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 $2.5 billion USD (2007)
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. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Scripps also operates a large administration complex in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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 is expected to be completed in the middle of 2008.

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[edit] Scripps newspapers

The Company owns 17 newspapers in the United States, and has a share of an 18th newspaper's operations. It owns about 40% of the Albuquerque Publishing Company, which operates (but does not editorially control) the Albuquerque Journal.[1]

Scripps-owned newspapers:

[edit] Closed newspapers

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[edit] Syndicates

Scripps owns the Scripps Howard News Service and United Media, which syndicates several popular comic strips including Peanuts, Dilbert and Marmaduke.

[edit] Broadcasting

E.W. Scripps' broadcast division, which is also known as Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company, currently owns ten television stations.

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.[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 New York City-based Multicultural Television for $170 million. [3]

[edit] 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.

DMA# City of license/Market Station Channel
TV / DT		 Owned Since Affiliation
11. Detroit WXYZ-TV 7 / 41 1986 ABC
12. Phoenix KNXV-TV 15 / 56 1985 ABC
13. Tampa - St. Petersburg WFTS-TV 28 / 29 1986 ABC
17. Cleveland - Akron WEWS ** 5 / 15 1947 ABC
24. Baltimore WMAR-TV 2 / 52 1991 ABC
31. Kansas City, Missouri KSHB-TV 41 / 42 1977 NBC
Lawrence, Kansas KMCI 38 / 36 2001 Independent
33. Cincinnati WCPO-TV ** 9 / 10 1949 ABC
38. West Palm Beach WPTV 5 / 55 1961 NBC
60. Tulsa, Oklahoma KJRH-TV 2 / 56 1971 NBC

[edit] Former Scripps-owned stations

[edit] Television stations

DMA# City of license/Market Station Channel
TV / DT		 Years owned Affiliation
1. Bridgeport, CT - New York City WSAH-TV 43 / 42 2002-2007 Independent owned by Multicultural Television
6. San Francisco KCNS 38 / 39 2002-2006 Independent owned by Multicultural Television
7. Lawrence - Boston, MA WMFP 62 / 18 2002-2007 Independent owned by Multicultural Television
17. Canton - Cleveland, OH WOAC 67 / 47 2002-2006 Independent owned by Multicultural Television
28. Wilson - Raleigh - Durham, N.C. WRAY-TV 30 / 42 2002-2006 Independent owned by Multicultural Television
37. San Antonio KENS-TV * 5 / 55 1997 CBS affiliate owned by Belo Corporation
47. Memphis WMCT/WMC-TV ** 5 / 52 1948-1993 NBC affiliate owned by Raycom Media

[edit] Radio stations

DMA# Market Station Current Ownership
23. Portland, Oregon KUPL-FM-98.5 owned by CBS Radio
KUPL-970
(now KCMD)		 owned by CBS Radio
24. Baltimore WBSB-FM-104.3
(now WSMJ)		 owned by Clear Channel Communications
32. Cincinnati WCPO-1230
(now WDBZ)		 owned by Radio One
WUBE-FM-105.1 owned by Bonneville International
28. Cleveland WEWS-FM-102.9
(now WDOK)		 owned by CBS Radio
37. San Antonio, Texas KENS-1160 *
(now KRDY)		 owned by Disney/ABC Radio
41. Memphis WMC-970 owned by Entercom
WMC-FM-99.7 owned by Entercom
63. Knoxville, Tennessee WNOX-990
(now WNML)		 owned by Citadel Broadcasting

[edit] Scripps Networks- Scripps-owned cable television networks



Since launching HGTV in 1994, Scripps Networks has become the leader in lifestyle media, developing some of the most relevant content available on television, the Internet and satellite radio, in books and magazines, and on today’s emerging media platforms. Scripps Networks, a division of The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), comprises the favorite lifestyle brands – HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and FINE LIVING TV Network – as well as the country music network Great American Country (GAC). Today we are leading the interactive media revolution. Our TV networks are complemented by award-winning companion Web sites created and supported by Scripps Networks Interactive and collectively attracting a monthly average of 15.4 million unique visitors and are category leaders in the food, home and living space online. Scripps Networks also has launched a dozen online newsletters; video on demand; content for mobile utility; and high-definition channels HGTV-HD and Food Network-HD. In addition, our programming is seen in more than 170 countries on seven continents around the world.


Executive Team

  • John Lansing: President, Scripps Networks
  • Burton Jablin: Executive Vice President, Scripps Networks
  • Joseph G. NeCastro: Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
  • Jim Samples: President, HGTV
  • Brooke Johnson: President, Food Network
  • Bob Baskerville: President, Emerging Networks
  • Bob Gerrard, Executive Vice President & General Counsel
  • Mark Hale: Executive Vice President, Corporate Technologies
  • Deanna Brown: President, Interactive
  • Steve Gigliotti: Executive Vice President, Ad Sales
  • Ron Feinbaum: Executive Vice President, Business Development
  • Chris Powell: Executive Vice President, Human Resources
  • Lynn Contantini: Executive Vice President Affiliate Sales & Mktg
  • Ed Hardy, President, GAC

[edit] Scripps-owned Interactive Media

The website of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The website of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Images

The Scripps Center in Downtown Cincinnati.

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tribune Is Gone &mdashl But Scripps Still Sharing Profits In Albuquerque, a February 25, 2008 article from Editor & Publisher
  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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The E.W. Scripps Company

Corporate Leadership: Kenneth W. Lowe (President & CEO)
Newspapers owned by Scripps Howard News
Television Stations owned by Scripps Howard Broadcasting
ABC: KNXV · WCPO · WEWS · WFTS · WMAR · WXYZ • Independent Station: KMCI • NBC: KJRH · KSHB · WPTV
 Cable Television Networks owned by Scripps Networks
Other Assets held by Scripps Interactive Media
Annual Revenue: $2.2 billion USD (2004) · Employees: 10,000 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: SSP · Website: www.scripps.com
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