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Knight Ridder Cuts Jobs

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By Publishing Executive Staff

June 1, 2001

Knight Ridder is the second-largest newspaper publishing company in the country, but it’s cutting 1,700 jobs to compensate for disappointing advertising sales and increased newsprint cost, according to Chairman and CEO Tony Ridder.

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