Local ownership of the "Times" and "Star" ended in 1977 with their purchase by Capital Cities. In 1990 the "Star" became a morning newspaper taking the place of what was then the larger "Kansas City Times" which ceased publication. The Walt Disney Company acquired Capital Cities/ABC in January 1996. Disney sold the paper to Knight Ridder in May 1997 as Disney moved to concentrate on broadcast rather than newspaper investments. Under Capital Cities ownership the newspaper won three Pulitzer Prizes (1982, 1982, 1992).