Knight Ridder

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Knight Ridder was a major American media company best known for owning and operating a large chain of newspapers across the United States before its acquisition by The McClatchy Company in 2006.

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instanceOf media company
acquiredBy The McClatchy Company NERFINISHED
acquisitionDate June 2006
acquisitionPrice approximately $4.5 billion
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateNumberOfEmployees around 2005
dissolved 2006
fate acquired and dissolved
foundedBy Herman Ridder NERFINISHED
James L. Knight NERFINISHED
John S. Knight NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Miami, Florida NERFINISHED
San Jose, California NERFINISHED
headquartersMovedFrom Miami, Florida NERFINISHED
inception 1974
industry mass media
newspapers
languageOfWorkOrName English
merger merger of Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications
notableFor coverage critical of pre-Iraq War intelligence
investigative journalism
large chain of daily newspapers in the United States
numberOfEmployees approximately 32,000
owned Akron Beacon Journal NERFINISHED
Biloxi Sun Herald NERFINISHED
Charlotte Observer NERFINISHED
Contra Costa Times NERFINISHED
Detroit Free Press NERFINISHED
Fort Worth Star-Telegram NERFINISHED
Kansas City Star NERFINISHED
Knight Ridder Digital NERFINISHED
Lexington Herald-Leader NERFINISHED
Long Beach Press-Telegram NERFINISHED
Miami Herald NERFINISHED
RealCities network NERFINISHED
San Jose Mercury News NERFINISHED
St. Paul Pioneer Press NERFINISHED
The News & Observer NERFINISHED
The Philadelphia Inquirer NERFINISHED
The State (Columbia, South Carolina) NERFINISHED
newspapers in more than 30 U.S. markets
parentCompanyOf Knight Ridder Digital NERFINISHED
predecessor Knight Newspapers NERFINISHED
Ridder Publications NERFINISHED
stockExchange New York Stock Exchange
tickerSymbol KRI NERFINISHED

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Joseph L. Galloway employer Knight Ridder
McClatchy Company acquired Knight Ridder