Media in the San Francisco Bay Area
James King of William began publishing the "Daily Evening Bulletin" in San Francisco in October, 1855 and built it into the highest circulation paper in the city. He criticized a city supervisor named James P. Casey, who, on the afternoon of the story about him, ran in the paper, shot and mortally wounded King. Casey was lynched by the early vigilante committee. The "Morning Call" was established and began publishing in December 1856, and later merged with the "Bulletin" to become the long-running "Call-Bulletin". The "San Francisco Chronicle" debuted in June, 1865 as the "Dramatic Chronicle", founded by Charles and M.H. de Young aged 19 and 17.
Cornell Chronicle
Prior to the founding of the "Chronicle" in 1969, campus news was reported by the "Cornell Era" and then by "The Cornell Daily Sun". During the Willard Straight Hall takeover in April 1969, the campus learned of unfolding events through the student-edited "Sun", the student radio station WVBR, and the independently owned "Cornell Alumni News." However, Cornell's administration, most notably then-Vice President for Public Affairs Steven Muller, was dissatisfied because those media reported events in a manner that was somewhat critical of the administration. Over the summer, plans for the "Chronicle" were put in place and it debuted on September 25, 1969. The "Chronicle"s first office was in the basement of the Edmund Ezra Day Hall administration building, and Kal Lindenburg, a "Sun" alumnus, was hired as its first Managing Editor. It was printed every Wednesday during the school year as a newsprint broadside on the presses of the "Ithaca Journal".