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.
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.