American Journalism Review, November 1st, 1999
Sale of the San Francisco Chronicle to the Hearst Corp. is discussed, with a focus on the feud within the de Young family that led up to the sale. The newspaper's history is also detailed.
A bitter rift among the owners of the San Francisco Chronicle played a major role in their decision to sell the independent newspaper to longtime rival Hearst.
NAN TUCKER MCEVOY, 80, IS KNOWN FOR HER blunt style. When asked in the mid-1990s if the family-held San Francisco Chronicle was for sale, she'd reply: "Over my dead body."
On the morning of August 6, McEvoy--very much alive--received devastating ne...
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