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50 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1974-07-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_S._Knight" title="John S. Knight">John S. Knight</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Herman_Ridder" title="Herman Ridder">Herman Ridder</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">June 27, 2006<span class="noprint">; 18 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2006-06-27</span>)</span><br />(31 years, 11 months and 16 days)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Purchased by The <a href="/wiki/McClatchy" title="McClatchy">McClatchy</a> Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data">The <a href="/wiki/McClatchy" title="McClatchy">McClatchy</a> Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">Newspapers</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Knight Ridder</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> was an American media company, specializing in <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/Publishing" title="Publishing">publishing</a>. Until it was bought by <a href="/wiki/McClatchy" title="McClatchy">McClatchy</a> on June 27, 2006, it was the second largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspaper brands sold. Its headquarters were located in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The corporate ancestors of Knight Ridder were Knight Newspapers, Inc. and Ridder Publications, Inc. The first company was founded by <a href="/wiki/John_S._Knight" title="John S. Knight">John S. Knight</a> upon inheriting control of the <i><a href="/wiki/Akron_Beacon_Journal" title="Akron Beacon Journal">Akron Beacon Journal</a></i> from his father, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Landon_Knight" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Landon Knight">Charles Landon Knight</a>, in 1933; the second company was founded by <a href="/wiki/Herman_Ridder" title="Herman Ridder">Herman Ridder</a> when he acquired the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/New_Yorker_Staats-Zeitung" title="New Yorker Staats-Zeitung">New Yorker Staats-Zeitung</a></i></span>, a <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German language</a> newspaper, in 1892. As <a href="/wiki/Anti-German_sentiment" title="Anti-German sentiment">anti-German sentiment</a> increased in the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a>, Ridder successfully transitioned into English language publishing by acquiring <i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Commerce" title="The Journal of Commerce">The Journal of Commerce</a></i> in 1926. </p><p>Both companies went public in 1969 and merged on July 11, 1974. For a brief time, the combined company was the largest newspaper publisher in the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="At_its_peak">At its peak</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: At its peak"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knight Ridder had a long history of innovation in <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a>. It was the first newspaper publisher to experiment with <a href="/wiki/Videotex" title="Videotex">videotex</a> when it launched its <a href="/wiki/Viewtron" title="Viewtron">Viewtron</a> system in 1983. After investing six years of research and $50 million into the service, Knight Ridder shut down Viewtron in 1986 when the service's interactivity features proved more popular than news delivery.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knight-Ridder purchased Dialog Information Services Inc. from <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed Corporation</a> in August 1988. In October 1988, the company placed its eight broadcast television stations up for sale to reduce debt and to pay for the purchase of Dialog.<sup id="cite_ref-ap_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, when Tony Ridder was CEO, it bought four newspapers from <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a> formerly owned by <a href="/wiki/Capital_Cities/ABC_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Cities/ABC Inc.">Capital Cities Communications</a>, after Disney's purchase of Cap Cities mainly for the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> television network (<a href="/wiki/The_Kansas_City_Star" title="The Kansas City Star">The <i>Kansas City Star</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Star-Telegram" title="Fort Worth Star-Telegram">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Belleville_News-Democrat" title="Belleville News-Democrat">Belleville News-Democrat</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Leader" title="Times Leader">(Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader</a></i> for $1.65 billion. It was, at the time, the most expensive newspaper acquisition in history. </p><p>For most of its existence, the company was based in Miami, with headquarters on the top floor of the Miami Herald building. In 1998, Knight Ridder relocated its headquarters from Miami to San Jose, Calif.; there, that city's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mercury_News" title="The Mercury News">Mercury News</a></i>—the first daily newspaper to regularly publish its full content online—was booming along with the rest of Silicon Valley. The internet division had been established there three years earlier. The company rented several floors in a downtown high-rise as its new corporate base. </p><p>In November 2005, the company announced plans for "strategic initiatives," which involved the possible sale of the company. This came after three major institutional shareholders publicly urged management to put the company up for sale. At the time, the company had a higher <a href="/wiki/Profit_margin" title="Profit margin">profit margin</a> than many Fortune 500 companies, including <a href="/wiki/ExxonMobil" title="ExxonMobil">ExxonMobil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Iraq War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the run-up to the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>, Knight Ridder DC Bureau reporters Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel wrote a series of articles critical of purported intelligence suggesting links between <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>, the obtainment of <a href="/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons of mass destruction">weapons of mass destruction</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>, citing anonymous sources. </p><p>Landay and Strobel's stories ran counter to reports by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> and other national publications, resulting in some newspapers within the Knight-Ridder chain refusing to run the two reporters' stories. After the war and the discrediting of many initial news reports written and carried by others, Strobel and Landay received the <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Clapper_Memorial_Award" title="Raymond Clapper Memorial Award">Raymond Clapper Memorial Award</a> from the Senate Press Gallery on February 5, 2004, for their coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a></i> headlined the two as "the reporting team that got Iraq right".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Columbia Journalism Review</i> described the reporting as "unequaled by the Bigfoots working at higher-visibility outlets such as the <i>New York Times</i>, the <i>Washington Post</i>, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later after the war, their work was featured in <a href="/wiki/Bill_Moyers" title="Bill Moyers">Bill Moyers</a>' PBS documentary "Buying The War"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was dramatized in the 2017 film <i><a href="/wiki/Shock_and_Awe_(film)" title="Shock and Awe (film)">Shock and Awe</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purchase_by_McClatchy">Purchase by McClatchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Purchase by McClatchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 13, 2006, <a href="/wiki/The_McClatchy_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The McClatchy Company">The McClatchy Company</a> announced its agreement to purchase Knight Ridder for a purchase price of $6.5 billion in cash, stock and debt.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal gave McClatchy 32 daily newspapers in 29 markets, with a total circulation of 3.3 million. However, for various reasons, McClatchy decided immediately to resell twelve of these papers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 26, 2006, McClatchy announced it was selling the <i>San Jose Mercury News</i>, <i>Contra Costa Times</i>, <i>Monterey Herald</i>, and <i>St. Paul Pioneer Press</i> to <a href="/wiki/Digital_First_Media" title="Digital First Media">MediaNews Group</a> (with backing from the <a href="/wiki/Hearst_Communications" title="Hearst Communications">Hearst Corporation</a>) for $1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_newspapers">List of newspapers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Daily newspapers owned by Knight Ridder and its predecessors – listed alphabetically by place of publication – included: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_American_News" class="mw-redirect" title="The American News">The American News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Aberdeen,_South_Dakota" title="Aberdeen, South Dakota">Aberdeen, South Dakota</a>), 1928–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Akron_Beacon_Journal" title="Akron Beacon Journal">Akron Beacon Journal</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron, Ohio</a>), 1903–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Belleville_News-Democrat" title="Belleville News-Democrat">Belleville News-Democrat</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois" title="Belleville, Illinois">Belleville, Illinois</a>), 1997–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bellingham_Herald" title="The Bellingham Herald">The Bellingham Herald</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Bellingham,_Washington" title="Bellingham, Washington">Bellingham, Washington</a>), 2005–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sun_Herald" title="Sun Herald">Sun Herald</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Biloxi,_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi, Mississippi</a>), 1986–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boca_Raton_News" title="Boca Raton News">Boca Raton News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Boca_Raton,_Florida" title="Boca Raton, Florida">Boca Raton, Florida</a>), 1969–1997</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Idaho_Statesman" class="mw-redirect" title="The Idaho Statesman">The Idaho Statesman</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise, Idaho</a>), 2005–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Camera" title="Daily Camera">The Daily Camera</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder, Colorado</a>), 1969–1997</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Herald_(Bradenton)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Herald (Bradenton)">The Herald (Bradenton)</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Bradenton,_Florida" title="Bradenton, Florida">Bradenton, Florida</a>), 1973–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charlotte_Observer" title="The Charlotte Observer">The Charlotte Observer</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>), 1955–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Daily_News" title="Chicago Daily News">Chicago Daily News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>), 1944–1959</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_State_(newspaper)" title="The State (newspaper)">The State</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a>), 1986–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Ledger-Enquirer" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbus Ledger-Enquirer">Columbus Ledger-Enquirer</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia" title="Columbus, Georgia">Columbus, Georgia</a>), 1973–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a>), 1940–2005</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duluth_News_Tribune" title="Duluth News Tribune">Duluth News Tribune</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth, Minnesota</a>), 1936–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_News-Sentinel" title="The News-Sentinel">The News-Sentinel</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne, Indiana</a>), 1980–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth_Star-Telegram" title="Fort Worth Star-Telegram">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>), 1997–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Post-Tribune_(Indiana_newspaper)" title="Post-Tribune (Indiana newspaper)">The Post-Tribune</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Gary,_Indiana" title="Gary, Indiana">Gary, Indiana</a>), 1966–1998</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Herald" title="Grand Forks Herald">Grand Forks Herald</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota" title="Grand Forks, North Dakota">Grand Forks, North Dakota</a>), 1929–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kansas_City_Star" title="The Kansas City Star">The Kansas City Star</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>), 1997–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Herald-Leader" title="Lexington Herald-Leader">Lexington Herald-Leader</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a>), 1973–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Press-Telegram" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Beach Press-Telegram">Long Beach Press-Telegram</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a>), 1952–1997</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Telegraph_(Macon)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Telegraph (Macon)">The Telegraph</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon, Georgia</a>), 1969–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys_Keynoter" title="Florida Keys Keynoter">Florida Keys Keynoter</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Marathon,_Florida" title="Marathon, Florida">Marathon, Florida</a>), 1956–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Miami_Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="The Miami Herald">The Miami Herald</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>), 1937–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_Nuevo_Herald" title="El Nuevo Herald">El Nuevo Herald</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami, Florida</a>), 1977–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monterey_County_Herald" title="The Monterey County Herald">The Monterey County Herald</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Monterey,_California" title="Monterey, California">Monterey, California</a>), 1997–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_News" title="The Sun News">The Sun News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach,_South_Carolina" title="Myrtle Beach, South Carolina">Myrtle Beach, South Carolina</a>), 1986–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Commerce" title="The Journal of Commerce">The Journal of Commerce</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>), 1926–1995</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Olathe_News" title="The Olathe News">The Olathe News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Olathe,_Kansas" title="Olathe, Kansas">Olathe, Kansas</a>), 2000–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Olympian" title="The Olympian">The Olympian</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Washington" title="Olympia, Washington">Olympia, Washington</a>), 2005–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto_Daily_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Palo Alto Daily News">Palo Alto Daily News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto, California</a>), 2005–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pasadena_Star-News" title="Pasadena Star-News">Pasadena Star-News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>), 1956–1989</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Daily_News" title="Philadelphia Daily News">Philadelphia Daily News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>), 1969–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>), 1969–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press" title="St. Paul Pioneer Press">St. Paul Pioneer Press</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/St._Paul,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul, Minnesota</a>), 1927–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mercury_News" title="The Mercury News">San Jose Mercury News</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a>), 1952–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tribune_(San_Luis_Obispo)" title="The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)">The Tribune</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo,_California" title="San Luis Obispo, California">San Luis Obispo, California</a>), 1997–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Centre_Daily_Times" title="Centre Daily Times">Centre Daily Times</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/State_College,_Pennsylvania" title="State College, Pennsylvania">State College, Pennsylvania</a>), 1979–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee_Democrat" title="Tallahassee Democrat">Tallahassee Democrat</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee, Florida</a>), 1965–2005</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/East_Bay_Times" title="East Bay Times">Contra Costa Times</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Walnut_Creek,_California" title="Walnut Creek, California">Walnut Creek, California</a>), 1995–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wichita_Eagle" title="The Wichita Eagle">The Wichita Eagle</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita, Kansas</a>), 1973–2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Times_Leader" title="Times Leader">Times Leader</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Wilkes-Barre,_Pennsylvania" title="Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania">Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania</a>), 1997–2006</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Knight_Ridder-owned_companies">Knight Ridder-owned companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Knight Ridder-owned companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A list of companies that were at one time or another owned by Knight Ridder: </p> <ul><li>Vu/Text: 1982–1996. Merged with PressLink to become MediaStream.</li> <li>PressLink: ??–1996. Merged with Vu/Text to become MediaStream.</li> <li>MediaStream: 1996–2001. Acquired by <a href="/wiki/NewsBank" title="NewsBank">NewsBank</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>DataStar: Acquired from Radio Schweiz Ltd., merged with Dialog to form Knight Ridder Information</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dialog_(online_database)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialog (online database)">Dialog (online database)</a>: Merged with DataStar to form Knight Ridder Information</li> <li>Knight Ridder Information: ??–1997, Acquired by MAID, later by Thomson</li> <li>Knight Ridder Financial Inc: 1985–1996. Acquired by Global Financial trading as <a href="/wiki/Bridge_Information_Systems" title="Bridge Information Systems">Bridge Data</a>.</li> <li>RealCities Network:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2004–2006. RealCities was a portal/hub website for Knight-Ridder group. It was absorbed with The McClatchy Company into McClatchy Interactive<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sold to Chicago-based Centro<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2008.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Knight_Ridder-owned_television_stations">Knight Ridder-owned television stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Knight Ridder-owned television stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Knight Newspapers entered broadcasting in 1946 via the purchase of minority ownership stakes in <a href="/wiki/WQAM" title="WQAM">WQAM</a> in Miami, <a href="/wiki/WIND_(AM)" title="WIND (AM)">WIND</a> in Chicago, and <a href="/wiki/WAKR" title="WAKR">WAKR</a> in Akron; all three stations were in markets served by a Knight newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The minority stake in WAKR's parent company, Summit Radio, also included the establishment of <a href="/wiki/WVPX-TV" title="WVPX-TV">WAKR-TV (channel 49)</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/WONE-FM" title="WONE-FM">WAKR-FM (97.5)</a> and six radio stations purchased in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, Texas, and <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, Colorado.<sup id="cite_ref-Roger_Berk_Profile_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roger_Berk_Profile-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WAKR-TV was built and signed on by Summit on July 23, 1953, as the Akron market's <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> moving to channel 23 on December 1, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Knight Ridder divested its stake in Summit Radio by 1977;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a planned merger between the two entities in 1968 failed to be consummated.<sup id="cite_ref-WAKR_50th_Anniversary_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAKR_50th_Anniversary-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1954, Ridder Newspapers launched <a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">WDSM-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Superior,_Wisconsin" title="Superior, Wisconsin">Superior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, serving the <a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> market. Initially a <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate, it switched to its present <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliation a year and a half after the station's launch. It was spun off after Ridder's merger with Knight Newspapers, Inc. </p><p>From 1956 to 1962, Knight and the <a href="/wiki/Cox_Media_Group" title="Cox Media Group">Cox publishing family</a> jointly operated Biscayne Television, which owned <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WSVN" title="WSVN">WCKT</a> in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami, Florida</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/WIOD" title="WIOD">WCKR radio</a>, which this entity purchased from Cox;<sup id="cite_ref-Miam560311_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam560311-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Knight sold off WQAM to a third party as part of Biscayne's formation.<sup id="cite_ref-Miam540120_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam540120-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Revelations of improper behavior and underhanded tactics by Biscayne<sup id="cite_ref-Miam580603_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam580603-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miam580602_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam580602-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miam590404_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam590404-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/National_Airlines_(1934%E2%80%931980)" title="National Airlines (1934–1980)">National Airlines</a> (which signed on <a href="/wiki/WPST-TV" title="WPST-TV">WPST-TV</a>, also in Miami<sup id="cite_ref-Miam580218_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam580218-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) to secure their licenses, along with ethics violations within the FCC itself, resulted in the licenses for both stations being revoked.<sup id="cite_ref-Miam600715_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam600715-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miam610727_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam610727-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A replacement license for WCKT was granted in 1960 to <a href="/wiki/Sunbeam_Television" title="Sunbeam Television">Sunbeam Television</a>, the lone bidder for the prior license not to have engaged in any unethical behavior;<sup id="cite_ref-Tamp600612_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tamp600612-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miam610316_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam610316-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Biscayne sold to Sunbeam WCKT's non-license assets: the studios, <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> and all off- and on-air personnel for the new station, which took the WCKT name for continuity.<sup id="cite_ref-Miam621116_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam621116-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cox repurchased WCKR, reviving that station's prior WIOD call sign.<sup id="cite_ref-Miam621115_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miam621115-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the divestment of their stake in Summit Radio, Knight Ridder acquired Poole Broadcasting, which consisted of <a href="/wiki/WJRT-TV" title="WJRT-TV">WJRT-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/WTEN" title="WTEN">WTEN</a> in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and its satellite WCDC in <a href="/wiki/Adams,_Massachusetts" title="Adams, Massachusetts">Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WPRI-TV" title="WPRI-TV">WPRI-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>. Immediately after the acquisition of these stations was finalized, Knight Ridder cut a corporate affiliation deal with ABC, switching then-CBS affiliates WTEN/WCDC and WPRI (the latter of which eventually rejoined CBS) to ABC (WJRT was already affiliated with ABC when the affiliation deal was made). As part of the deal, Poole Broadcasting would eventually become Knight Ridder Broadcasting. Knight Ridder would acquire several television stations in medium-sized markets during the 1980s, including three stations owned by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Detroit_News" title="The Detroit News">The Detroit News</a></i> which the <a href="/wiki/Gannett_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gannett Company">Gannett Company</a>—which purchased the newspaper in 1986—could not keep due to <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> regulations on media cross-ownership and/or television duopolies then in effect. (None of Knight Ridder's later acquisitions changed their network affiliations under Knight Ridder ownership; for example, then-NBC affiliate <a href="/wiki/WALA-TV" title="WALA-TV">WALA-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a> remained an NBC affiliate when it was owned by Knight Ridder and would switch to <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> several years after Knight Ridder sold the station.) </p><p>In early 1989, Knight Ridder announced its exit from broadcasting, selling all of its stations to separate buyers; the sales were finalized in the summer and early fall of that year. This deal was made in order to reduce their debt loads from the proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the stations, <a href="/wiki/WALA-TV" title="WALA-TV">WALA-TV</a> went to Burnham Broadcasting for $40 million, while <a href="/wiki/WKRN-TV" title="WKRN-TV">WKRN</a> would go to <a href="/wiki/Young_Broadcasting" title="Young Broadcasting">Young Broadcasting</a> for $50 million, <a href="/wiki/KOLD-TV" title="KOLD-TV">KOLD-TV</a> to <a href="/wiki/News-Press_%26_Gazette_Company" title="News-Press & Gazette Company">News-Press & Gazette Company</a> for an undisclosed price, and two television stations <a href="/wiki/WPRI-TV" title="WPRI-TV">WPRI</a> and <a href="/wiki/WTKR" title="WTKR">WTKR</a> to Narragansett Television L.P. for $150 million on February 18, 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by the following month with the sale of <a href="/wiki/KFOR-TV" title="KFOR-TV">KTVY-TV</a> to <a href="/wiki/WHO-DT" title="WHO-DT">WHO-TV</a> owner Palmer Communications, for $50 million.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/WTEN" title="WTEN">WTEN</a> was the next-to-last station to be sold, going to <a href="/wiki/Young_Broadcasting" title="Young Broadcasting">Young Broadcasting</a> for $38 million,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/WJRT-TV" title="WJRT-TV">WJRT</a> would eventually becoming the final Knight Ridder station, to be sold to <a href="/wiki/Lilly_Broadcasting" title="Lilly Broadcasting">SJL Broadcasting</a> for $39 million.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a> / <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">Market</a> </th> <th>Station </th> <th>Channel<br /><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">RF</a>) </th> <th>Years owned </th> <th>Current status </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akron,_Ohio" title="Akron, Ohio">Akron</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, OH</a> </td> <th>WAKR-TV<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>23 (22) </td> <td>1953–1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a> affiliate, <a href="/wiki/WVPX-TV" title="WVPX-TV">WVPX-TV</a>, owned by Inyo Broadcast Holdings </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, AL</a>–<a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, FL</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WALA-TV" title="WALA-TV">WALA-TV</a> </th> <td>10 (9) </td> <td>1986–1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, AZ</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/KOLD-TV" title="KOLD-TV">KOLD-TV</a> </th> <td>13 (32) </td> <td>1986–1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate owned by Gray Television </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami, FL</a> </td> <th>WCKT<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>7 (7) </td> <td>1956–1962 </td> <td>Fox affiliate <a href="/wiki/WSVN" title="WSVN">WSVN</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Sunbeam_Television" title="Sunbeam Television">Sunbeam Television</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" title="Flint, Michigan">Flint, MI</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WJRT-TV" title="WJRT-TV">WJRT-TV</a> </th> <td>12 (12) </td> <td>1978–1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Studios#Allen_Media_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Entertainment Studios">Allen Media Broadcasting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, NY</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WTEN" title="WTEN">WTEN</a> </th> <td>10 (26) </td> <td>1978–1989 </td> <td>ABC affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group" title="Nexstar Media Group">Nexstar Media Group</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adams,_Massachusetts" title="Adams, Massachusetts">Adams, MA</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WTEN#WCDC" title="WTEN">WCDC-TV</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>19 (36) </td> <td>1978–1989 </td> <td>Defunct, license cancelled in 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, OK</a> </td> <th>KTVY </th> <td>4 (27) </td> <td>1986–1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/KFOR-TV" title="KFOR-TV">KFOR-TV</a>, owned by Nexstar Media Group </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, RI</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WPRI-TV" title="WPRI-TV">WPRI-TV</a> </th> <td>12 (13) </td> <td>1978–1989 </td> <td>CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, TN</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WKRN-TV" title="WKRN-TV">WKRN-TV</a> </th> <td>2 (27) </td> <td>1983–1989 </td> <td>ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, VA</a> </td> <th><a href="/wiki/WTKR" title="WTKR">WTKR</a> </th> <td>3 (40) </td> <td>1981–1989 </td> <td>CBS affiliate owned by the <a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Superior,_Wisconsin" title="Superior, Wisconsin">Superior, WI</a>–<a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth, MN</a> </td> <th>WDSM-TV<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>6 (19) </td> <td>1954–1974 </td> <td>NBC affiliate <a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-TV</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">While this station was owned by Summit Radio from 1953 to 1994, Knight Newspapers held a 45 percent minority stake in Summit that predated this station's establishment, this was fully divested by Knight Ridder in 1977.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Co-owned by Knight Newspapers and Cox Newspapers, long before Knight's merger with Ridder Publications.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The license for WCKT under Cox-Knight ownership was revoked by the FCC, with the current license dating back to 1962. However, most contemporary accounts and WSVN itself recognize the history of both WCKTs as one and the same.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Satellite of WTEN.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Owned by Ridder Publications until the merger between Ridder and Knight forced its divestiture.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg/32px-SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg" decoding="async" width="32" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg/48px-SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg/64px-SF_From_Marin_Highlands3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2672" data-file-height="1885" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="Portal:San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Newspaper_nicu_buculei_01.svg/28px-Newspaper_nicu_buculei_01.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Newspaper_nicu_buculei_01.svg/42px-Newspaper_nicu_buculei_01.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Newspaper_nicu_buculei_01.svg/56px-Newspaper_nicu_buculei_01.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Journalism" title="Portal:Journalism">Journalism portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Industry5.svg/28px-Industry5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Industry5.svg/42px-Industry5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Industry5.svg/56px-Industry5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Companies" title="Portal:Companies">Companies portal</a></span></li></ul> <p>• <a href="/wiki/Shock_and_Awe_(film)" title="Shock and Awe (film)"><i>Shock and Awe</i></a>, 2018 film about a group of journalists at Knight Ridder's Washington Bureau who investigate <a href="/wiki/Rationale_for_the_Iraq_War" title="Rationale for the Iraq War">the reasons</a> behind the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush" title="Presidency of George W. Bush">Bush Administration</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Hills_(journalist)" title="Lee Hills (journalist)">Lee Hills</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knight_Ridder&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050428073639/http://www.knightridder.com/about/location.html">Where We Are</a>." 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