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Knight-Ridder

COMPANY

Newspaper owner, founded 1974 from the merger of Knight Newspapers and Ridder Publications. Acquired by McClatchy Company in 2006 for $4.5B plus $2B in debt.

Official Website:
http://www.knightridder.com/

Industry:
Media

Corporate headquarters:
San Jose, CA

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard G. Capen
Publisher
c. 1935   US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93
Alberto Ibargüen
Publisher
c. 1944   President of the Knight Foundation
Larry Jinks
Editor
c. 1928   San Jose Mercury News publisher, 1989-94
Tony Ridder
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Knight Ridder, 1995-2006

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard G. Capen
Publisher
c. 1935   US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93
James I. Cash, Jr.
Educator
c. 1948   Harvard Business School, 1976-2003
Kathleen Foley Feldstein
Economist
c. 1941   Economics Studies, Inc.
Thomas P. Gerrity
Business
13-Jul-1941   Former Dean, Wharton School
Patricia E. Mitchell
Business
c. 1943   CEO of PBS, 2000-06
M. Kenneth Oshman
Business
9-Jul-1940 6-Aug-2011 CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009
Vasant M. Prabhu
Business
c. 1960   CFO of Starwood Hotels
Tony Ridder
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Knight Ridder, 1995-2006
Randall L. Tobias
Government
20-Mar-1942   AIDS Czar, USAID Administrator
John L. Weinberg
Business
25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John L. Dotson, Jr.
Publisher
?   Akron Beacon Journal publisher, 1992-2001


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