The San Francisco Chronicle Announces Launch Of New App For iPad® And iPhone®

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Francisco Chronicle launched a new app today for iPad and iPhone as part of its suite of digital products for readers.

The San Francisco Chronicle app will help keep readers on-top of the day's news, all in one continuously updated user experience.  The app features up-to-the minute news, deeper investigations, features and analysis as well as the ability to subscribe to push notifications to keep up on major breaking news.

Readers will enjoy a new, more natural reading experience, all in one application that works on both the iPhone and iPad.

The App is part of The Chronicle's suite of industry-leading digital news and information products including SFChronicle.com, our e-edition newspaper and our daily e-newsletters.

Download or activate the app today at:
www.SFChronicle.com/app

About The San Francisco Chronicle 
The San Francisco Chronicle (www.sfchronicle.com) is the largest newspaper in Northern California and the second largest on the West Coast. Acquired by Hearst Corporation in 2000, The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 by Charles and Michael de Young and has been awarded six Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence. With name-brand voices and a keen editorial eye, the Chronicle is an authority that still surprises.

About Hearst Newspapers 
Hearst Newspapers is the operating group responsible for Hearst Corporation's newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories. With more than 4,700 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers publishes 15 dailies and 36 weeklies, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand.

About Hearst Corporation 
Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation's largest diversified media and information companies. Its major interests include ownership of 15 daily and 36 weekly newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union; hundreds of magazines around the world, including Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, ELLE and O, The Oprah Magazine; 29 television stations, which reach a combined 18 percent of U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E, HISTORY and ESPN; significant holdings in automotive, electronic and medical/pharmaceutical business information companies; a 50 percent stake in global ratings agency Fitch Group; Internet and marketing services businesses; television production; newspaper features distribution; and real estate. Follow us on Twitter @HearstCorp.

SOURCE The San Francisco Chronicle

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