Exhibit 10 (i)

                             SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
               KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. ANNUAL INCENTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN


            This Second Amendment to the Knight-Ridder, Inc. Annual Incentive
Deferral Plan (the "Plan") is adopted by Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the "Employer")
effective as provided herein.

            WHEREAS, the Employer adopted the Plan effective November 1, 1996 as
an unfunded deferred compensation plan maintained primarily to provide deferred
compensation for eligible Participants, all of whom are members of a select
group of management or highly compensated employees of the Employer, and adopted
one amendment thereto; and

            WHEREAS, the Employer desires to amend the Plan generally concerning
the deferral of an employee's compensation and concerning a contribution to the
Plan by the Employer; and

            WHEREAS, Section 13 of the Plan permits amendment of the Plan by the
Employer.

            NOW, THEREFORE, this Second Amendment is adopted effective January
1, 2000:

            1.    Section 3(b) of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

                  (b) 1997 and Subsequent Elections. Except as provided in the
            following sentence, during November 1997 and in each subsequent year
            that this Plan remains in effect in accordance with procedures that
            the Committee develops, each Participant shall be entitled to elect
            to defer receipt of any percentage of the MBO Bonus or any
            percentage of Compensation established by the Committee as eligible
            for deferral hereunder that the Participant otherwise would be
            entitled to receive from the Employer for services performed in the
            calendar year immediately following the year of election.
            Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 30 days after the date the
            Participant first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan and at
            such other dates as the Committee may permit, a Participant may make
            an election to defer Compensation for services to be performed
            after, and during the Plan Year of, the election.

            2.    Section 4 of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

                  TRANSFER TO TRUSTEE. In order to assist the Company in
            providing for the payment of deferred compensation under the Plan,
            the Company will establish the Knight-Ridder, Inc. Annual Incentive
            Deferral Plan Trust (the "Trust") and shall transfer to the then
            acting trustee of the Trust (the "Trustee") on behalf of each
            Employer an amount equal to each Participant's Amount Deferred,
            within 15 business days following the close of the month during
            which the Amount Deferred otherwise would have been paid to the
            Participant but for the Participant's

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            Deferral Election. From time to time and as determined by the
            Company in its sole discretion, the Company may contribute an
            additional amount to the Trust on behalf of any Participant. Any
            such additional amount shall be considered as an "Amount Deferred"
            for the Participant for all purposes of the Plan and Trust.
            Thereafter, all such amounts shall be invested and reinvested as
            determined by such Trustee, as permitted by the Plan, and, so long
            as not otherwise prohibited by the terms of the Trust, paid from the
            Trust to each Participant or his Beneficiary in satisfaction of the
            Plan's payment obligation hereunder. The Trust and any assets held
            by the Trust to assist the Plan in meeting its obligations hereunder
            will conform to the substantive terms of the trust described in
            Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 92-64.

            KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC. has executed this Second Amendment to the
Knight-Ridder, Inc. Annual Incentive Deferral Plan effective January 1, 2000.


                                        KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC.


                                        By:_____________________________________
                                        Mary Jean Connors, Senior Vice President

                                        Date:___________________________________






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