Editing San Francisco (section)

==Media==
{{Further|Media in the San Francisco Bay Area}}
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[[File:San Francisco Chronicle 2023.jpg|thumb|[[San Francisco Chronicle]] building]]
The major daily newspaper in San Francisco is the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', which is currently Northern California's most widely circulated newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessabc.com/products/top200.htm|title=Top 200 Newspapers by Largest Reported Circulation|date=March 31, 2007|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813073544/http://www.accessabc.com/products/top200.htm|archive-date=August 13, 2007|access-date=June 14, 2008}}</ref> The Chronicle is most famous for a former columnist, the late [[Herb Caen]], whose daily musings attracted critical acclaim and represented the "voice of San Francisco". ''[[The San Francisco Examiner]]'', once the cornerstone of [[William Randolph Hearst]]'s media empire and the home of [[Ambrose Bierce]], declined in circulation over the years and now takes the form of a free daily tabloid, under new ownership.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.salon.com/media/feature/2000/03/21/examiner/index.html|title=The San Francisco Examiner, 1887–2000|last=Rosenberg|first=Scott|date=March 21, 2000|work=Salon|access-date=June 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627064603/http://archive.salon.com/media/feature/2000/03/21/examiner/index.html|archive-date=June 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/11/22/MN121380.DTL&hw=san+francisco+examiner&sn=005&sc=498|title=Examiner Staff Ends an Era With Tears, Newsroom Tales|last=Nolte|first=Carl|date=November 22, 2000|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=June 15, 2008|page=A-1}}</ref>

''[[Sing Tao Daily]]'' claims to be the largest of several Chinese language dailies that serve the Bay Area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/03/BAGI781MM91.DTL|title=Newspaper war in the Bay Area: Ming Pao becomes 6th Chinese-language daily|last=Hua|first=Vanessa|date=August 3, 2004|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=June 14, 2008|page=B-1}}</ref> ''[[SF Weekly|SF&nbsp;Weekly]]'' is the city's [[alternative weekly]] newspaper. ''[[San Francisco (magazine)|San Francisco]]'' and ''[[7x7 (magazine)|7x7]]'' are major glossy magazines about San Francisco. The national newsmagazine ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' is also based in San Francisco. San Francisco is home to online-only media publications such as [[SFist]], and ''[[AsianWeek]]''.
[[File:Hearst Building entrance - San Francisco, CA - DSC06547.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The [[Julia Morgan]]-designed Hearst Building, the western headquarters of the [[Hearst Corporation]]]]
The San Francisco Bay Area is the sixth-largest [[designated market area|television&nbsp;market]] in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/nmr_static/docs/2007-2008_DMA_Ranks.xls|title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates|date=September 22, 2007|format=XLS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200433/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/nmr_static/docs/2007-2008_DMA_Ranks.xls|archive-date=September 27, 2007|access-date=June 15, 2008}}</ref> It is the fourth-largest [[designated market area|radio market]] after that of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/mm001050.asp|title=Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Spring 2008|date=April 16, 2008|publisher=Arbitron|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710153242/http://www.arbitron.com/Radio_Stations/mm001050.asp|archive-date=July 10, 2007|url-status=live|access-date=June 14, 2008}}</ref>

All major U.S. television networks have [[List of television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area|affiliates]] serving the region, with most of them based in the city. [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], [[BBC]], [[RT (TV network)|Russia Today]], and [[CCTV America]] also have regional news bureaus in San Francisco. [[Bloomberg West]] was launched in 2011 from a studio on the Embarcadero and [[CNBC]] broadcasts from [[One Market Plaza]] since 2015. [[ESPN]] uses the local ABC studio for their broadcasting. The [[regional sports network]], [[Comcast SportsNet Bay Area]] and its sister station [[Comcast SportsNet California]], are both located in San Francisco. The [[Pac-12 Network]] is also based in San Francisco.
[[File:Sutro Tower from Grandview.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Sutro Tower]] is a [[Radio masts and towers|broadcast tower]] and local landmark.]]
[[Public broadcasting]] outlets include both a [[KQED-TV|television station]] and a [[KQED-FM|radio station]], both broadcasting under the call letters KQED from a facility near the [[Potrero Hill]] neighborhood. KQED-FM is the most-listened-to [[National Public Radio]] affiliate in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacifica.org/documents/pdf/ArbitronRatingsWinter2004.pdf|title=Top 30 Public Radio Subscribers – Winter 2004 Arbitron|date=June 17, 2004|work=Radio Research Consortium|publisher=Arbitron Media Research|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050423215537/http://www.pacifica.org/documents/pdf/ArbitronRatingsWinter2004.pdf|archive-date=April 23, 2005|access-date=June 14, 2008}}</ref>

[[KUSF (University of San Francisco)|KUSF]] is a student-run radio station by college students from the [[University of San Francisco]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kusf.org/about|title=About – KUSF|website=www.kusf.org|accessdate=April 2, 2023}}</ref> Another local broadcaster, [[KPOO]], is an independent, African-American owned and operated noncommercial radio station established in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kpoo.com/about|title=KPOO – About Us|website=kpoo.com}}</ref> [[CNET Networks|CNET]], founded 1994, and [[Salon.com]], 1995, are based in San Francisco. [[Sutro Tower]] is an important [[Radio masts and towers|broadcast tower]] located between [[Mount Sutro]] and the [[Twin Peaks (San Francisco)|Twin Peaks]], built in 1973 for [[KTVU]], [[KRON]], and [[KPIX]].