The San Francisco Examiner

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The San Francisco Examiner

NEWSPAPER

Begun as the Evening Examiner in 1865 by William Moss, whose previous Confederacy-supporting paper had been destroyed by a mob following the death of Abraham Lincoln. The paper changed hands and was eventually accepted by George Hearst, U.S. Senator and father of William Randolph Hearst, as payment for a gambling debt in 1880. For many years it was published alongside the San Francisco Chronicle as the evening paper, but in 2000 it was purchased by the Fang family and turned into a tabloidish shadow of its former self, carrying mostly AP stories and very little local content. In 2004 the Anschutz family (based in Denver) purchased the runt paper, intending to turn it back into a proper newspaper. Since 2011, owned and published by an independent entity, the San Francisco Newspaper Company.

Official Website:
http://www.examiner.com/

Location:
San Francisco, CA

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ambrose Bierce Author 24-Jun-1842 c. 1914 The Devil's Dictionary

Roy Blount, Jr. Author 5-Oct-1941 Humorist

Phil Bronstein Editor c. 1951 San Francisco Chronicle Editor, 2003-08

Todd Gitlin Educator 6-Jan-1943 Journalism professor, social critic

Bill Griffith Cartoonist 20-Jan-1944 Personal friend of Zippy The Pinhead

George Hearst Business 3-Sep-1820 28-Feb-1891 Patriarch of Hearst family fortune

William R. Hearst III Business c. 1950 San Francisco Examiner Editor, 1984-95

William Randolph Hearst Business 29-Apr-1863 14-Aug-1951 Newspaper magnate

Warren Hinckle Journalist ? Former editor of Ramparts

Jeff Jarvis Blogger 12-Sep-1954 Founder of Entertainment Weekly

Les Kinsolving Journalist 18-Dec-1927 WorldNetDaily

Lewis Lapham Editor 8-Jan-1935 Editor Emeritus, Harper's

John Markoff Journalist 24-Oct-1949 New York Times computer guy

Chris Matthews Talk Show Host 17-Dec-1945 Hardball with Chris Matthews

John R. Murphy Publisher 7-Jan-1934 Publisher of the Baltimore Sun, 1981-92

Kenneth Rexroth Poet 22-Dec-1905 6-Jun-1982 Disenchanted beat poet

R. U. Sirius Journalist ? Mondo 2000

David Talbot Business 22-Sep-1951 Founder of Salon.com

Ernest Thayer Poet 14-Aug-1863 21-Aug-1940 Casey at the Bat

Hunter S. Thompson Journalist 18-Jul-1937 20-Feb-2005 Gonzo journalist and author

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