SF News Bronstein Emerges Unscathed After Dowd Date Maureen Dowd is kind of an idiot. And we mean that in the nicest way possible, because she seems so smart. But then she goes off and writes this. In her most recent
SF News SF Chronicle Unveils New "E-Edition" Prepared to take l'internet by storm, SF Chronicle just unveiled their new "e-edition" (which is sophisticated, high-tech talk for "electronic edition"). What is the "e-edition," you ask? Well, according to the advertisement, it's
SF News <em>Rolling Stone</em> Leaves San Francisco Conceived in San Francisco 42 years ago, the publisher of Rolling Stone has decided to close its cozy SF office at 1700 Montgomery due to cutbacks. Founded by Jann Wenner way back when,
SF News SFBG Responds to SF Weekly Slamming SF Weekly/VVM as a "deadbeat dad," SFBG Executive Editor Tim Redmond responded to Mike Lacey's rant about questions regarding today's story about how VVM has avoided payment in last year's alt-weekly
SF News SFBG vs SF Weekly: Questions, Answers, Dire Straits Been waiting forever for some choice SFBG v. SF Weekly drama? Well, wait no more. A golden-brown batch of it just came out over at SF Weekly, complete with libel accusations, Sabine women,
SF News Google CEO to Newspapers: Speed Up Yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at the Newspaper Association of America's annual death procession. During the Q&A session, according to Valleywag, Schmidt answered every blogger's favorite question of rumination: what
SF News Sashay Away: "Top Reporters" Leaving SF Chronicle Alas, it has arrived. Today is the deadline for the Chronicle buyout. If the ailing publication can't get rid of 150 jobs by 5 p.m., the paper will start layoffs next month.
SF News Your Day in the Suffocation of Democracy's Oxygen In today's installment of "No One Cares About This Story, So Shut Up and Do Your Job, Journalists," artisan newspaper publication The New York Times -- which is having its own economic problems
SF News Former Valleywag Editor Nets $50K for Twitter Book Further proof that gingers are crafty devils, former Valleywag editor Nick Douglas is (allegedly) being paid $50,000 by HarperCollins for a book on his Twittering capabilities. Specifically, his book, Twitter Wit, will
SF News Final Print Version of <em>Seattle P-I</em>: Tuesday, 3/17 It was announced today that Hearst Corporation's other troubled publication, Seattle P-I, will roll out its final print publication tomorrow. Publisher Roger Oglesby just made the announcement on behalf of Hearst. The online
SF News Sacramento Bee Snips 128 Jobs Sigh. The Sacramento Bee tells AP that they plan on "cutting 128 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce, as revenue continues to fall in the beleaguered newspaper industry." The death toll by
SF News Bay Area Reporter Editor's Resignation Letter? One of two things happened over at BAR.com: 1) Somebody hacked the interwebs, and posted this casual faux-resignation letter Sunday morning, or 2) news editor Cynthia Laird is peeved. Since Laird is
SF News Chron Writer Takes Out Ad in Examiner Have you seen page 9 of today's Examiner yet? Well, you should. Chron staff writer Delfin Vigil took out an ad criticizing Hearst in its threat to close down the SF Chronicle. And
SF News "Union In Talks To Save San Francisco Chronicle" According to a CBS 5/KCBS/AP report, "Union leaders at the San Francisco Chronicle said they were drafting a compromise to a management proposal that offers severe job cuts that officials indicated
SF News Reactions to SF Chronicle Closing Down Before we get to what esteemed journalists have to say about SF Chronicle's impending closure -- when discussing "micropayments" and other snake oils with a SFSU journo professor this morning, KTVU's Ross McGowan
SF News Hearst Threatening To Sell SF Chronicle Holy smokes. This just in: the SF Chronicle is (practically) up for sale. Word is that "if they don't sell it, they'll shut it down." No deadline communicated yet. The following memo was
SF News Chronicle Refuses to use Digital Communication, Prefers Phone Seeing as how the entire American Apparel-on-Valencia brouhaha was traffic gold -- and the Gate/Chron is on no financial position to turn down traffic -- it seemed like writing about the AA
misc 1981 KRON Report on Electronic Journalism Scott Beale over at Laughing Squid came across this gem. It's a 1981 KRON report on the Internet and newspapers. How will this newfangled technology change the publishing industry? SF Examiner's David Cole
SF News VVM Promotes Advertisers Via Social Networking Site Jonah Spangenthal-Lee at The Stranger investigates the craftiness between Village Voice Media, which owns SF Weekly, and the Yelp.com-like site Likeme.net, in which VVM owns a majority stake. It seems most
SF News What Does the Sale of the Hearst-Owned Seattle P-I Mean for SF Chronicle? We'd typically leave news that one of Seattle's two daily newspapers, the Seattle P-I, has been put up for sale to our sister site to the north. But a segment in the P-I's
Arts & Entertainment Chronicle Reveals Demise in Blog Post? In an odd and somewhat unprofessional manner, the Chronicle announced yesterday that, well, it's imploding. (While layoffs at the Chron are no surprise, the dialing down of SFGate as a whole, however, is.
SF News Valleywag Shutting Down? Not quite. Word from the realm of Twitter (@melissagira): "Just heard: Valleywag is shutting down, per order of Denton." But according to Alley Insider: Rumors are flying that Valleywag will be "shuttered." It
SF News Breaking News: Mark Adkins Declared President of <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> Even as the Chronicle eliminates 125 positions across its print and web organizations, they're creating new ones -- in upper management, that is. Take, for example, Mark Adkins, who was named President of
SF News <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> to Cut 125 Positions Employees were offered sweet buyout dealsa at the Chronicle today. The number we're hearing right now is that around 125 (as reports) jobs need to be pruned. Our sources tell us that the
SF News Rumor Mill: <i>Examiner</i> Delivers No More? Rumor has it the Examiner isn't going to do home delivery any more (just sit in stands, like SF Weekly, SFBG, etc). While this is fantastic news for those of us (i.e.
