.The Pending Sale of the Bay Guardian to the Examiner Makes Sense

News that the owners of the San Francisco Examiner are on the verge of buying the San Francisco Bay Guardian was met with surprise and shock last night. But that’s probably because many people are under the mistaken impression that the Examiner is still owned by conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz. And so the idea that a right-wing mogul would purchase the ultra-left Guardian seemed bewildering, if not some kind of reactionary media conspiracy.


However, Anschutz sold the Examiner to a group of investors last year, and the new owners have already steered the paper toward the political left. They installed longtime former East Bay Express editor Stephen Buel as editor-in-chief of the Examiner, and the paper’s editorial pages are now positioned to the left of the Chronicle — although the Ex is still not as liberal as the Guardian.

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