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In the Sacramento Bee’s founding editorial in 1857, editor James McClatchy vowed in the florid prose of the period that his journal would rely “upon a just, honorable, fearless course of conduct” and “make those men enemies who are enemies of the country.”
July 17, 1987
Business
The publisher of the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star and dozens of newspapers across the country is filing for bankruptcy protection.
Feb. 13, 2020
The hedge fund said it planned to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control.
July 12, 2020
McClatchy’s bankruptcy shows that local news is dying.
Gary B. Pruitt’s bid for Knight Ridder reflects his against-the-grain view of the industry.
March 14, 2006
James Briggs McClatchy, a fourth-generation owner and former chairman of the McClatchy Co. newspaper chain, died Friday at his home in Carmichael, Calif., of complications from recent surgery.
May 28, 2006
The McClatchy newspaper company announced its second major round of job cuts in three months Tuesday and blamed a sour advertising environment in trimming its payroll by 10%.
Sept. 17, 2008
McClatchy Co., the No. 3 newspaper company in the country, said Monday that it was slashing 1,400 jobs in the latest effort to cut costs amid rapidly dwindling advertising revenue.
June 17, 2008
Entertainment & Arts
McClatchy Co. said Tuesday that it would sell its flagship newspaper, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, to a private equity firm for $530 million, less than half the $1.2 billion the company paid to acquire the paper eight years ago.
Dec. 27, 2006
McClatchy Co. said Tuesday that its acquisition of Knight Ridder Inc. helped boost third-quarter profit, but the nation’s No. 2 newspaper company warned of a continuing slump in classified and national advertising.
Oct. 18, 2006