C. K. McClatchy II

{{short description|American newspaper publisher}}

Charles Kenny McClatchy (March 25, 1927 – April 16, 1989) was an American newspaper publisher.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |last5= |last6= |last7= |last8= |first8= |last9= |date=1989-04-17 |title=C.K. McClatchy, 62; Head of Chain of Newspapers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-17-mn-1980-story.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=April 17, 1989 |title=Newspaper publisher C.K. McClatchy dead at 62 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/04/17/Newspaper-publisher-CK-McClatchy-dead-at-62/8310608788800/ |access-date= |website=UPI |language=en}} He was a son of Carlos K. McClatchy, the first editor of The Fresno Bee.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcclatchy.com/100/story/340.html|title=About the McClatchy Company: History|publisher=The McClatchy Company|accessdate=2007-05-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710012021/http://www.mcclatchy.com/100/story/340.html|archivedate=2007-07-10}} He became president of McClatchy Newspapers upon the death of his aunt, Eleanor McClatchy in 1980. Over the next decade, until his death, he guided the family-owned media company on a course that led toward The McClatchy Company, a major, nationwide newspaper chain.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/17/obituaries/charles-k-mcclatchy-62-dies-led-newspaper-company-in-west.html |title=Charles K. McClatchy, 62, Dies; Led Newspaper Company in West - New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=1989-04-17 |accessdate=2012-03-05}}