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Monday, July 11, 2022 -- There has been plenty written about Frank Daniels' family legacy, his politics, dedication to quality education and civic involvement. For the most part, his efforts made the community and state much better places. But for me and many more, he enshrined an ethic that encouraged creativity and embraced those who looked to exploit it. I was offered the opportunity of a lifetime when I most needed it.

SETH EFFRON: When Frank Daniels made me an offer I couldn't refuse

Obit Frank Daniels

Sunday, July 10, 2022 -- Frank Daniels personified the best of a now nearly extinct breed - the inheritor of a forceful local newspaper legacy who didn't merely rest on the inheritance but multiplied its impact to leave his company as well as the community and state it served better for the effort.

Editorial: Frank A. Daniels Jr. combined clout, compassion and innovation

Frank. A. Daniels Jr.

Frank Daniels Jr., who shepherded The News & Observer of Raleigh through an era of political and economic transformation in the New South, has died at 90. His tenure at the N&O and as an Associated Press board chair was marked by technological expansion and innovation. 

Frank Daniels Jr., longtime News & Observer publisher, dies

Donations, volunteers were offered, groups say. But things didn't add up.

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@NCCapitol Investigates

The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a ruling that a reporter and the News and Observer committed libel in a series about the State Bureau of Investigation's ballistics lab.

State Supreme Court upholds libel ruling against N&O

Court and legal

WRAL's Aaron Thomas has more on the decision by the Wake County school board on Tuesday to change the name of a school that was chosen for a white supremacist, Josephus Daniels.

TRIALS AROUND THE WORLD. THEY EMPLOY 165,000 PEOPLE. >>> A RALEIGH SCHOOL NAMED AFTER A WHITE SUPREMACIST IS GETTING A NEW NAME.  BOARD MEMBERS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RENAME THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO OVERLAND SCHOOL. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND AARON THOMAS WITH NEW REACTION TO ALL OF THE EXPECT AND ALL UNFOLDED IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE HOURS. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S KNOWN - - IT IS NAMED AFTER A KNOWN WHITE SUPREMACIST KNOWN FOR STARTING A DEADLY RACE RIOT BACK IN 1978. THE NAME CHANGE TO OVERLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL BY REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY.  >> SWIFT ACTION AS EACH MEMBER VOTED TO CHANGE THE NAME. >> IT IS JUST A NAME. THERE IS A LOT IN A NAME.  I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS STEP.  WE KNOW THAT IT IS SYMBOLIC.  >> IN THE OVERLAND COMMUNITY, IT'S A PLACE THAT AFRICANS AMERICANS THRIVED FOR DECADES AFTER THE WAR. DANIELS WAS A FORMER U.S. NAVY SECRETARY WHO HAD TIES TO A DEADLY MASSACRE. TIMOTHY TITUS IS CHANGING THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL IS NOT ABOUT ERASING HISTORY. >> A SCHOOL SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER SOMEONE YOU CAN AT LEARN ABOUT, ADMIRE AND EMULATE. DANIELS IS NOTWHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. >> THIS COMES THE SAME DAY THE STATUE OF DANIELS CAME DOWN IN RALEIGH. A STATUE OF HIM STOOD AT NASH SQUARE FOR 34 YEARS. DANIELS NAME WAS REMOVED FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL ON OVERLAND ROAD. IT WILL NOW BECOME OVERLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> CHANGING THE NAME IS MUCH MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE TIMES, MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY AT DANIELS.  >> THE DANIELS NAME GOES BEYOND THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. EVEN AT NC STATE, THERE IS A DANIELS HALL. NC STATE TELLS US THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE NAME, FROM THE

Wake County school board moves quickly to change name of school

A statue of Josephus Daniels has been removed from downtown Raleigh. Now, Daniels Middle School may also change its name--to no longer honor Josephus, who founded N&O, but also triggered race riots that lead to death of black residents in Wilmington in the 1890s. 



Daniels Middle School renamed for Oberlin, historic freedman's community

Named after white supremacist, Raleigh middle school considers name change

McClatchy hopes to shed legacy costs, saying, "Legacy companies carry large pension obligations that eat into cash flow and profits." Officials said more than 7 million shares of both publicly available and protected family-owned stock would be canceled. 

McClatchy, owner of News & Observer, files bankruptcy

McClatchy, owner of News & Observer, files for bankruptcy

McClatchy Co., the organization behind Raleigh's own News & Observer, released a statement saying they filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, ending family control of America's second largest local news company.

McClatchy, owner of News & Observer, files bankruptcy to shed old costs, speed shift to digital

McClatchy (NYSE American-MNI), the parent company of Raleigh's News & Observer and Durham's Herald Sun reported a net loss in the third quarter of 2019 of $304.7 million, or $38.43 per share. This compares to net income of $7 million, or $0.90 per share in the third quarter of 2018. 