Trade buyers lead the race for Knight Ridder

The McClatchy Company, the US newspaper and internet publisher, and MediaNews, a privately held Denver-based newspaper chain, are frontrunners ahead of private equity firms to buy newspaper publishing group Knight Ridder, according to analysts.

Final bids for Knight Ridder are due today.

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