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The E. W. Scripps Company, also known as Scripps Howard, is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is headquartered at the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1878 - 2023. Explore Scripps history in detail here. Founded in 1878 by E.W. Scripps, our company has a legacy of innovation & an unwavering commitment to journalism.
Dec 16, 2020 · The E.W. Scripps Company owns about 65 broadcast news stations across the country and has administered the National Spelling Bee since 1941. Publicly traded Scripps Network Interactive,...
- "Penny Press" Origins
- Wire Service in The Early 1900s
- Postwar Growth
- Refocusing and Going Public in The 1980s
- Increased Emphasis on Television in The 1990s
- 2000 and Beyond
- Further Reading
The E.W. Scripps Company began life in 1878 as Scripps and Sweeney Co. when 24-year-old Edward Willis Scripps, with his cousin John Sweeney and other family members, founded his first newspaper, the Cleveland Penny Press. Scripps had $10,000 in capital and owned 20 percent of the paper. The rest was owned by his half-brothers George Henry and James...
In 1907 Scripps combined the NEA, the Scripps McRae Press Association, and Publishers Press into the United Press Association wire service in order to provide 12,000 words of copy a day by telegraph to 369 subscribers in the United States. A similar service, the Associated Press (AP), already existed and was far larger and better financed. Scripps ...
After World War II Scripps Howard's sales grew dramatically, from nearly $50 million in 1940 to more than $100 million in 1948 and $140 million in 1952. Profits, however, were not increasing. Due to the rising cost of labor, newsprint, and printing machinery, profits were hovering around $10 million, according to Forbes magazine. In 1953 E.W. Scrip...
UPI losses were continuing to increase—$24 million between 1975 and 1980. In addition some of Scripps's newspapers were operating in the red, including the flagship ClevelandPress. In 1980 Scripps sold the Press for an undisclosed amount to Cleveland retailer Joseph E. Cole. The chain then had 16 daily newspapers, making it the seventh largest in t...
In 1993 the E.W. Scripps Company sold its Pharos Books and World Almanac Education units to K-III Communications and also sold its four radio stations, its television station in Memphis, Tennessee, and newspapers in Tulare, California, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. These moves occurred at the same time that the company was shifting to an increased emp...
As it entered the 21st century, the company's ten broadcast television stations (six ABC, three NBC, and one independent) reached an estimated 10 percent of all American homes. Scripps was one of the largest U.S. independent operators of ABC affiliates, and the company's cable television networks experienced fast and continuous growth as well. HGTV...
Abrams, Bill, "Capital Cities, ABC to Sell 2 TV Outlets to Scripps Howard," Wall Street Journal,July 29, 1985. Astor, David, "Scripps Decides to Keep United Media," Editor and Publisher, August 21, 1993, pp. 34–35. Baldasty, Gerald J., E.W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers,Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1999, 217 p. Brendon, Piers, The...
Mission. We do well by doing good – creating value for customers, employees and owners by informing, engaging and empowering those we serve. Scripps: Our Calling (:27) Find out more about Scripps & our commitment to the audiences & communities we serve. Our motto is give light and the people will find their own way.
Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and, together with his sister Ellen Browning Scripps, founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press news service.
Address: 312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor. 2800 Scripps Center. Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. U.S.A. Telephone: (513) 977-3000. Fax: (513) 977-3721. http://www.scripps.com. Statistics: Public Company. Incorporated: 1890 as Scripps-McRae League. Employees: 7,800. Sales: $1.87 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York. Ticker Symbol: SSP.
