Business 2.0

Who Needs a Pretty Website Anyway?


Knight Ridder Digital CEO Hilary Schneider inherited a business that critics hate and bean counters love. Along with the perks of the job Hilary Schneider accepted in April came one rather dubious distinction. As president and CEO of Knight Ridder Digital, the Internet unit of the second-largest newspaper chain in the country, she was now the boss of 28 of the least admired websites this side of pornography.