Mcclatchy

McClatchy's Grim News

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The McClatchy Co. reported a slightly larger net loss on Wednesday due to declining advertising revenue. Meanwhile, compens...

McClatchy Chief Tapped To Lead AP

AP | ADAM GELLER | Posted 05.22.2012

NEW YORK -- Gary Pruitt, a former First Amendment lawyer who heads the third-largest newspaper company in the U.S., will become the next president and...

Army Probes Crime Lab Workers After Critical News Reports

McClatchy | Posted 02.04.2012

WASHINGTON -- Stung by critical stories about their crime laboratory, officials at Army Criminal Investigation Command recently questioned lab employe...

News for all the People: An Unflattering Portrait of Race and American Media

Art Brodsky | Posted 01.03.2012

Art Brodsky

These are the stories that seldom get told in the sweep of media history in this country. While books are written about the Hearst dynasty, or the Medills and Pattersons, press barons of their time, an entire vital chapter history has largely been given short shrift, until now.

Half Of Texas Doctors Threaten To Turn Away Medicare Patients: Survey

McClatchy | Posted 12.07.2011

Half of Texas physicians would consider withdrawing from the Medicare program if Congress allows a forthcoming deep cut in reimbursement payments, Tex...

Americans Want Federal Debt Reduction, Even If It Slows The Economy: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.06.2011

Should the federal government concentrate on paying off its debt, even if it comes at the expense of a more robust economic recovery? Or should it foc...

Big Newspaper Chain Sees Hopeful Signs

AP | Posted 08.21.2011

NEW YORK — Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. said Tuesday that its revenue isn't declining as much over the past two months. Its stock rose more...

Michael Calderone

Bloomberg News Hires Another Top D.C. Reporter

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.13.2011

Margaret Talev, who's been covering the Obama White House for McClatchy Newspapers, will soon be heading to Bloomberg News, according to a source with...

Big Newspaper Chain Posts Bleak Quarterly Earnings

AP | Posted 06.26.2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — McClatchy Co., publisher of The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, The Miami Herald and other newspapers, said Tuesday that it had a ...

McClatchy: Obama to Renege on Afghan Drawdown

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Naiman

If you were going to draw up a list of five things that President Obama could do that would be likely to draw a primary challenge in 2012, throwing the Afghanistan drawdown in the trash would surely be on that list.

Wall Street Noir: Moody's "Double Agent" Ratings

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

Despite all the evidence against it, Moody's is still treated as a credible player that can send a warning shot across the bow of the U.S. government. That's the kind of rigged game we're facing.

Jump Starting the First Amendment

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Jayne Lyn Stahl

In February, 2009, the Pentagon allowed the International Red Cross to photograph detainees at Guantanamo Bay for the first time. They had been barred from doing so for eight years prior to that.

Jason Linkins

Shahzad And Taliban: New York Times Jumps The Gun

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

McClatchy Newpapers is reporting that "U.S. officials" are contending that there is "no credible evidence" that would-be Times Square bomber Faisal Sh...

Pentagon Bans Four Reporters From Military Tribunals At Gitmo

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon Thursday banned four reporters, including one from McClatchy Newspapers, from covering future military commissions at Guant...

Goldman Sachs: Too Big For Jail?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Don McNay

Just because the SEC filed a lawsuit, it doesn't mean they will win. Goldman Sachs could easily prevail. Before we start breaking out the champagne, let's look at what is actually going on.

U.S. Poised to Commit War Crimes in Marjah

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Naiman

The United States and NATO are poised to launch a major assault in the Marjah district in southern Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians ...

McClatchy Turns Profit On Cost-Cutting

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — McClatchy Co. reported a profit for the fourth quarter on Wednesday and said most of its lenders agreed to give the newspaper publish...

Jason Linkins

Celebrate Gitmo's Eighth Birthday With A McClatchy Read-In

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

With Gitmo celebrating another anniversary, it's a good time to revisit a fantastic McClatchy series, which addressed who the detainees were, and what happened in the prisons the Bush administration set up in Afghanistan and Cuba.

McClatchy Ad Revenue Down Over 20% In 4Q

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Shares of The McClatchy Co., the nation's third-largest newspaper publisher, rose Tuesday after the company said advertisin...

McClatchy Revenue Drops 23%

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. rode a wave of traumatic cost cutting and a one-time tax adjustment to a higher third-quarter ...

Team Obama Divided, Public Strongly Opposed, to More Troops in Afghanistan

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Naiman

Since we're all about promoting democracy, let's have some democracy here. Since the American people are opposed to sending more troops to Afghanistan, let's not do it.

Amnesty: Honduras Photos and Protestor Testimonies Show Extent of Police Violence

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Naiman

If the repression under the coup regime in Honduras were more widely known, it would be much more difficult for representatives of that regime to peddle their story in Washington that their government is "democratic" and "respects the rule of law."

McClatchy Doubles 2Q Profit

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — McClatchy Co.'s second-quarter profit more than doubled as a cost-costing spree that wiped out one-third of the newspaper publis...

McClatchy, NY Times Honored For Coverage Of Economic Meltdown

AP | JENNIFER MALLOY ZONNAS | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — McClatchy & Co., one of the companies hardest hit by the crisis in the newspaper industry, was honored for its coverage of the eco...

Media Literacy 101: Cloak-and-Dagger News

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan Moeller

It's not just Iran. Getting news out of countries in the throes of political turmoil has always been dicey. And getting the news out has often meant using the most recent technology to thwart the authorities.