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...
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.
real government talking
It's created a very real chilling effect among our sources. They've become nervous about talking with us. They don't want their phone numbers associated with us. And government employees who previously routinely talked to us, now won't.
hear newspapers wisdom
I know what the conventional wisdom is. We hear it all the time: Newspapers are dead. That's all we hear. ... That's just wrong, it really is wrong.
advertising biggest local sales
You've got the biggest newsroom, the biggest advertising sales staff, the biggest local presence.
expect further high quality sustain
These are high quality papers, they're doing well, and we expect to sustain and further their journalism.
advertising economic economy-and-economics growing growth leg lift markets quicker retaining rising tends tide
The markets we're retaining have a leg up. They are growing at a quicker rate, and with that economic growth comes more readers, more advertisers. The rising tide tends to lift all ships.