Philadelphia Inquirer | Fortune
Joseph N. DiStefano reports the group of Philadelphia investors organized by PR exec
Brian P. Tierney has hired former Knight Ridder advertising director
Jerome Tilis, former Inquirer and Daily News labor relations head
Bill Sabatino, and investment baker
Andrew Buchholtz to help its effort. Meanwhile, former Inquirer executive editor and Poynter president
James M. Naughton is joining the rival effort of Yucaipa Cos. to buy the papers and 10 other Knight Ridder dailies. || Why McClatchy CEO
Gary Pruitt doesn't want the Inquirer (and other KR papers).
