McClatchy -- which operates more than 30 newspapers nationwide, including The Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sacramento Bee and Charlotte Observer -- faces the same challenges that other newspaper companies do, including steep drops in demand for ads and shifts in the way people consume news. The company bought the larger Knight Ridder chain for $4.5 billion in 2006, and has been increasingly investing in digital and video initiatives. For instance, it plans to add two dozen staffers to its video team in Washington. Other planned additions are a "strike force" to pursue enterprise and developing stories, as well as a database team.