The E.W. Scripps Company

The E.W. Scripps Company
Founded	1878
President	Kenneth W. Lowe
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The E.W. Scripps Company was founded in 1878 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the time it was known as the Cleveland Penny Press. The company was founded by Edward W. Scripps and has since grown to be one of the larger media and entertainment corporations in the country. It owns newspapers, television stations and content syndication company United Media.

Mid-2008 the Scripps Networks cable channels and interactive media services were split off into Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI).

The E.W. Scripps Company currently sponsors a national spelling bee called the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The spelling bee is considered one of the hardest and is currently is shown on ESPN.

Assets

Television Stations

Scripps Media owns the following television stations:

Market Area & City			Call	Digital	Vitual	acquired	Affiliation	Notes	Licensee
11	Detroit	MI	WXYZ-TV	41	7	1986	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
13	Phoenix	AZ	KNXV-TV	15	15	1985	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
14	Tampa	FL	WFTS-TV	29	28	1986	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
18	Cleveland	OH	WEWS-TV	15	5	1947	ABC	**	Scripps Media, Inc.
27	Baltimore	MD	WMAR-TV	38	2	1991	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
31	Kansas City	MO	KSHB-TV	42	41	1977	NBC		Scripps Media, Inc.
	Lawrence	KS	KMCI-TV	41	38	2001	IND		Scripps Media, Inc.
35	Cincinnati	OH	WCPO-TV	22	9	1949	ABC	**	Scripps Media, Inc.
38	West Palm Beach	FL	WPTV-TV	12	5	1961	NBC		Scripps Media, Inc.
59	Tulsa	OK	KJRH-TV	8	2	1971	NBC		Scripps Media, Inc.
Stations acquired from McGraw-Hill Broadcasting
Market Area & City			Call	Digital	Vitual	acquired	Affiliation	Notes	Licensee
17	Denver	CO	KMGH-TV	7	7	12/2011	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
			KZCO-LP	27		12/2011	Azteca America	TX	McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc.
	Windsor	CO	KZFC-LP	36		12/2011	Azteca America	TX	Scripps Media, Inc.
92	Colorado Springs	CO	KZCS-LP	23		12/2011	Azteca America	TX	Scripps Media, Inc.
26	Indianapolis	IN	WRTV	25	6	12/2011	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
28	San Diego	CA	KGTV	10	10	12/2011	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
			KZSD-LP	39		12/2011	Azteca America	TX	Scripps Media, Inc.
126	Bakersfield	CA	KERO-TV	10	23	12/2011	ABC		Scripps Media, Inc.
			KZKC-LP	42		12/2011	Azteca America	TX	Scripps Media, Inc.

** original stations built by E.W. Scripps
TX indicates a local low-power station

Newspapers

• Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado)
• Birmingham Post-Herald (Birmingham, Alabama)
• Colorado Daily (Boulder, Colorado)
• Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio)
• The Columbus Citizen-Journal (Columbus, Ohio)
• The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee)
• Evansville Courier & Press (Evansville, Indiana)
• Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Washington)
• The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee)
• Naples Daily News (Naples, Florida)
• New York Herald Tribune (New York, New York)
• New York World-Telegram (New York, New York)
• The Port St. Lucie News (Port St. Lucie, Florida) - Branched off from Stuart News
• Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado)
• Stuart News (Stuart, Florida) - First newspaper acquired by Scripps in 1965
• The Tribune (Scripps) (Ft. Pierce, Florida)
• 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)

United Media

Content syndication company United Media (UM) develops, markets and distributes worldwide approximatly 150 comic strips (including Dilbert and Marmaduke) and editorial features (columns and commentaries), including the Scripps Howard News Service. The company consists of the two syndication units United Feature Syndicate (UFS) and Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).

Former Assets

Scripps Networks

End of December 1994 Scripps' cable channel Home & Garden Television (HGTV) went on air. The company expanded in 1997 through acquisition of the Food Network (co-owned with Tribune Company), and launched DIY Network in 1999, Fine Living Network in 2002, and Great American Country (GAC) in 2004. The five Scripps Networks cable channels and two interactive media services were spun off into Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI) on July 1, 2008.

• HGTV (1994)
• Food Network (1997)
• DIY (1999)
• Fine Living (2002)
• Great American Country (2004)

Shop at Home Network & Television Stations

In 2002 Scripps acquired the Shop at Home Network including five owned-and-operated television stations. When Shop at Home ceased its operations in June 2006, Jewelry Television bought some assets and resurrected the program with a limited schedule, while airing their own program in the off-hours. For the retained five affiliated television stations, Scripps reached a sale agreement with Multicultural Broadcasting in September 2006. After regulatory approval KCNS, WOAC and WRAY-TV were sold in December 2006, followed by WMFP and WSAH in April 2007.

Market Area & City			Call	Digital	Vitual	acquired	Affiliation	surrendered	Fate / Current Licensee
6	San Francisco	CA	KCNS	39	38	1998	Shop at Home	12/2006	sold to Multicultural Television NJR TV San Fran License Co, LLC
7	Lawrence	MA	WMFP	18	62	1995	Shop at Home	04/2007	sold to Multicultural Television NJR TV Boston License Co, LLC
18	Canton	OH	WOAC WRLM	47	67	1997	Shop at Home	12/2006	sold to Multicultural Television Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.
24	Wilson	NC	WRAY-TV	42	30	1998	Shop at Home	12/2006	sold to Multicultural Television Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.
30	Bridgeport	CT	WSAH	42	43	1999	Shop at Home	04/2007	sold to Multicultural Television MTB Bridgeport-NY Licensee LLC

External Sites

Official website for The E.W. Scripps Company