The San Francisco Examiner is an independent free daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, United States. Traditionally one of the city's leading newspapers, the Examiner has been published continuously since the late 19th century.
The longtime "Monarch of the Dailies" and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the Examiner converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is now independently owned by th...
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The San Francisco Examiner is an independent free daily newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, United States. Traditionally one of the city's leading newspapers, the Examiner has been published continuously since the late 19th century.
The longtime "Monarch of the Dailies" and flagship of the Hearst Corporation chain, the Examiner converted to free distribution early in the 21st century and is now independently owned by the San Francisco Newspaper Company LLC.
The Examiner was founded in 1863 as the Democratic Press, a pro-Confederacy, pro-slavery paper opposed to Abraham Lincoln, but after his assassination in 1865 the paper's offices were destroyed by a mob, and starting on June 12, 1865 it was called the Daily Examiner.
In 1880, mining engineer and entrepreneur George Hearst bought the Examiner. Seven years later, after being elected to the U.S. Senate, he gave it to his son, William Randolph Hearst, who was then 23 years old. The elder Hearst "was said to...
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