The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) is an American media conglomerate founded by Edward W. Scripps on November 2, 1878. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
On October 16, 2007, the company announced that it would separate into two publicly traded companies: The E. W. Scripps Company (newspapers, TV stations, licensing/syndication) and Scripps Networks Interactive (HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country, Shopzilla, uSwitch). The transaction was completed on July 1, 2008 forming Scripps Networks Interactive.
Scripps newspapers
The Company owns and operates newspapers in 15 American markets. Scripps-owned newspapers:
- Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas)
- The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas)
- Daily Camera and Colorado Daily (Boulder, Colorado)
- The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Evansville Courier & Press (Evansville, Indiana)
- The Gleaner (Henderson, KY)
- Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Washington)
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee)
- Naples Daily News (Naples, Florida)
- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado)
- Stuart News (Stuart, Florida) - First newspaper acquired by Scripps in 1965
- Ventura County Star (Ventura, California)
- Vero Beach Press Journal (Vero Beach, Florida)
- San Angelo Standard-Times (San Angelo, Texas)
- Corpus Christi Caller Times (Corpus Christi, Texas)
- The Anderson Independent-Mail (Anderson, South Carolina)
Closed newspapers
- The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, New Mexico) (closed 2008)
- Birmingham Post-Herald (Birmingham, Alabama) (closed 2005)
- Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) (closed 2007)
- Cleveland Press (Cleveland, Ohio) (closed 1982)
- Columbus Citizen-Journal (Columbus, Ohio) (closed 1985)
- Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Texas) (closed 1975)
- Houston Press (Houston, Texas) (closed 1964)
- Memphis Press-Scimitar (Memphis, Tennessee) (closed 1983)
- New York World-Telegram (New York City) (closed 1966)
- Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (closed 1992)
- Thousand Oaks News Chronicle (Thousand Oaks, California) (closed 1995)
- The Washington Daily News (Washington, DC) (sold 1972)
Syndicates
Scripps owns the Scripps Howard News Service and United Media, which syndicates several popular comic strips including Peanuts, Dilbert and Marmaduke.
Broadcasting
E.W. Scripps' television division currently owns ten television stations in nine markets.
Scripps also previously owned the Shop at Home home-shopping television network, which in turn owned five television stations. On May 22, 2006, Scripps announced that it was to cease operations of the network and intended to sell each of Shop at Home's five owned and operated television stations.[1] Jewelry Television eventually acquired Shop at Home, but Scripps still intended to sell its affiliated stations. On September 26, 2006, Scripps announced that it was selling its Shop at Home TV stations to New York City-based Multicultural Television for $170 million. [2]
Television stations
Notes:
* indicates stations whose licenses were held by E.W. Scripps, but operated by Belo (who would ultimately purchase the stations from Scripps) under time brokerage agreements. Scripps never held operational control of these stations.
** indicates a station built and signed on by E.W. Scripps.
Former Scripps-owned stations
Television stations
Radio stations
National Spelling Bee
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Scripps also operates the national (US) spelling bee. The final competition is in Washington, DC and broadcast on ESPN and ABC. Lower levels are organized by the school, then county and eventually to the final competition.
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See also
References
- ^ E. W. Scripps Company (2006-05-16). "Scripps ceasing Shop At Home operations". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
- ^ E. W. Scripps Company (2006-09-26). "Scripps sells Shop At Home TV stations". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
External links
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