Star Tribune Promotes Ken Riddick To Vice President of Interactive Media

Minneapolis/St. Paul - (August 12, 2005) - Ken Riddick has been promoted to vice president of interactive media at the Star Tribune, it was announced today by Publisher and President J. Keith Moyer.

For the past two years, Riddick has been the Star Tribune’s executive director of interactive media, managing the rapid growth of startribune.com, which is the leading local web site in the Twin Cities market with a 31 percent reach and more than 800,000 registered users.

“Ken’s promotion recognizes his outstanding leadership in the growth and development of startribune.com,” Moyer said. “Ken has done a stellar job of improving our online content by better integrating our print and digital efforts and making startribune.com a primary source for breaking news. At the same time, he has presided over a tripling of our online revenue.”

Riddick came to the Star Tribune from The Fresno Bee in California, where he was director of interactive media and instrumental in the start-up and success of the Fresno Bee’s award-winning online product lines. Prior to leading Fresno’s online operation, Riddick was picture editor at The Fresno Bee. He also has been director of photography at both the Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press and The Greeley (Colorado) Tribune, and he ran his own commercial photography business in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a graduate of the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

About the Star Tribune

The Star Tribune Company, a news and information company serving the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, is owned by The McClatchy Company of Sacramento, Calif. (NYSE:MNI). The Star Tribune newspaper is one of the top 20 largest newspapers in the nation, with a daily circulation of 378,316 and a Sunday circulation of 655,198 (per Audit Bureau of Circulation report 03/05). The company’s Web site, www.startribune.com, is the most frequently used local news and information service for the Twin Cities market. The Star Tribune Foundation has been supporting Twin Cities’ communities since 1945 and currently distributes about $3 million annually. On the Net: The Star Tribune Company: www.startribunecompany.com/company/, and The McClatchy Company: www.mcclatchy.com.

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