Knight Ridder Declares Dividend

Knight Ridder Declares Dividend

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its regular quarterly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, the Board of Directors of Knight Ridder (NYSE:KRI) declared a dividend of $.345 per share payable on Feb. 28, 2005, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Feb. 16, 2005.

Knight Ridder is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with products in print and online. The company publishes 31 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, with a readership of 8.7 million daily and 12.6 million Sunday. Knight Ridder also has investments in a variety of Internet and technology companies and two newsprint companies. The company's Internet operation, Knight Ridder Digital, develops and manages the company's online properties. It is the founder and operator of Real Cities (www.RealCities.com), the largest national network of city and regional Web sites in more than 100 U.S. markets. Knight Ridder and Knight Ridder Digital are headquartered in San Jose, Calif.


Source: Knight Ridder

CONTACT: Polk Laffoon, Vice President/Corporate Relations,
+1-408-938-7838 or plaffoon@knightridder.com, or Lee Ann Schlatter,
Director/Corporate Communications, +1-408-938-7839 or
lschlatter@knightridder.com, both of Knight Ridder

Web site: http://www.knightridder.com/


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