Knight-Ridder Inc.

The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

Gary Bluitt

Thought this was a good time to listen to McClatchy CEO Gary Pruitt defend the Knight Ridder buy and talk about journalism's promising future -- from early 2007. In it, he quotes Abe Lincoln and Lenny Kravitz and proves he's a clueless tool. I can't believe he still has his job.

NY Times: Miami Herald Up For Sale

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Newspaper layoffs, partnerships, and the Net conspire to kill South Florida dailies

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Pruitt Egged By CNBC's Cramer

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Is Miami Herald Land Sale Inevitable?

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Beatty In Charge

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

The Gyllenhaal Test

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Nielsen on the Herald

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Kiss my Bee-hind

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Knight Riddance, The Final Chapter

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

If It's True ...

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Blimp Company Doubles Pleasure With Sun-Sentinel

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Miami Herald Wrestles With Free Speech

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

It's The Work, Stupid

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Tube Boobs Take Over Newspaperland

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

Letters for November 10-16, 2005

Bidders welcome The debt-ridden McClatchy Company is trying to unload the Miami Herald, reports the New York Times. So far, it hasn't found any buyers, though. This is huge news, but its not being reported on the Herald home page (or the Sun-Sentinel's -- though it had a brief in this morning's ... More >>

The Agony of DeFede

Unions glom onto the Herald columnist's legacy

Knight Riddance

A great columnist falls to corporate cowardice. Was the CEO secretly holding the ax?

Letters for February 17-23, 2005

A great columnist falls to corporate cowardice. Was the CEO secretly holding the ax?

Drink and Scoot!

Putt-Putt Protection

Iraqi Bacon

Some Pigs Are More Equal Than Others

GOPundit

Oft-quoted USF Prof Susan MacManus is neutral. Yeah, right.

Pride and Joy

This one is big

Bad News

Boca's hometown newspaper, once a paragon of journalism, has become a laughingstock

Undercurrents

Trotting over the falls with the Metal Factory’s barkeep and into the pasture with The Herald

Undercurrents

Joe McCarthy would love Apollo Middle School’s response to a New Times cover story.

Undercurrents

Scott Cowan, once a bond dealer’s best buddy, slings pizzas with pizzazz

Undercurrents

A nightclub in the fast lane, a newspaper in the slow one, and a Brazilian with his thumb out

Undercurrents

A New Times photog shutters to remember his run-in with a Fort Lauderdale cop

Undercurrents

Uncounted Presidential Ballots

Undercurrents

Fur's flyin' at the Herald and online

The Little Paper That Couldn't

With shifting ownership, low morale, and conflicts of interest, the Boca Raton News continues to flail along

Undercurrents

With shifting ownership, low morale, and conflicts of interest, the Boca Raton News continues to flail along

Undercurrents

With shifting ownership, low morale, and conflicts of interest, the Boca Raton News continues to flail along