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The Island Packet is a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company, a newspaper and Internet publisher headquartered in Sacramento, Calif. Building on a 147-year legacy of independence, The McClatchy Company has 12 daily and 17 community newspapers with a combined average circulation of 1.4 million daily and 1.9 million Sunday. McClatchy newspapers' many honors have included 13 Pulitzer Prizes, five of which were gold medals for public service. McClatchy has an Internet subsidiary, McClatchy Interactive, which provides both content and business support for interactive media nationwide. The company s largest newspaper is the Star Tribune in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., which it acquired in 1998. The oldest paper, The Sacramento Bee, was founded in 1857 and is the company s second largest. McClatchy s other operations include Newsprint Ventures, a consortium that operates the Ponderay newsprint mill near Spokane, Wash. The company employs nearly 9,300 people. The Island Packet maintains offices in Bluffton, S.C.

Operating in eight states, the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, Morris Multimedia is one of the largest, privately-owned media companies in the United States. Founded in 1970, Morris comprises two divisions: Morris Newspaper Corporation, which owns and operates more than 90 daily and weekly newspapers, shoppers and niche publications; and Morris Network, which owns and operates four network affiliate television stations. In 2003, Morris announced the purchase of two television stations in Columbus, Miss. In 2004, two of Morris Media s Tennessee publications were exchanged for a Gannett daily newspaper in Gainesville, Ga. Morris Multimedia is headquartered in the historic Oliver Sturges House in Savannah, Ga.

WTOC-TV is a subsidiary of Raycom Media, which was created in 1996 with the purchase of 12 television stations, two radio stations, and a sports marketing, production, events management and distribution company. Shortly after this first acquisition, Raycom Media acquired two other companies. Raycom Media now stretches from Syracuse, N.Y., to Honolulu with businesses in more than 20 states. The television stations cover more than 10 percent of the United States' television households. Along with broadcasting, Raycom Media businesses include event management, distribution of syndicated television programming, and information systems support and design. The company, through Raycom Sports, owns and operates the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte, N.C., and two Ladies Professional Golf Association golf tournaments, as well as produces pre-season NFL football games for non-owned stations. In a partnership, it owns all television and marketing rights to the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. WTOC-TV maintains a station in Savannah, Ga.