Today’s the day. Shareholders meeting in San Jose are expected to vote to sell Knight-Ridder to McClatchy Co. Tony Ridder will have a farewell message in a full-page color ad and a video prepared by the company will be distribute to 18,000 employees at 32 newspapers. Today’s BJ story by Gloria Irwin says the Beacon Journal will hold a commemorative event Tuesday for employees and show the video.
These details are at the end of a story headlined Knight’s daughter in-law weighs in on sale. Cynthia Knight, widow JSK grandson Lanny Knight, has a home in Miami and Bath Twp.
“I was shocked and saddened that this marvelous empire that had begun here in Akron would no longer be,” she said. And guess what, she still reads a newspaper.
“My generation is still the generation that read newspapers and just were in awe of Jack’s editorials.’
JSK’s grandson, not a chip off the block, died in March 2000 at age 75.
Today is 06/26/06 Note the 666 in the date if you’re superstitious
Click on the headline above to read Irwin’s story.
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