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The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. The paper grew along with San Francisco and was the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the United States in 1880; today it is Northern California's largest newspaper, serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area, but distributed throughout Northern California, including the Sacramento area and North Coast. Today only the Los Angeles Times exceeds the Chronicle's circulation on the West Coast, while the paper is ranked 20th by circulation nationally. Between World War II and 1965, thanks to new editor Scott Newhall and colorful columnists including Pauline Phillips, who wrote under the name "Dear Abby," Art Hoppe, Charles McCabe, and Herb Caen, the newspaper grew in circulation to become the city's largest, overtaking the rival San Francisco Examiner.The de Young family controlled the paper, via the Chronicle Publishing Company,... full article at wikipedia

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First issue date
date
  • 1865
Final issue date
Frequency or Issues per Year
ISSN (print)
  • 1932-8672
ISSN (electronic)
Publisher
publisher
Daily Local Price
currency
amount
  • 0.48
Daily Non-local Price
Sunday Local Price
currency
amount
  • 1.38
Sunday Non-local Price
Headquarters
street address
city/town
state/province/region
postal code
country
  • 901 Mission Street
  • 94103
Daily Circulation
number
date
  • 386,564
  • 2007
Sunday Circulation
number
date
  • 438,006
  • 2007
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Last edited by waterjoe52 Jun 9, 2008

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