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Better-Informed. World. The E.W. Scripps Company believes we do well by doing good — informing, entertaining and engaging the audiences we serve. learn more. Creating a Better-Informed World.
The E. W. Scripps Company was a newspaper company founded on November 2, 1878, when Edward Willis Scripps published the first issue of the Cleveland Penny Press. In 1894, Scripps and his half-brother, George H. Scripps, organized their various papers into the first modern newspaper chain.
Today we are one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, serving communities with quality, objective local journalism. We also reach nearly every American through our national networks business, including news outlets Court TV and Scripps News and entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff and ION Mystery.
Dec 4, 2023 · The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of more than 60 stations in 40+ markets.
Founded in 1878 by entrepreneurial journalist E.W. Scripps, our company has a long and proud legacy of innovation and an unwavering commitment to journalism. Explore our history in more detail below.
E. W. Scripps. 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.
Scripps Networks expansive portfolio of national news outlets and leading entertainment brands reach nearly every American household.
