Modesto Bee
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The Modesto Bee is a California newspaper, originally founded in 1884 as the Daily Evening News and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names. Prior to its purchase by Charles K. McClatchy
and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the Modesto News-Herald, adopting that name as part of a consolidation. In 1933 it changed its name to the Modesto Bee and News-Herald, and in 1975 abbreviated the name on its masthead to the Modesto Bee. Its current owner, is the descendant firm, McClatchy Company, an American
newspaper corporation.
The Modesto Bee has about 150 employees and is delivered throughout central California, reaching places such as Manteca
, Merced
, Patterson and Sonora. It currently serves 70,000 morning subscribers and 80,000 on Sundays.
Charles Kenny McClatchy
Charles Kenny McClatchy, better known as C.K. McClatchy, , was the crusading editor of The Sacramento Bee and a founder of McClatchy Newspapers, the family-owned company that was forerunner to The McClatchy Company.Charles Kenny McClatchy attended Santa Clara University, where he earned an Masters...
and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the Modesto News-Herald, adopting that name as part of a consolidation. In 1933 it changed its name to the Modesto Bee and News-Herald, and in 1975 abbreviated the name on its masthead to the Modesto Bee. Its current owner, is the descendant firm, McClatchy Company, an American
United States
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newspaper corporation.
The Modesto Bee has about 150 employees and is delivered throughout central California, reaching places such as Manteca
Manteca
Manteca may refer to:* Manteca, California, a city* Manteca , a Canadian jazz fusion band* "Manteca" , a 1947 jazz tune co-written by Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, and Gil Fuller* Manteca, a UK record label imprint of Union Square Music...
, Merced
Merced, California
Merced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California in the San Joaquin Valley of Northern California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 78,958. Incorporated in 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council-manager government...
, Patterson and Sonora. It currently serves 70,000 morning subscribers and 80,000 on Sundays.