper business, from Dirk Smillie of Forbes magazine, published on June 29, 2009:

"Anschutz has been giving away newspapers since 2004, the year he bought the San Francisco Examiner for $11 million. He has used the 139-year-old paper to create brand extensions for two other free papers and a social-networking venture. In 2005, he launched the Washington Examiner; in 2006, the Baltimore Examiner. Both were also free and carried the San Francisco Examiner's famed "Eagle" masthead. Last year he rolled out local Web sites targeting 90 cities under the Examiner name, packed with user-generated content from contributors called "examiners." These bloggers are paid based on page views their content generates."

The full story:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/28/anschutz-weekly-standard-business-media-examiner.html

Mondo Times editors Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:10pm on Thursday, June 18th, 2009

The San Francisco Examiner is owned by Clarity Media Group, a company based in Denver that is owned by American billionaire Philip Anschutz. Anschutz bought the San Francisco Examiner in 2004, and converted it into a free tabloid, home delivered to targeted neighborhoods with desirable demographics in San Francisco and San Meteo counties.

Clarity Media Group launched the Washington Examiner in 2005 and the Baltimore Examiner (which has since shut down) in 2006.

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