09/14/2009

AP Press Release

All of McClatchy's daily newspapers join AP Mobile


The McClatchy Company announced today that all 30 of its daily newspapers have joined The Associated Press mobile news network.

Two McClatchy newspapers -- The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee -- joined AP Mobile in 2008. McClatchy's Spanish-language paper El Nuevo Herald, based in Miami, was also the first Spanish-language paper to be featured on the U.S.-Spanish section of AP Mobile.

"Mobile is a key component of McClatchy's overall digital strategy," said Christian Hendricks, McClatchy's vice president, interactive media. "Adding all our websites to AP Mobile makes it easier for consumers to access our local news and helps expand overall readership in our newspapers' markets."

AP Mobile is an award-winning multimedia news portal developed by The Associated Press that provides anytime access to international, national and local news. In addition to AP's own worldwide coverage of breaking news, sports, entertainment, politics and business, more than 1,000 AP members and third-party sources provide content for AP Mobile (www.apnews.com/).

"The addition of McClatchy's full network of newspapers further enriches AP Mobile's wealth of local news coverage," said Jane Seagrave, AP's senior vice president of global product development. "No other mobile news services combines so many original sources of credible, breaking news in a single, easy-to-navigate application."

About The McClatchy Company

The McClatchy Company is the third largest newspaper company in the United States, with 30 daily newspapers, approximately 50 non-dailies, and direct marketing and direct mail operations. McClatchy also operates leading local websites in each of its markets which extend its audience reach. The websites offer users comprehensive news and information, advertising, e-commerce and other services. Together with its newspapers and direct marketing products, these interactive operations make McClatchy the leading local media company in each of its premium high growth markets. McClatchy-owned newspapers include The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star, The Charlotte Observer, and The News & Observer (Raleigh).

McClatchy also owns a portfolio of premium digital assets, including 14.4% of CareerBuilder, the nation's largest online job site, 25.6% of Classified Ventures, a newspaper industry partnership that offers two of the nation's premier classified websites: the auto website, cars.com, and the rental site, apartments.com and 33.3% of HomeFinder, LLC which operates the real estate website HomeFinder.com. McClatchy is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI.

About The AP

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Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720