Timothy P. Knight (born c. 1965) is an American attorney and media executive. He served as the chief executive officer of

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, a newspaper publishing company listed on the

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and

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Early life

Knight was born circa 1965. He graduated from

Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, by John Henni, the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Ar ...

, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting, and he earned a Juris Doctor from the

DePaul University College of Law DePaul University College of Law is the law school of DePaul University, a private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 125 full- and part-time faculty members and enrolls more than 500 students in its Juri ...

Career

Knight began his career for

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates (known as Skadden) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm comprises approximately 1,700 lawyers and is the fourth highest ...

. He worked in mergers and acquisitions for the

in the 1990s, and he was the vice president its strategy and development division from 1998 to 2001. He joined

Newsday ''Newsday'' is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI" ...

in 2003 and became its president and COO in 2004. He was the CEO of

Wrapports Wrapports LLC was the American-based privately owned publisher of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and the ''Chicago Reader''. It was headquartered in the ''Sun-Times'' building in Chicago. History The company was launched in late 2011 by Michael W. Fe ...

from 2011 to 2015, when he became the president of Northeast Ohio Media Group. Knight returned to the

in February 2017, and he succeeded

Justin Dearborn Justin Dearborn (born c. 1971) is an American businessman. He formerly served as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Tribune Publishing Company, a newspaper publishing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Early l ...

as the company's CEO in January 2019. He stepped down as CEO in February 2020.

Personal life

With his wife Stephanie, Knight has two sons, Fitz and Quinn.

References

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