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What can be said of a man so wrapped up in himself? Judging from what he did with his billions, Getty had little idea of the social responsibilty that vast wealth confers. In the American lore of the superrich, his place is just below William Randolph Hearst, the builder of San Simeon and another driven megalomaniac...
...Burgin could be persuasive, however, he could also be mercurial, a trait that the Examiner poked fun at in another TV ad. As an unsmiling Burgin enters the newsroom, staffers cower behind bookshelves and scatter in fear. "David's got a reputation as sort of a tough guy," narrates Hearst. "But I think that's blown way out of proportion." Still, Burgin was difficult. He disappeared from the office for long stretches, blew up suddenly at staffers, - and once, in a fit of pique, skipped a planned meeting with company brass in New York. Hearst "kept saying I was capricious...
...Hearst has little to lose by shaking things up. San Francisco has never been blessed with a top-grade daily newspaper, nor is the marketplace really competitive. In a joint-operating pact, signed in 1965, to guarantee the survival of both papers, the Examiner agreed to switch to afternoon publication. Since then the two papers have shared printing and distribution costs. They also split revenues, thus ensuring that the Examiner will have a healthy bottom line despite running a poor second to the Chronicle...
...halfway to where we want to be," says Hearst. John Markoff does offer insightful reporting on Silicon Valley, while Phil Bronstein has provided first-rate coverage from the Philippines. But the paper maintains only two bureaus outside the city, in Sacramento and Washington, and its overall coverage is a bit skimpy considering the large editorial staff (269 reporters and editors). Hearst does not lack experience, having worked as an Examiner reporter and editor for three years before serving as assistant managing editor at the company's Los Angeles Herald Examiner from 1978 to 1984. Nonetheless, he is criticized by staffers...
...that Hearst has appointed himself editor, he is looking for someone to fill the newly created post of executive editor. McCulloch turned the job down but agreed to run day-to-day operations until the slot is filled. Hearst dismisses any suggestion that if he insists on ultimate control of the newsroom he may have trouble finding a successor to Burgin. "I give as free a hand as there is in journalism today," he says. "Ultimately, I could stay ) home in a bathtub and phone in ideas. If that works, great." But lolling in the suds does not seem...