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Potential bidders emerge for KR
Perhaps ol’ Knight Ridder is an attractive buy after all.
Two major newspaper companies — Gannett and McClatchy — and a handful of private equity firms have expressed interest in buying San Jose-based Knight Ridder, raising the chances that the nation’s second-largest newspaper group could be sold sometime next year.
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