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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