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The Daily Post
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Independent
Publisher Dave Price and Jim Pavelich
Founded May 3, 2006
Headquarters 324 High Street
Palo Alto, California, 94301
Website sfdaily.net

The Daily Post (formerly known as the San Francisco Daily) was a free newspaper based in the San Francisco, California area.

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History

The Daily Post was owned by Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who were the publishers of the Palo Alto Daily News and its sister papers in San Mateo, Burlingame, Los Gatos, Redwood City and Berkeley. They sold that chain of newspapers to Knight Ridder on February 15, 2005. Joining Price and Pavelich as owners is Amando Mendoza, former circulation director of the Palo Alto Daily News. [1] [2] The newspaper ceased operations in 2009. [3]

Knight Ridder American media company

Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by McClatchy on June 27, 2006, it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers sold. Its headquarters were located in San Jose, California.

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