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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

                PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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     Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
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                               Knight-Ridder, Inc.
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To Our Knight Ridder Employee Shareholders:

Welcome to Internet voting for the Knight Ridder 2000 Annual Meeting, to be held
at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Fairmont Hotel, 170 South Market St., San
Jose, Calif.

We are asking you to give your proxy for your Knight Ridder shares by Internet.

In the past, you have received a proxy card in the mail, along with a proxy
statement and an annual report. In an effort to reduce costs and facilitate
voting, all of this material will be supplied electronically. To see the proxy
and annual report, simply connect to the company's Web site at www.kri.com and
look under "Financial News."

If you wish to have a paper copy of these documents and/or a paper proxy card,
contact the Knight Ridder literature request line at 408-938-7878. Be sure to
identify yourself as an employee shareholder, and leave your name, address and
phone number and tell us what you wish to receive. It will be mailed to you.

To vote on the four items contained in the proxy, you will need to link to our
electronic voting site at http://www.eproxy.com/kri/ and follow the
instructions.

To do that, you will need to use your unique control number. Your control number
is:
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User hint: You can highlight this number and cut and paste it into the
appropriate field on the Web page.

If you receive more than one e-mail from us, your shares are probably registered
in more than once account [for example, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 401(k)
shares.] Each will have its own control number; please vote in response to each
e-mail to ensure that all your shares are voted.

Your vote is important to us. Please record your votes as soon as possible
before April 24th. If you change your mind after voting, simply vote again: the
tabulator will record your most recent instruction.

You may also vote your shares by telephone. To do so, call toll free on a touch
tone phone 1-800-840-1208 - anytime and follow the recorded instructions. You
will need the 11-digit control number shown above.

Thank you for your participation.

If you have any questions, call Lee Ann Schlatter, director of corporate
communications, at 408-938-7839.