Romenesko Letters
Former Contra Costa Times editor
Chris Lopez says Knight Ridder looked at creating super regional copy editing centers that would have centralized the copy editing functions of its 32 newspapers. "The proposal had merit and probably would have been implemented had KR survived," he says. BUT... "To the contrary, it's my recollection the plan was junked as unworkable,"
writes Joseph DiStefano. ||
D. Peter Sinclair: "KR newspapers from Miami to Macon to Belleville to Wichita to St. Paul to San Jose to San Luis Obispo were on a variety of editing systems that would have taken years to synchronize."
