Chatham Asset Management has
announced that Tony W. Hunter will be the new CEO of McClatchy. McClatchy said
he’ll take up the role in September, after the company comes out of Chapter 11
and completes its court-approved sale to
McClatchy's asset purchase agreement with
The transaction is expected to close in September,
subject to closing conditions and certain regulatory approvals, says McClatchy.
Hunter will succeed Craig Forman, McClatchy's
CEO, who along with the current board and Chairman Kevin McClatchy, will
leave the company upon McClatchy's emergence from its court-supervised
reorganization.
Hunter joined the Tribune Company in 1994,
rising the ranks to CEO of Tribune Publishing and publisher of the Chicago
Tribune, a role he held from 2008 to 2016.
Previously, Hunter served as chairman of Nucleus
Marketing Solutions, a collaborative venture between McClatchy, Gannett, Hearst
and Tribune, as well as chairman of the News Media Alliance and a
member of the board of the
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