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.
San Francisco (magazine)
"San Francisco Focus" was the recipient of a National Headliner Award for feature writing in 1993. In 1996, KQED sold "San Francisco Focus" to Diablo Publications in order to pay off debts. The magazine was spun off into an independent entity in January 1997. In October 1997, the magazine re-branded itself as simply "San Francisco". In 1999, new management took over and Editor-In-Chief Bruce Kelley arrived in June 2000. Under Kelley's leadership, "San Francisco" has been nominated for two National Magazine awards and has garnered three Maggies as Best City and Regional Magazine from the Western Publications Association (2006, 2007 and 2009). In 2005, "San Francisco" was sold to Modern Luxury Media (a nationwide conglomerate of city and lifestyle magazines).