San Francisco Examiner

Daily newspaper in San Francisco

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2021 Allen Matthews was hired as director of editorial operations for the San Francisco Examiner.
2021 Stuart Schuffman announced he would be moving his column to SF Weekly after many years with the Examiner.
2021 Carly Schwartz was hired as editor-in-chief. She reintroduced a broadsheet-style newspaper, launched two newsletters, and put SF Weekly on hiatus, ending its 40+ year run.
2021 Al Saracevic was hired as assistant managing editor at the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart Schuffman announced he would be moving his column to SF Weekly after years with the Examiner.
2020
William Randolph Hearst
David Fincher directed Mank, a film about the writing of Citizen Kane's screenplay, with Charles Dance portraying Hearst.
2018
William Randolph Hearst
Hemp was finally legalized in the US, ending the prohibition that Hearst had helped establish through his collaboration with Harry J. Anslinger decades earlier.
2014 Todd Vogt sold his shares in the San Francisco Examiner to Black Press, further consolidating ownership of the newspaper.

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