Knight Ridder is a communications company engaged primarily in newspaper and Internet publishing. It is the nation’s second-largest newspaper publisher in terms of circulation, with papers in more large cities than any other company. In 2004, it produced revenue of $3.0 billion.

Knight Ridder’s goal is to be pre-eminent in news, information and advertising in its markets: developing high-value products and services to complement our traditional businesses; growing reader and advertising share every year; reaching a majority of adults every day; holding the dominant share of local online consumer and advertiser business.