EX-21 8 file004.txt EXHIBIT 21 EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
COMPANY NAME STATE COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION Knight-Ridder, Inc Florida Aberdeen News Company Delaware Aboard Publishing, Inc. Florida Bay Area Media, Inc. Delaware The Beacon Journal Publishing Company Ohio The Bradenton Herald, Inc. Florida Circom Corporation Pennsylvania Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc. California Cypress Media, Inc. New York Cypress Media, LLC (1) Delaware Mail Advertising Corporation of Abilene Texas Belleville News-Democrat * Kansas City Star * Keltatim Publishing Company, Inc. Kansas HLB Newspapers, Inc. and Subs * Belton Publishing Company, Inc. Missouri Cass County Publishing Company, Inc. Missouri Lee's Summit Journal, Inc. Missouri Nor-Tex Publishing, Inc. Texas Wilkes-Barre Times Leader * Quad County Publishing, Inc. (1) Illinois Star-Telegram Operating, Ltd. (1) (partnership) Texas Ft. Worth Star-Telegram * Dagren, Inc. Florida Detroit Free Press, Incorporated Michigan Detroit Newspaper Agency (partnership) Michigan Dialog Information Europe, Inc. California Double A Publishing, Inc. Florida Gables Publishing Company, Inc. Florida Grand Forks Herald, Incorporated Delaware Gulf Publishing Company, Inn. Mississippi Herald Custom Publishing, Inc. Florida The Hills Newspapers, Inc. California KR Net Ventures, Inc. Delaware KR Newsprint Company Florida KRI Properties, Inc. Florida KR Publication Services, Inc. Delaware KR Video, Inc. Delaware Keynoter Publishing Company, Inc. Florida Knight News Services, Inc. Michigan Knight-Ridder Tribune Information Services (partnership) District of Columbia The Knight Publishing Co. Delaware Knight-Ridder Business Information Svcs, Inc. Delaware KnightRidder.com, Inc. Delaware Knight-Ridder Financial/Japan, Inc. Delaware Knight-Ridder International, Inc. Delaware KR U.S.A., Inc. Delaware Knight-Ridder Investment Company Delaware Seattle Times Company - 49% Interest Delaware
COMPANY NAME STATE COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION Knight-Ridder Leasing Company Florida Knight-Ridder Newspaper Sales, Inc. New York Knight-Ridder Shared Services, Inc. Florida Knight-Ridder Resources, Inc. Florida Knight Ridder Ventures, LLC (LLC) Delaware Lexington Herald-Leader Co.(2) Kentucky Lexington Press Inc. (2) Kentucky LEXHL Ltd. Partnership (2) (partnership) Kentucky MHPC International, Inc. Florida The Macon Telegraph Publishing Company Georgia MediaStream, Inc. Delaware The Miami Herald Publishing Company * Monterey Newspapers, Inc. Colorado The Monterey County Herald * San Luis Obispo Tribune * News Publishing Company Indiana Fort Wayne Newspapers, Inc. Indiana Fort Wayne Newspapers Agency (partnership) Indiana Nittany Printing and Publishing Company Pennsylvania Northwest Publications, Inc. Delaware Duluth News-Tribune & Herald * Saint Paul Pioneer Press * The Observer Transportation Company North Carolina Philadelphia Media Corporation Pennsylvania Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. Pennsylvania Consumer and Community Publishing, Inc. Delaware ITHR, Inc. Delaware The Professional Exchange, LLC Pennsylvania Marketplace Advertising, Inc. Pennsylvania Philly Tech Pennsylvania Promedia Publishing Company Pennsylvania Philadelphia Online, Inc. Delaware The R.W. Page Corporation Georgia Richwood, Inc. Florida Ridder Publications, Inc. Delaware KR Land Holding Corporation Delaware Runways Pub., Inc. Delaware San Jose Mercury News, Inc. California Silicon Valley D.A.T.A, Inc. California The State-Record Company, Inc. Delaware Sun Publishing Company, Inc. South Carolina Tallahassee Democrat, Inc. Florida Tribune Newsprint Company Utah Twin Cities Newspaper Services, Inc. Minnesota Warner Robins Shopper, Inc. f/k/a Newberry Publishing Company, Inc. South Carolina The Warner Robins Daily Sun f/k/a Drinnon, Inc. Georgia Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Company, Inc. Kansas
(1) Star-Telegram Operating, Ltd. is owned 90% by Quad County Publishing, Inc. and 10% by Cypress Media, LLC (2) LEXHL Ltd. Partnership is owned 99% by Lexington Herald-Leader Co. and 1% by Lexington Press, Inc. * indicates that the company name listed is a division, not a legal entity.