Through Knight Ridder Digital full-text, daily publications from top media markets around the country - including San Jose/Silicon Valley, Miami, Philadelphia, Detroit, Fort Worth, TX and Kansas City, MO -- as well as from state capitals and other important regional centers, will now be available on the day of publication to Factiva customers through Dow Jones Interactive and all other Factiva products.

These additional publications join an existing content set of nearly 8,000 sources including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Le Monde, Financial Times and the South China Morning Post.

"Our success as a company depends upon our ability to provide our customers with the best global content," said Clare Hart, president and CEO of Factiva. "With this relationship, Knight Ridder Digital brings us an additional twenty-nine new information sources from major American markets, further enhancing our customers' ability to make better business decisions."

The new agreement is part of Knight Ridder Digital's Content Services initiative. That initiative grows out of online publishers' needs to create multiple streams of revenue.

"We believe we can balance the needs of a destination site and destination network strategy with that of our content syndication strategy, growing both," said Ken Doctor, vice-president/content services of Knight Ridder Digital.

A partial list of publications included in this agreement is as follows: San Jose Mercury News (BayArea.com), Detroit Free Press (Freep.com), The Miami Herald (Miami.com), Fort Worth Star Telegram (DFW.com), The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte.com), The Kansas City Star (KansasCity.com), St. Paul Pioneer Press (TwinCities.com), Philadelphia Daily News (Philly.com), Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio.com), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (RealColumbus.com), Contra Costa Times (BayArea.com), Duluth News Tribune (DuluthSuperior.com) and The (Biloxi) Sun Herald (MississippiCoast.com).

About Factiva

Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global news and business information through its Web sites and content integration solutions. Factiva's mission is to be the indispensable provider of business information and customized solutions which inspire its customers' best business decisions, globally and locally.

Factiva's business information includes Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus nearly 8,000 other sources from around the world. These sources provide current news, historical articles, local-language articles, market research and investment analyst reports, and stock quotes.

Customer service is key to Factiva's success. With 58 offices in 34 countries and customer help desks covering Europe, Asia and the Americas, the company is committed to ensuring that customers in every part of the world receive the service they require.

About Knight Ridder Digital

Knight Ridder Digital creates innovative online services and comprehensive local content to help consumers make the most of their experiences on the Internet. Knight Ridder Digital develops and manages the Internet properties of Knight Ridder (NYSE:KRI), the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher. Knight Ridder Digital is a separate Internet subsidiary and is the founder and operator of Real Cities, a premier national network of city and regional Web sites nationwide.

Media Contacts:

Aaron Bedy
Factiva Public Relations
(609) 627-2307
aaron.bedy@factiva.com

Cynthia Mallen Funnell
Knight Ridder Digital
(408) 938-6076
cfunnell@knightridder.com