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Mr. Whittaker is Vice President, Operations and oversees 10 daily newspapers in California, Florida and the Midwest - The Sacramento Bee, The Fresno Bee, The Modesto Bee, the Merced Sun-Star, and The (San Luis Obispo) Tribune, in California; The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Bradenton Herald, in Florida; the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky; and the Belleville News-Democrat in Illinois. He was named to this position in 1997. Mr. Whittaker joined McClatchy as General Manager of The Sacramento Bee in 1985 and from 1990 to 1997 served as both President and General Manager of that newspaper. The previous 13 years, Mr. Whittaker served The Toronto Star in a variety of management positions, including Director of Strategic Planning and Circulation Director. Mr. Whittaker is past President of the California Newspaper Publishers Association and currently is on the Board, and serves as Treasurer, of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. He also belongs to the Boards of the Sacramento Regional Foundation and the Graduate School of Business at the University of California, Davis. | 