Washington Post
That's newspaper analyst
John Morton's assessment. Quotes from the story:
* "There's a sensation of, 'How in the world did we go from being such a robust economic force in Knight Ridder to a paper that McClatchy is immediately going to divest,' " says Mercury News reporter
Mike Antonucci.
* "Today is a sad day in the life of the Akron Beacon Journal because the Akron Beacon is the original Knight newspaper," says Beacon Journal editor
Debra Adams Simmons.
* ."There's a great sense of relief in the newsroom today," says Charlotte Observer editor
Rick Thames. "We've all read about the potential suitors and if you were to go and look of the company most compatible with the values of Knight Ridder you'd go to McClatchy."
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Inquirer staff feels as if it "had been orphaned and told that its replacement parent didn't even want it."
(NYT)
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Bruce Sherman, who demanded the KR sale, is "pleased that the Knight Ridder board had fulfilled its financial responsibilities."
(NYT)
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Sherman is surprised by the attention he's received for being the instigator behind the sale.
(Baltimore Sun)
