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McClatchy Company
| McClatchy Company | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Sacramento, Calif. |
| Type: | News Media |
| Top official: | Tony Hunter, CEO and chairman |
| Year founded: | 1857 |
| Website: | Official website |
The McClatchy Company is a media company that owns 30 newspapers in 14 states and operates a bureau in Washington D.C. covering political news.
Background
McClatchy was founded when James McClatchy helped start the company's first newspaper, The Sacramento Bee, in 1857.[1]
In 2006, the McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder, becoming the second biggest newspaper publisher in the United States at that time.[1][2] In 2020, McClatchy and its affiliated companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[3] The company was acquired by Chatham Asset Management, a New Jersey-based hedge fund, at auction later in 2020.[4]
In 2024, McClatchy merged with accelerate360, the publisher of Us Weekly.[5]
Leadership
As of August 2025, the following individuals were leaders of McClatchy Media:[6]
- Tony W. Hunter, chairman and chief executive officer
- Tony Berg, chief revenue officer
- Jeffrey Dorsey, chief operating officer
- Billie S. McConkey, chief administrative officer, chief legal officer and corporate secretary
- Robyn Tomlin, chief news officer
- Chuck Howell, chief financial officer
Work and activities
Newsgathering activities
McClatchy Media currently owns 30 newspapers in 14 states.[7] As of 2024, McClatchy's newspapers have over 100 million unique visitors a month.[8] The company also maintains a Washington D.C. bureau that publishes news stories on McClatchyDC.com, as well as the company's newspapers.[9]
McClatchy's newspapers have won 57 Pulitzer Prizes during their history.[10]
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See also
External Sources
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McClatchy Media, "History," accessed August 28, 2025
- ↑ NPR, "McClatchy Will Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5 Billion," March 13, 2006
- ↑ USA Today, "Newspaper chain McClatchy files Chapter 11 bankruptcy after pension woes, print declines," February 13, 2020
- ↑ Axios, "Hedge fund wins McClatchy papers in bankruptcy auction," July 13, 2020
- ↑ Miami Herald, "McClatchy announces planned merger with magazine giant behind Us Weekly, Woman’s World," August 2, 2024
- ↑ McClatchy Media, "Leadership," accessed August 28, 2025
- ↑ McClatchy Media, "Our Markets," accessed August 28, 2025
- ↑ BusinessWire, "McClatchy Completes Merger with accelerate360," December 13, 2024
- ↑ McClatchy Media, "Washington Bureau," accessed August 28, 2025
- ↑ McClatchy Media, "Awards," accessed August 28, 2025
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