CHICAGO, October 1 /PRNewswire/ --

- Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service To Be Dissolved

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), a joint venture of the
McClatchy and Tribune companies, today announced the incorporation of the Los
Angeles Times into MCT's offerings and services. Effective January 1, 2010,
the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service (LATWP) will cease
operations.

Upon the close of LATWP, the Los Angeles Times will become one of MCT's
premier providers with some of the best multimedia entertainment, world and
national news, business, features, sports and technology coverage available
in the United States and abroad. This move will make MCT the world's leading
supplemental news service.

The Times' world-renowned journalism and 127-year history of excellence
promises MCT customers access to first-hand reporting from 13 foreign
bureaus, Hollywood, inside Washington D.C.'s Beltway and next year's Olympics
and World Cup, alongside fashion and style, health, travel and food news and
information.

With contributions from 600-plus contributors worldwide, MCT provides
news articles, feature stories, photos, graphics, illustrations, caricatures,
themed content packages and paginated products. MCT material is also produced
by its own staff in the United States and Europe, and supplied to more than
1,200 media clients across the country and internationally. MCT is a major
provider of content to online information services. MCT products are marketed
worldwide by Tribune Media Services (TMS), the global content-licensing unit
of the Tribune Company.

"Tribune Media Services is pleased with the opportunity to have the Los
Angeles Times world-renowned brand become part of MCT's service," said David
D. Williams, president and chief executive officer of Tribune Media Services.
"We are committed to finding ways to make the service a more valuable
resource for our customers, and the inclusion of The Times increases the
depth and breadth of coverage MCT offers."

"The demand for the high quality information MCT provides continues to
grow," said Gary Pruitt, McClatchy's chairman and chief executive officer.
"We're delighted, obviously, to welcome the Los Angeles Times to this
partnership, and I'm certain MCT's clients will welcome the addition of Los
Angeles Times journalism."

The initial date for incorporating Los Angeles Times content is scheduled
for January 1, 2010.

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 (Raleigh) News & Observer.

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 Tribune Media Services and Tribune Company

Tribune Media Services (TMS), a subsidiary of Tribune Company, is a
leading provider of information and entertainment products for print,
electronic and on-air media in the United States and abroad. It distributes
TV and movie listings and related editorial content under the TMS and Zap2it
brands; syndicates comics, editorial cartoons, features and opinion columns;
creates and distributes a variety of online information products; licenses
editorial content from national periodicals; and manages national advertising
networks. TMS also markets news, features, information graphics and
multimedia content to media clients around the world through the
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information, visit
www.tmsfeatures.com.

TRIBUNE is America's largest employee-owned media company, operating
businesses in publishing, interactive and broadcasting. In publishing,
Tribune's leading daily newspapers include the Los Angeles Times, Chicago
Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Sun-Sentinel (South Florida), Orlando Sentinel,
Hartford Courant, Morning Call and Daily Press. The company's broadcasting
group operates 23 television stations, WGN America on national cable,
Chicago's WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Popular news and
information websites complement Tribune's print and broadcast properties and
extend the company's nationwide audience. At Tribune we take what we do
seriously and with a great deal of pride. We also value the creative spirit
and nurture a corporate culture that doesn't take itself too seriously.

For more information, contact:

Jan Guszynski                              Nancy Sullivan
    Media Relations                            Communications
    Tribune Media Services                     Los Angeles Times
    +1-312-222-4717                            +1-213-237-6160
    jguszynski@tribune.com                     nancy.sullivan@latimes.com

    Elaine Lintecum
    Investor/Media Relations
    The McClatchy Company
    +1-916-321-1846
    elintecum@mcclatchy.com