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McClatchy Co – ‘10-Q’ for 3/29/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Monday, 6/29/20, at 7:15pm ET   ·   For:  3/29/20   ·   Accession #:  1056087-20-28   ·   File #:  1-38200   ·   Correction:  This Filing’s Metadata was Corrected ® and Changed as of 6/29/20 by the SEC on 7/7/20.

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 6/29/20  McClatchy Co                      10-Q®       3/29/20   77:6.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    530K 
 2: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML    114K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 5: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     55K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     94K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations      HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     39K 
                Loss                                                             
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    156K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     36K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    106K 
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     53K 
                Deficit                                                          
20: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     28K 
                Deficit (Parenthetical)                                          
21: R10         Business and Basis of Accounting                    HTML     44K 
22: R11         Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing                        HTML     77K 
23: R12         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     77K 
24: R13         Revenues                                            HTML     46K 
25: R14         Leases                                              HTML    123K 
26: R15         Intangible Assets and Goodwill                      HTML     90K 
27: R16         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    109K 
28: R17         Employee Benefits                                   HTML     58K 
29: R18         Cash Flow Information                               HTML     56K 
30: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     35K 
31: R20         Supplemental Equity Information                     HTML    138K 
32: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     27K 
33: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    104K 
                (Policies)                                                       
34: R23         Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing (Tables)               HTML     62K 
35: R24         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML     34K 
36: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    117K 
37: R26         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)             HTML     90K 
38: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     73K 
39: R28         Employee Benefits (Tables)                          HTML     51K 
40: R29         Cash Flow Information (Tables)                      HTML     55K 
41: R30         Supplemental Equity Information (Tables)            HTML    145K 
42: R31         Business and Basis of Accounting (Details)          HTML     49K 
43: R32         Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing (Details)              HTML     46K 
44: R33         Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Reorganization       HTML     40K 
                items (Details)                                                  
45: R34         CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY FILING - Liabilities subject  HTML     44K 
                to compromise (Details)                                          
46: R35         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Debt   HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R36         SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - PP&E, Assets      HTML     55K 
                held for Sale, Intangibles, Investments, Segments                
                and Compensation (Details)                                       
48: R37         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     29K 
                Income Taxes (Details)                                           
49: R38         Revenues (Details)                                  HTML     25K 
50: R39         Revenues - Unearned Revenues (Details)              HTML     27K 
51: R40         Leases (Details)                                    HTML     49K 
52: R41         Leases - Components of lease cost (Details)         HTML     42K 
53: R42         LEASES - Aggregate future lease payments (Details)  HTML     43K 
54: R43         LEASES - Remaining lease terms and discount rates   HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R44         LEASES - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R45         LEASES - Rejected Leases (Details)                  HTML     28K 
57: R46         Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Details)            HTML     63K 
58: R47         Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Amortization       HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R48         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     61K 
60: R49         Long-Term Debt - Debt Redemptions, Repurchases and  HTML     30K 
                Extinguishment of Debt (Details)                                 
61: R50         LONG-TERM DEBT - Credit Agreement (Details)         HTML     58K 
62: R51         LONG-TERM DEBT - Senior Secured Notes (Details)     HTML     29K 
63: R52         LONG-TERM DEBT - Senior Secured Junior Lien Notes   HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         LONG-TERM DEBT - Junior Lien Term Loan Agreement    HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         Employee Benefits (Details)                         HTML     39K 
66: R55         Employee Benefits - Retirement and Post retirement  HTML     40K 
                costs - (Details)                                                
67: R56         CASH FLOW INFORMATION - Cash, Cash Equivalents,     HTML     33K 
                and Restricted Cash (Details)                                    
68: R57         CASH FLOW INFORMATION - Non-cash activities         HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R58         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Legal Proceedings   HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R59         Supplemental Equity Information - Aocl (Details)    HTML     54K 
71: R60         SUPPLEMENTAL EQUITY INFORMATION - Plans and RSUs    HTML     61K 
                and SARs activity (Details)                                      
72: R61         SUPPLEMENTAL EQUITY INFORMATION - Stock-based       HTML     27K 
                compensation (Details)                                           
73: R62         Supplemental Equity Information - Eps (Details)     HTML     26K 
74: R63         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     47K 
76: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    137K 
75: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    100K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- mni-20200329                        XML   1.63M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- mni-20200329_cal                XML    185K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- mni-20200329_def                 XML    558K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- mni-20200329_lab                      XML   1.27M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- mni-20200329_pre               XML    901K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- mni-20200329                          XSD    176K 
77: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001056087-20-000028-xbrl      Zip    162K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — mni-20200329_pre

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