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Austin Tice’s family will return to Beirut

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:38:07 +0000

The Family of Austin Tice | Associated Press

Washington Post and McClatchy freelancer Austin Tice has been missing for nearly a year, and his family plans “to return to Beirut to reach more deeply into the region on behalf … Read more

McClatchy, New York Times won’t attend DOJ’s off-the-record meeting

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:21:16 +0000

The Huffington Post | CNN | The Washington Post | Politico

McClatchy Washington bureau chief James Asher says his organization won’t attend a planned meeting between news organizations and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The Department of Justice is reaching … Read more

McClatchy reports 22,000 digital-only subscribers

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:43:41 +0000

The McClatchy Company

Circulation revenues rose 1.6 percent at McClatchy’s properties in the first quarter of 2013. Advertising revenue was down 6 percent. Overall, revenues were down 4 percent over the first quarter of 2012.

The company’s digital subscription program … Read more

McClatchy’s Syria Bureau Chief David Enders on being abducted

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:08:44 +0000

McClatchy’s Syria Bureau Chief David Enders writes about being abducted:

I was recently abducted by a group of rebels in northern Syria. I was strip-searched and held, handcuffed and blindfolded, for six hours along with three Syrian men before we … Read more

Circulation and ad revenue down at McClatchy

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:44:45 +0000

The McClatchy Co.
McClatchy’s circulation revenues were down in the fourth quarter of 2012, the company said in an earnings report released Thursday morning. Circulation revenue fell 1.9 percent, and advertising revenue was down 6 percent.

In McClatchy’s third-quarter … Read more

Furloughs, job cuts coming to Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:28:19 +0000

A memo to employees sent on behalf of Publisher Gary Wortel lays out the bad news:

Some single incumbent positions will be eliminated and several positions that are currently open will not be replaced. Work groups in several operations and
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Newspaper circulation stays the same in latest ABC report, but the mix is shifting to digital

Rick Edmonds — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:20:06 +0000

Newspaper circulation was essentially the same in the six months ending September 30, compared to the same period a year ago, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported this morning.

The 613 papers reporting daily results for both periods saw … Read more

Circulation and advertising revenues down at McClatchy

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:23:04 +0000

The McClatchy Co.
Advertising and circulation revenue were down at the McClatchy Co. in the third quarter of this year. Five of the company’s newspapers — including The Sacramento Bee and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram — introduced a digital-subscription paywall … Read more

Freelance reporter Austin Tice missing, was last in Syria

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:08:00 +0000

McClatchy
Austin Tice “has been incommunicado for more than a week, his whereabouts unknown since exchanging email with a colleague,” Hannah Allam reports. Tice had been in Syria reporting for McClatchy, The Washington Post, CBS News, Al Jazeera … Read more

McClatchy to expand paywalls across chain in fourth quarter

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:27:42 +0000

The McClatchy Co.
McClatchy says it intends “to roll out a metered plan in the third quarter in five of our markets” in its press release about the company’s second-quarter earnings, and it will start charging at the … Read more