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Knight-Ridder Credit Rating Could Be Cut After $1.65 Billion Purchase.(Originated from The Miami Herald)

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| April 08, 1997 | Arrarte, Ann Moncrieff | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MIAMI--Apr. 8--The credit rating for Miami-based Knight-Ridder could be cut in response to the company's $1.65 billion purchase of four newspapers owned by Walt Disney Co., two debt-rating companies said Monday.

Knight-Ridder, which owns The Miami Herald and 30 other daily newspapers, said Friday it will buy The Kansas City Star, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat and The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The purchase, which is expected to close in 60 days, is the largest newspaper deal ever.

Standard & Poor's put Knight-Ridder on credit watch with negative implications, the first step toward a downgrade. John …

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