McClatchey’s Pruitt Says No Value in Attending NAA or ASNE
McClatchey’s CEO Gary Pruitt will be installed as the Newspaper Association of America’s chairman in April. He tells execs not to attend. Same with American Society of Newspaper Editors.
“I would prefer they make the wise decision due to economic conditions,” Pruitt told E&P late Thursday. “The vast majority are not attending, it is a larger percentage than usual.”
In other words, there’s nothing going on at these major meetings that would benefit you.
Pruitt said he will be unaffected by the attendance of McClatchy papers. “It is not important to me,”