E. W. Scripps Company

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The E.W. Scripps Company
Type Public (NYSE: SSP)
Founded 1878 (Originally as The Cleveland Penny Press)
Headquarters Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Key people Edward W. Scripps (1854-1926), Founder
Roy W. Howard (1883-1964)
Kenneth W. Lowe (President & CEO)
Richard A. Boehne (Executive VP)
Industry Broadcast Television
Cable Television
News Publication
Community Educational Services
Interactive Media
Revenue $2.2 billion USD (2004)
Slogan Give light and the people will find their own way [1]
Website www.scripps.com

The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) is an American media conglomerate founded by Edward W. Scripps on November 2, 1878, originally known as the Cleveland Penny Press. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Scripps also operates a large administration complex in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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The Company owns 20 newspapers in the United States. On January 9, 2007, Scripps management said it was "talking about options" for its newspaper division, which has now become a financial drag for the company. [1]. On January 30, 2007, the president and CEO clarified the company's position when he said in a conference call with financial analysts: "As for the future of newspapers at Scripps, let me be as clear as I can be. There is no plan to spin off, separate or sell the Scripps newspaper division."

Scripps also owns United Media, which syndicates several popular comic strips including Peanuts, Dilbert and Marmaduke, as well as the Scripps Howard news agency.

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E W Scripps owns a total of 15 television stations. 10 of them are owned directly by the company, while the remaining 5 were owned by the Shop at Home Television Network. 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 5 owned and operated television stations.[2] 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 Multicultural Television of New York City for $170 million. [3]

Multicultural closed on KCNS (San Francisco), WOAC (Cleveland) and WRAY (Raleigh) on December 20, 2006, and WMFP (Boston) and WSAH (Bridgeport) on April 24, 2007.

Current DMA# Market Station ... Channel
Number (DT)		 Year Acquired Current Affiliation Notes
11. Detroit - Windsor WXYZ-TV 7 (41) 1986 ABC Scripps' largest owned station. Was an ABC O&O prior 1986.
12. Phoenix KNXV-TV 15 (56) 1985 ABC
13. Tampa - St. Petersburg WFTS-TV 28 (29) 1986 ABC Was owned by Capital Cities prior to
1986.
17. Cleveland - Akron - Canton WEWS-TV 5 (15) 1947 ABC Founded as the company's flagship
station. Its call letters are E. W. Scripps' initals.
24. Baltimore WMAR-TV 2 (52) 1991 ABC Was owned by Gillett Communications
prior to 1991.
31. Lawrence - Kansas City KSHB-TV 41 (42) 1977 NBC /
NBC WX Plus		 Held a Local Marketing Agreement with
KMCI prior to 2001.
KMCI 38 (36) 2001 Independent Was previously controlled by KSHB-TV
under a Local Marketing Agreement
before Scripps acquired the station
outright in 2001.
33. Cincinnati WCPO-TV 9 (10) 1949 ABC Named after the Cincinnati Post
Newspaper.
38. West Palm Beach -
Fort Pierce		 WPTV-TV 5 (55) 1961 NBC
60. Tulsa KJRH 2 (56) 1971 NBC /
NBC WX Plus		 Named after former Scripps chairman
Jack R. Howard.

Formerly Owned Stations:

Current DMA# Market Station ... Channel
Number (DT)		 Years owned Current Affiliation Notes
6. San Francisco KCNS 38 2002-2006 Shop At Home Sold to Multicultural Television
7. Boston WMFP 62 2002-2006 Shop At Home Sold to Multicultural Television
17. Cleveland, Ohio WOAC 67 2002-2006 Shop At Home Sold to Multicultural Television
28. Raleigh WRAY 30 2002-2006 Shop At Home Sold to Multicultural Television
29. Hartford-New Haven, Connecticut WSAH 43 2002-2006 Shop At Home Sold to Multicultural Television
37. San Antonio KENS 5 1997 CBS Owned by Belo
47. Memphis, Tennessee WMC-TV 5 1948-93 NBC Owned By Raycom Media

Radio Stations:

Current DMA# Market Station ... Frequency Current Format Notes
23. Portland, Oregon KUPL 98.5 FM Country Owned by CBS Radio
KUPL (now KCMD) 970 AM Talk Radio Owned by CBS Radio
32. Cincinnati WCPO (now WDBZ) 1230 AM Talk Radio Owned by Radio One
WUBE 105.1 FM Country Owned by Bonneville
37. San Antonio KENS (now KRDY) 1160 AM Radio Disney Owned by Disney
41. Memphis WMC 970 AM Country Owned by Entercom
WMC-FM 99.7 FM Hot AC Owned by Entercom
63. Knoxville, Tennessee WNOX (now WNML) 990 AM Sports Owned by Citadel Broadcasting

Scripps was also the founder and original owner of WMC-TV in Memphis, Tennessee when the station began its broadcast operation on December 11, 1948. Scripps later sold the station to Ellis Communications in 1993, which became part of Raycom Media in 1996 following a merger.

Scripps also owned KENS-AM (now KRDY) and KENS-TV in San Antonio, Texas from October 15 to December 4, 1997, when both stations were swapped to the Belo Corporation for a controlling ownership stake in the Food Network.

At one point the company had also owned five radio stations in Memphis, Cincinnati, Knoxville, Tennessee and Portland, Oregon.

The website of the Scripps National spelling Bee.
The website of the Scripps National spelling Bee.
Main article: Scripps National Spelling Bee

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.

The Scripps Center in Downtown Cincinnati.

The company's corporate logo.

Scripps Networks Logo.

Logo used for most of Scripps' websites, including "NewsChannel 5" WEWS-TV.

  1. ^ Millstead, David (2007-01-10), "Scripps Discusses Options For Newspaper Division", Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado), <http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=SCRIPPS-01-10-07>. Retrieved on 2007-10-28
  2. ^ E. W. Scripps Company (2006-05-16)." Scripps ceasing Shop At Home operations". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
  3. ^ E. W. Scripps Company (2006-09-26)." Scripps sells Shop At Home TV stations". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.

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Annual Revenue: $2.2 billion USD (2004) · Employees: 10,000 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: SSP · Website: www.scripps.com
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