American Journalism Review
"There's less there there," says
Tony Ridder, former CEO of the company that owned the San Jose paper. "Most newspapers are so incredibly important to the area they serve. Most of the great enterprise journalism is done by newspapers. They keep the government honest. Who's going to do it when they no longer can?"
Paul Farhi asks
Dean Singleton if he would buy Knight Ridder's Bay Area papers again knowing what he knows now. "I don't know the answer to that question. It's hard to put yourself back then. ... But we're happy we bought them."
