Miami Herald
Knight Ridder CEO
Tony Ridder responded via e-mail to questions submitted in advance by a Miami Herald reporter. Some quotes:
* "I am optimistic about our business. There's a strong market and demand for intense local news, and newspapers -- along with the Internet and targeted publications -- are uniquely positioned to provide that news in a depth and a range and a format that no other medium can."
* "I think [my father and grandfather] would understand how, given the circumstances, selling Knight Ridder was the right thing to do."
* "I think it's been a difficult situation for the employees of the newspapers McClatchy is selling, and I regret that. But I understand how this fits with McClatchy's longer-term strategy." || The Herald also does a
Q-and-A with McClatchy CEO
Gary Pruitt.
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As a corporate citizen, KR has touched nearly everything in Miami (MH)
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KR shareholders expected to vote today to sell the company (SJMN)
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Harris: KR will be remembered most for the tragedy of its demise (CCT)
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Was there something that could have been done to save KR? (Akron BJ)
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Cynthia Knight "shocked and saddened" by demise of KR chain (Akron BJ)
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Tierney's hard at work revitalizing Philly newspapers' image (Inquirer)
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Tierney: Investors understand the newsroom is sacrosanct (Inquirer)
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Eagle boss thinks "it's going to be great" to be owned by McClatchy (WE)
