The Bay Mirror

**Owner(s):** | * Phoebe Halliwell
 **Employees:** | * Phoebe Halliwell
* Sophie
* Richard Dillard
* Elise Rothman (formerly)
* Leslie St. Claire(formerly)

**The Bay Mirror** is a major metropolitan newspaper in San Francisco, California. In early 2002, Phoebe Halliwell took over the column of an innocent she and her sisters saved, which launched her career as a successful advice columnist.

The newspaper has been under Phoebe's ownership since at least 2006. A scandal involving the previous owner, who possibly could have been Jason Dean but full details have not been revealed, led to Phoebe becoming the new owner by encouragement of her co-workers. It has been mentioned that Elise Rothman, the former editor-in-chief and Phoebe's greatest friend who successfully ran the paper for years, retired sometime between 2006 and 2015.

## History

In 2002, Karen Young was a successful column in the paper, though she had a difficult relationship with her boss Elise Rothman, who threatened to fire her if she missed a column. When Karen became infected with a demonic power, she became increasingly unstable and wanted to attack Elise. While her sisters took care of Karen, Phoebe Halliwell stepped in and wrote the column instead. After Karen was saved, she finally told Elise the truth and quit. Being impressed with Phoebe's column, Elise then hired her to replace Karen.

Over the following years, Phoebe's column became a huge success, though not without its ups and downs. Phoebe also formed warm relationships with many of her co-workers, particularly her boss Elise, who became a close personal friend. Phoebe dated the owner of the paper, Jason Dean for a period of time and later had a brief romance with the ghost writer of her column, Leslie St. Claire.

After the sisters faked their deaths, Phoebe shortly worked as her own replacement under the alias of her cousin, Julie Bennett. When the truth was revealed, Phoebe returned to the paper.

In 2015, it was revealed that Phoebe now owned the Bay Mirror, a result that occurred from the previous owner's scandal. Though full details haven't been given on who that previous owner was, it's possible that it could have been Jason Dean who is Phoebe's ex-lover, or someone else entirely. It was also mentioned that Elise had retired sometime before March 5, 2015 (the day when Pip Muniz-Halliwell came to San Francisco).

## Employees

**Owners**

* Phoebe Halliwell (Owner sinceat least 2006)
* Jason Dean (Owner from 2003 to at least 2006)
* Adam Prinze (Prospective owner in 2002)

**Employees**

* Richard Dillard (Editor-in-chief; presumably as he was Elise's second-in-command))
* Phoebe Halliwell (Advice Columnist)
* Sophie (Phoebe's Assistant)
* Seth Perra (Journalist)
* Gregg
* Bauer (Columnist)
* Tom Taylor (Copy Editor)
* Richard Jéan (Image Consultant)
* Jordan (Fashion Editor)
* Phil (Film Critic)
* Michael (Style Editor)
* Tom
* Kyle Donie (Reporter)
* Frank (Reporter)
* Bill (Reporter)
* Laura Robbins (Marketing)
* Tristan
* Movie Critic
* Kim (Assistant)

**Formerly**

* Elise Rothman (Editor-in-chief)
* Karen Young (Advice Columnist)

**Temporary**

* Phoebe's Temporary Assistants
* Leslie St. Claire (Ghost Writer)
* Paige Matthews (Phoebe's Assistant)

## Notes and Trivia

* The Bay Mirror is presumably based on the real life English paper, *The Daily Mirror,*which has a very similar design for it's name.

## References

1. **The Bay Mirror** - visit Charmed Wiki for more information.