Out West, two more papers bite the dust.

The article focuses on the loss of newspapers in San Francisco, California after the consolidation by Hearst Corp. with the jointly owned service company San Francisco Newspaper Printing Co. It says that the city lost "News-Call Bulletin" (NCB) afternoon paper and "Examiner" and that an estimated one thousand jobs were eliminated. It states that publishers hope to save on operating costs in the consolidation. It adds that the jointly owned firm will print and distribute the papers.