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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. [4]In 1894, Scripps and his half-brother, George H. Scripps, organized their various papers into the first modern newspaper chain.
Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded The E. W. Scripps Company, today a diversified media conglomerate, as well as the United Press news service (which became United Press International (UPI) when International News Service (INS) merged with United Press in 1958).
Samuel H. Scripps (1927–2007), American philanthropist in theater and dance, grandson of Edward W. Scripps; Anne Scripps (1946–1993), heiress to the Scripps newspaper publishing and great-great granddaughter of James E. Scripps; Charles Scripps (1920–2007), chairman of the board of the E. W. Scripps Company and grandson of Edward W. Scripps
Corporate assets held by The E. W. Scripps Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Pages in category "E. W. Scripps Company television stations" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Roy Wilson Howard (January 1, 1883 – November 20, 1964) was an American newspaperman with a long association with E. W. Scripps Company. He was president of E. W. Scripps Company and the United Press, and chairman of Scripps Howard Newspapers. He began his newspaper career as a paperboy in Indianapolis, Indiana, but quickly moved up. He was a ...
Edward Walker Estlow (March 20, 1920 – May 9, 2015) was a journalist and businessman, best known as CEO at the E. W. Scripps Company from 1976 to 1985. The Edward W. and Charlotte A. Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media at the University of Denver, and the Edward Estlow Printing Plant of the Denver Newspaper Agency, were both named after him. [1]
Jack Rohe Howard (August 31, 1910 – March 22, 1998) was an American broadcasting executive. He was president of the E. W. Scripps Company from 1953 to 1976. [1]Born in Manhattan, the son of Roy W. Howard, a founder of United Press International, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and in 1932 graduated from Yale.