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McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT) creates, aggregates, and distributes content to traditional and digital news outlets and other clients around the world. It provides news, business, sports, features, opinions and themed content packages on a wide range of topics — along with related photos, graphics, illustrations and caricatures.

History
It began in 1973 as a joint venture between Knight Newspapers and the Tribune Co. In 1974, Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder Publications to become Knight Ridder and the operation became known as Knight-Ridder Tirbune. In 2006, The McClatchy Co. bought Knight Ridder and continued the joint operation with Tribune.

MCT Information Services has six divisions.

News Service moves nearly 1,600 stories a week in multiple categories, including news, news features, business, sports, op-ed, lifestyle, entertainment, food, books and travel. MCT gives you the most extensive, timely coverage of major events with built-in links to related images. Regional/Business News Service moves more than 120,000 stories each month covering state and regional news across the United States, all major American industries and companies, and many international locations and businesses. You select the region and the industries most important to your readers. You can also earn royalties by becoming a contributor.

Photo Service lends visual drama to coverage of world news, politics, business, entertainment, food and lifestyle features, and sporting events. You can choose from more than 4,000 compelling shots taken every month by prize winning photojournalists, MCT staff, newspaper contributors and experienced freelancers, and access MCT's archive database of more than 300,000 pictures.

Graphic Services comprises a selection of more than 250 news and feature graphics each month on a variety of topics (available in English, French, Spanish, Polish, Norwegian and German) plus 40 new illustrations and 4 or 5 new caricatures. Archives include more than 35,000 news graphics, 8,000 weekly feature graphics, 9,000 illustrations and 1,300 caricatures.

One Pages are concise, fully paginated pages that include weekly coverage of NASCAR racing and news for kids, as well as spot pages, which deliver timely, in-depth news analysis plus features on social trends, holidays, popular movies, TV shows and more. We also offer Elements Packages of stories and visuals that appeal to specific demographic groups on topics such as fashion, entertaining, consumer tips, outdoor recreations, and love and relationships as well as content for kids, teens and young adults.

MCT SmartContent is an intelligent content service that enhances and filters hundreds of thousands of articles to deliver customized and accurate feeds tailored to fit an audience's exact information needs. MCT delivers content for a licensing fee that fits all budgets. You can enrich your niche site and delight your readers by leveraging MCT's metadata-rich content to ignite your coverage on a range of topics or to complement your own editorial products.