OLD Media News

Newspaper parent McClatchy shares fall in value

McClatchy might be in a financial flux with announcing a large third-quarter loss and warnings of a potential liquidity crisis next year. To top it off, shares in the publishing company fell 65 percent on Friday.

The recent quarter’s loss included noncash impairment charges of $258.1 million in goodwill and $37.2 million in the loss of market value of its newspaper brands.

Through all of last week, the shares fell from $2.73 to 49 cents, which means the shares lost a value of 82 percent. Additionally, the publishing company further disclosed the fact that it’s facing $124 million in required contributions to its employee pension plan next year.

The Wall Street Journal reported that McClatchy has hired Evercore Group LLC, FTI Consulting Inc., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and the Groom Law Group to advise on its next steps.

McClatchy has struggled with debt since 2006 when it bought newspaper publisher Knight Ridder for $4.5 billion. As of now, the company has 30 newspapers including Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and the Charlotte Observer.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

CNBC taps Sullivan as “Power Lunch” co-anchor

CNBC senior vice president Dan Colarusso sent out the following on Monday: Before this year comes to…

10 hours ago

Business Insider hires Brooks as standards editor

Business Insider editor in chief Jamie Heller sent out the following on Monday: I'm excited to share…

10 hours ago

Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it?

Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…

1 day ago

LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs

Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…

2 days ago

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

3 days ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

3 days ago