Wanted wanted

Folks at Wanted Technologies this week announced that the firm had been selected by McClatchy Interactive as a provider of recruitment sales intelligence for its affiliate newspapers. Under terms of the agreement, McClatchy newspapers can implement Wanted’s suite of products in their classified advertising sales process. Wanted promises to provide customized business leads, web-based advertiser analytics, and online market intelligence for the classified recruitment category.

The McClatchy Company is the third largest newspaper company in the United States, with 31 daily newspapers and approximately 50 non-dailies. McClatchy-owned newspapers include The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star, The Charlotte Observer, and The (Raleigh) News & Observer.

The company also owns and operates McClatchy Interactive, an interactive operation that provides websites with content, publishing tools and software development; Real Cities, an advertising network of local news sites, including more than 130 newspaper sites; and 15 percent of CareerBuilder, an online job site.

Wanted Technologies sells real-time sales and business intelligence products for the staffing and recruitment, real estate, and media classified advertising industries. Wanted’s sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006 were over $1.9 million, up 30 percent from the previous year.