World & Nation
The bitterly disputed plan to end one of the last big-city newspaper wars suffered a setback Wednesday when a judge ruled that Detroit’s two papers had failed to prove that they deserved federal approval to operate jointly.
Dec. 31, 1987
It was supposed to be a marriage of profitable convenience, a newspaper merger that only an accountant could love.
March 22, 1990
With millions in potential profits in the balance, Knight-Ridder, the nation’s second-biggest newspaper chain, this week launched a public relations campaign designed to convince Atty.
Jan. 21, 1988
Atty. Gen.
Aug. 9, 1988
Business
Knight-Ridder Inc. is keeping the Detroit Free Press alive with financial infusions, a lawyer for both of Detroit’s daily newspapers said.
Aug. 4, 1987
An investor group has offered to buy the Detroit Free Press for $68 million as lawyers prepared for oral arguments in the U.S.
Oct. 31, 1989
Aug. 8, 1988
A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked a partial merger of Detroit’s two newspapers, the Free Press and the News.
Aug. 18, 1988
Mark F.
March 4, 1985
Knight-Ridder Inc. today named Detroit Free Press Publisher and Chairman David Lawrence Jr. as publisher and chairman of its flagship newspaper, The Miami Herald.
July 27, 1989