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Billionaire Vulture's Newspaper Betrayal
It's a breathtaking double-cross, even by San Francisco standards: A newspaper left for dead by a philanthropist billionaire, who, in partnership with a university, public radio and even perhaps the New York Times, has transferred his affections to the Web. More » -
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San Francisco Chronicle Wants You to Pay For Phil Bronstein's Pearls of Wisdom
These are desperate times for newspapers. Experimentation abounds. For the San Francisco Chronicle this means trying to charge for their fancy (but relatively cheap to duplicate) columnists and giving away less-glamorous (but expensive) reporting. More » -
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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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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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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 » -
#deathofprint
Newspapers are dead. Google and Sharon Stone's ex-husband killed them.
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#deathofprint
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 » -
