An uneven raod to respectability for the SF Chronicle
A New York Times story on the San Francisco Chronicle's mixed results in trying to create a world-class newspaper:
Hearst's takeover of The Chronicle coincided with the free fall of the Bay Area's economy, from which the region still has not recovered. The Chronicle does not release its advertising revenue, but help-wanted classified revenues — an important indicator of a newspaper's financial vitality — fell about $60 million, or 75 percent, from 2000 to 2002, Chronicle executives confirmed.