The Knight-Ridder Empire   

Newspapers:

Wholly owned dailies:
* Aberdeen American News (South Dakota)
*Akron Beacon Journal
*The Ledger Dispatch (Antioch, California)
*The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi)
*The News (Boca Raton, Florida)
*Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado)
*Bradenton Herald (Florida)
*The Charlotte Observer
*The State (Columbia, South Carolina)
*Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia)
*Contra Costa Times (California)
*Detroit Free Press
*Duluth News- Tribune
*The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
*Post-Tribune (Gary, Indiana)
*Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota)
*Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky)
*Press-Telegram (Long Beach,California)
*The Macon Telegraph (Georgia)
*The Miami Herald
*El Nuevo Herald (Miami, Florida)
*The Union Recorder (Milledgeville, Georgia)
*The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
*Philadelphia Daily News
*Philadelphia Inquirer
*Saint Paul Pioneer Press
*San Jose Mercury News
*San Ramon Valley Times (California)
*Centre Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania)
*Tallahassee Democrat
*Valley Times (California)
*West County Times (California)
*The Wichita Eagle

Partly owned dailies:
*The Seattle Times
*Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (Washington)
*Yakima Herald-Republican (Washington)

Less than daily:
*Broomfield Enterprise (Colorado)
*Brentwood News (California)
*Contra Costa Sun (California)
*The Florida Keys Keynoter
*The Newberry Observer (South Carolina)

Newsprint manufacturing:

*Southeast Paper Manufacturing Co. (33% share)
*Ponderay Manufacturing Co. (13.5% share)

Cable television:

*TKR Cable (jointly owned with Tele-Communications, Inc.)

Business Information Services:

*Knight-Ridder Information, Inc. (owner of DIALOG and Data-Star services)
*Knight-Ridder Financial: real-time financial news and pricing information
*Technimetrics: information for investment banking and marketing executives

Online & Information Services:

*Mercury Center: online extension of the San Jose Mercury News
*KR Video: producer of Inquirer News Tonight, a one-hour nightly Philadelphia newscast
*AutoLine: classified auto ads via audiotex
*PressLink: electronic media services--primarily graphics and photos
*Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services: joint venture offering stories, photos and graphics
*Newspapers First: reader research and training seminars for small newspapers