SFist: Local Billionaire Proposes Turning Chronicle Into a Non-Profit

DJTennessee

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:53:31 -0800

Considering the outfit that man is wearing, I suspect he also wants to see the printing presses run by wisecracking dinosaurs.

mcgordonliddy

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:45:00 -0800

Unfortunately, SFist puts its vast investigative journalism resources to wars between douchey blogger 1 and douchey blogger 2. I love SFist, but it's still an operation that provides links to the sources that do the real work..

hubcap

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:15:22 -0800

we'll always have sfist amirite

izzyizzy

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:46:53 -0800

Except that the Chronicle (and other papers) provide the bulk of the nation's real reporting, which is then flowed onto the Internet and appears fresh every morning in your news feed. SFGate publishes stories, and your Google News is full of headlines, because those organizations have a newsroom full of newspaper journalists. I don't defend the Chronicle's quality of reporting--which is pretty bad compared to, say the LA or NY Times--but their survival is paramount to SF citizenry getting creditable local coverage, unless some other outlet steps up to the plate real soon. Do you really want to rely on IndyBay for your news? Beyond the Chron? The Examiner? I think turning the Chron to a nonprofit is kind of a crackpot idea, but the alternative--being the first major metropolitan area with no paper--is pretty scary.

Darkmoon

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:23:42 -0800

I had forgotten the Chronicle existed until I saw this stuff about selling it on T.V. Between the 'Boob Tube' and the internet I haven't picked up a paper for news in years. Seeing as I don't have a bird who's cage I would need to line or a fireplace where it would be good to get the logs burning.... I have no use for a newspaper these day, profit or non-profit.

mattymatt

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:48:23 -0800

Oh man. At first I thought the headline said "chocolate" instead of "Chronicle." It's hard to imagine a situation in which the Chron would serve any charitable function. Chocolate, though, I could see.

Sniffy

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:56:11 -0800

uh, the chron has been a "non-profit" for quite a number of years now...