Carlos K. McClatchy was called C.K. McClatchy, as had been his grandfather, Charles Kenny McClatchy

Charles Kenny McClatchy

Charles Kenny McClatchy, better known as C.K. McClatchy, , was the crusading editor of The Sacramento Bee and a founder of McClatchy Newspapers, the family-owned company that was forerunner to The McClatchy Company.Charles Kenny McClatchy attended Santa Clara University, where he earned an Masters...

. This second C.K. was a son of Carlos McClatchy, first editor of The Fresno Bee

The Fresno Bee

The Fresno Bee is the daily newspaper serving Fresno, California and surrounding counties in that U.S. state's San Joaquin Valley. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and ranks fourth in circulation among the company's newspapers....

. He became president of McClatchy Newspapers upon the death of his aunt, Eleanor McClatchy in 1979. Over the next decade, until his own death, he guided the family-owned media company on a course that led toward The McClatchy Company

The McClatchy Company

The McClatchy Company is a publicly traded American publishing company based in Sacramento, California. It operates 30 daily newspapers in 15 states and has an average weekday circulation of 2.2 million and Sunday circulation of 2.8 million...

, a major, nationwide newspaper chain.