The McClatchy Company, which operates a major chain of newspapers in the U.S., is moving IT work overseas.

The number of affected jobs, based on employee estimates, range from 120 to 150.

The chain owns about 30 newspapers, including The Sacramento Bee, where McClatchy is based; The Fresno Bee, The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., The State in Columbia, S.C. and the Miami Herald.

In March, McClatchy IT employees were told that the company had signed a contract with Wipro, an India-based IT services provider.

In a letter sent to the chain’s IT employees in late March, McClatchy CEO Patrick Talamantes detailed all the improvements the Wipro contract would bring, but buries, well down in the letter obtained by Computerworld, what should have been in its lead paragraph: There will be cutbacks of U.S. staff.

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