Fangs use Examiner as a family piggy bank, says alt-weekly

San Francisco Bay Guardian
Tali Woodward, who interviewed 28 former San Francisco Examiner employees for her Fang family investigation, says the Fang-owned Examiner paid more than $1 million in salaries to family members. “Even more was spent on the Fangs and their friends, including $7,500 on business suits for Examiner president James Fang and $1.3 million in rent to family members for the paper’s office space,” says Woodward. “Money from Hearst, which was meant to be used exclusively on the Ex, was also augmenting other Fang-owned enterprises.” More Fang stories from the Bay Guardian:
> Examiner editors told not to write negative stories about eight politicos
> Ex-editor Burgin says Examiner operation was “dishonest and rotten”
> Examiner scribe Hinckle’s Argonaut ads consistent with endorsements