Exhibit 24



POWER OF ATTORNEY



Each of the undersigned directors of Knight-Ridder, Inc., a Florida
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of STEVE ROSSI, GARY R. EFFREN, POLK LAFFOON AND GORDON YAMATE, acting individually or jointly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Annual Reports for the Companys fiscal year ended December 26, 2004, on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or such other form as any such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all additional amendments thereto, each in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done so that such Annual Report shall comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



IN WITNESS WHEROF, the undersigned has signed his/her name
hereto on the date set forth opposite his or her name.



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|Dated: |  | February 7, 2005 |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Kathleen Foley Feldstein     
|       |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | Kathleen Foley Feldstein Director
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|Dated: |  | January 28, 2005 |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Thomas P. Gerrity            
|       |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | Thomas P. Gerrity Director       
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|Dated: |  | January 25, 2005 |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Ronald D. Mc Cray            
|       |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | Ronald D. Mc Cray Director       
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|Dated: |  | January 31, 2005 |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Patricia Mitchell            
|       |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | Patricia Mitchell Director       
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|Dated: |  | January 25, 2005 |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ M. Kenneth Oshman            
|       |  |                  |  |  |  |  |  | M. Kenneth Oshman Director       



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|Dated: |  | March 1, 2005     |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Vasant Prabhu               
|       |  |                   |  |  |  |  |  | Vasant Prabhu Director          
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|Dated: |  | January 24, 2005  |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli     
|       |  |                   |  |  |  |  |  | Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli Director
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|Dated: |  | February 23, 2005 |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ John Warnock                
|       |  |                   |  |  |  |  |  | John Warnock Director           
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|Dated: |  | January 25, 2005  |  |  |  |  |  | /s/ Mark A. Ernst               
|       |  |                   |  |  |  |  |  | Mark A. Ernst Director          



THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS





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