SF Chronicle launches premium website; SFGate remains free

The in-depth articles, columnists and photos that have made the Chronicle San Francisco's newspaper for generations have a new digital home with the debut of SFChronicle.com today.

Subscribers to the new website will find the newspaper's unrivaled content with brilliant photos, an uncluttered format and the familiar design of the Chronicle. Premium stories and columns will update and change with the news throughout the day. Subscribers also will have full access to the Chronicle's most enduring legacy — its columnists. The list of premium content goes on, including the Chronicle's award-winning coverage of sports and the outdoors, the arts and cultural events, pop music and entertainment, architecture and urban design, the environment and climate change, business and technology, food and wine, health and fitness, politics and government, and editorials and op-ed pieces, plus all the other quality content and features found in your daily newspaper.

SFGate readers will be happy to know that the Gate remains a free website focusing on what's happening today — in breaking news, local and national news, weather, traffic, sports, entertainment and pop culture. It continues to include popular features like Daily Dish and Day in Pictures, event listings and guides. Archival search capabilities will continue on the Gate for free.

SFChronicle.com is one more step in this Chronicle's journey through the digital age. It gives subscribers another option for getting the news and information they value from the Chronicle in a digital format organized like a newspaper and easy to use.

You will like SFChronicle.com's versatility. Its content conforms to all digital devices — desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile. It joins the Chronicle's iPad® app, e-edition and Kindle edition as digital subscription products in one complete all-access package.

If you already subscribe to the newspaper, SFChronicle.com can become part of your subscription package.

Click here to learn more about starting a new digital subscription, or activating your account if you are a current print subscriber.

If you have feedback about the new site, email your comments to launch@sfchronicle.com.

Mark Adkins is president of the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate.