Gary Pruitt
Gary Pruitt
Gary B. Pruittis the President and CEO of the Associated Press and was the CEO, president, and chairman of the board of the McClatchy Company...
possible
It's possible that (contract farming) could go another year.
newspapers prove wrong
Newspapers are not dying. That's just wrong, and we are going to prove it wrong together.
numbers reason reported star
We see no reason to restate any circulation numbers reported by the Star Tribune,
becoming best company expect papers toward work year
We expect each of our papers to get better every year and work toward becoming the best in the company of its size.
ads continue hard newspapers performance retail sluggish smaller sure
We do think that retail will continue its sluggish performance and we're working hard to make sure that we're getting more smaller ads in the newspapers to make up for that,
best community mass medium reflect relevant serve
We're a mass medium ... The best way to be relevant is to reflect the community and serve it well.
earnings estimates fourth good led raise
We are having a good fourth quarter, which has led us to raise our estimates of full-year earnings for 1999.
breaking business continuous news puts
This puts us back in the breaking news business and back into the continuous news mode.
views trends december
Advertising spending continues to be somewhat choppy in our markets, but we do not view December's results as indicative of a trend in advertising performance going forward.
sunday weekend years
Christmas was on a Sunday in 2005, which had a greater than expected negative impact on retail and classified advertising during the last weekend of our fiscal year. In addition, our California papers had held up well in automotive advertising, but the industry-wide decline in this category reached them in the fourth quarter as well.
able tough advertising
We are generally pleased that we were able to report a solid quarter in a tough advertising environment,.
begun exact marketing papers received sold
We don't know how these will be sold or the exact structure. ... We have begun marketing these papers today. We have received inquiries already.
further journalism plan sustain
We plan to maintain, sustain and further the journalism at these newspapers.
newspapers view wisdom
The conventional wisdom is that newspapers are dead. That's the view out there, but it couldn't be more wrong.