lˈɛs ðɐn fˈoːɹ mˈʌnθs ˈæftɚ pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ ɪts fˈɜːst ᵻdˈɪʃən, ðə sˈæntə bˈɑːɹbɚɹə dˈeɪli sˈaʊnd ɹᵻsˈiːvd ɐ lˈɛɾɚ fɹʌm dˈeɪvɪd mˈɪlstaɪn, ɐ sˌæn fɹænsˈɪskoʊbˈeɪst lˈɔɪɚ fɚðə sˈæntə bˈɑːɹbɚɹə nˈuːzpɹˈɛs, klˈeɪmɪŋ ðætðə dˈeɪli sˈaʊndz bˈænɚ lˈʊkt tˈuː mʌtʃ lˈaɪk ðə nˈuːzpɹˈɛs ænd ðˌɐɾɪt hædtə biː tʃˈeɪndʒd.
Less than four months after publishing its first edition, the Santa Barbara Daily Sound received a letter from David Millstein, a San Francisco-based lawyer for the Santa Barbara News-Press, claiming that the Daily Sound's banner looked too much like the News-Press' and that it had to be changed.