Investment banker F. Warren Hellman told Forbes that he may seek funding from the city of San Francisco, and other governments, for the nonprofit news organization he's planning: Forbes' Dirk Smillie asked Hellman: You're contributing $5 million from...

SF Appeal has posted a memo Chron Metro Section Editor Audrey Cooper sent to her troops in which she says:"You are going to smash whomever is naive enough to poke their noses in our market. Bring it on!"Cooper didn't mention F. Warren Hellman's $5...

The Merc reports that it will take until Oct. 20 for the stations broadcasting from Sutro to complete the work of installing new antennas at the top of the tower. Originally the work was supposed to be done this week."[D]uring the upgrade, many of the...

The 20,000-circulation weekly serving the San Joaquin County communities of Lathrop and Manteca has closed. The paper is owned by the Matthews family, which also owns the Tracy Press, the Scotts Valley Press Banner and the Patterson Irrigator. Here's...

The Merc's Mike Cassidy says he received more than 1,000 e-mails and many dozens of phone calls responding to his column two weeks ago in which he asked for suggestions about how to improve his paper."Some readers sent pages of suggestions ranging from...