Knight Ridder is an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. The company owns 31 daily newspapers throughout the United States, and is the second largest newspaper publisher in the nation. The company is headquarted in San José, California.

Knight Ridder has a long history of innovation in technology. It was one of the first newspaper publishers to experiment with videotex when it launched its Viewtron system in 1982, was one of the first to actively develop newspaper content for America Online, and joined the ill-fated New Century Network project in 1994. Its current flagship newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, was one of the first daily newspapers to regularly publish its full content to the World Wide Web. Around 2000, KR moved its headquarters from Miami to be closer to its rising star in San Jose (although it chose to rent a sleek downtown high-rise rather than build new office space as they did in Miami).

Partial list of newspapers

The following is a partial list of newspapers owned by Knight Ridder:

• Akron Beacon Journal
• The Biloxi Sun Herald
• The Charlotte Observer
• Contra Costa Times
• Detroit Free Press
• Kansas City Star
• The Macon Telegraph
• The Miami Herald
• The Myrtle Beach Sun News
• Philadelphia Inquirer
• Saint Paul Pioneer Press
• The San Luis Obispo Tribune
• San Jose Mercury News
• The State
• Tallahassee Democrat
• Wichita Eagle

External link

• Knight Ridder corporate website