Old, familiar gray stripe is gone

Missing for the first time today from the front page was the old, familiar gray stripe across the bottom which proclaimed:

>KNIGHT RIDDER> Information for Life

Knight-Ridder has ceased to exist.

For the record, there were 40 pages in the first edition of a new era:
A news 8 pages with full ad on A8
B local 8 pages half page ad on B8 with weather on top half.
C sports 6 pages with full ad on C6
D business 4 pages
E food 6 pages
Classified 8 pages