History
''SF Weekly'' was founded locally in the late 1970s by Christopher Hildreth and Edward Bachman and originally named ''San Francisco Music Calendar, the Magazine or Poster Art''. Hildreth saw a need for local artists to have a place to advertise performances and articles. The key feature was the centerfold calendar listings for local art events. The paper was bought by Village Voice Media (then New Times Media) in 1995. In September 2012, Village Voice Media executives Scott Tobias, Christine Brennan and Jeff Mars bought Village Voice Media's papers and associated web properties from its founders and formed Voice Media Group. Four months later, ''SF Weekly'' was sold to the San Francisco Media Company, owners of '' The San Francisco Examiner'' and the ''Weekly''s long-time rival '' San Francisco Bay Guardian''. The publishers then had control of three of the four major English-language newspapers in San Francisco. In 2014, San Francisco Media Co. became fully owned by Black Press. The ''Bay Guardian'' was closed in 2014, leaving the ''Weekly'' as the only print alternative weekly in San Francisco. In December 2020, Clint Reilly Communications bought ''SF Weekly'' together with the ''Examiner''. In September 2021 it announced that, at the end of that month it would cease publication "for the foreseeable future". It had been adversely affected by the loss of classified ads after the rise ofSections
* ''SF Weekly'' also publishes ', a cannabis publication, both online and in print. * News: includes local, regional and sometimes statewide short and longform, in-depth news stories. * Arts and Entertainment: includes a weekly calendar, city events listings, a music section with a weekly music column, several music features, show reviews. The section also includes a food column, film reviews, theater re