Carlos K. McClatchy

Who was Carlos K. McClatchy?

Carlos K. McClatchy was called C.K. McClatchy, as had been his grandfather, Charles Kenny McClatchy. This second C.K. was a son of Carlos McClatchy, first editor of The Fresno Bee. He became president of McClatchy Newspapers upon the death of his aunt, Eleanor McClatchy in 1979. Over the next decade, until his own death, he guided the family-owned media company on a course that led toward The McClatchy Company, a major, nationwide newspaper chain.