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Encyclopedia > Scripps Howard
Scripps Center, the corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Scripps Center, the corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The E. W. Scripps Company is a media conglomerate founded by Edward W. Scripps. The E.W. Scripps Center is located on the Ohio Riverfront in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... Edward W. Scripps (18 June 1854 - 12 March 1926) was an American newspaper publisher and founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press International news syndicate. ...

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Scripps newspapers

The Birmingham Post-Herald is Birmingham, Alabamas second largest daily newspaper. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South Location in Alabama Founded  -Incorporated 1871 1871  County Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid Area  - Total  - Water 393. ... The Cincinnati Post is an afternoon daily newspaper published in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The New York Herald Tribune was a newspaper created in 1922 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. ... The New York World-Telegram was formed by the 1931 sale of the New York World by the heirs of Joseph Pulitzer to Scripps Howard, owners since 1927 of the Evening Telegram. ... The Commercial Appeal is the predominant daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee. ... City nickname: The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area  - Total  - Water 763. ... The Columbus Citizen-Journal was a Scripps Howard publication. ... Skyline of downtown Columbus, Ohio, viewed across the Scioto River. ...

Scripps-owned television stations

Tulsa is the second-largest city in Oklahoma, USA. As of the revised 2004 census report, the city had a total population of 387,807, with 930,842 in the greater metro area. ... KMCI Channel 38 is an independent station owned by Scripps Howard licensed to Lawrence, Kansas but serving the Kansas City Market. ... Lawrence is a city located in Douglas County, Kansas. ... KNXV is the ABC television affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Phoenix (Oodham: Skikik) was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. ... City nickname: City of Fountains, Heart of the Nation Location in the state of Missouri Country State County United States Missouri Cass/Clay/Jackson/Platte Mayor Kay Barnes Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 318 sq. ... WCPO-TV (Channel 9) is a broadcast television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company network. ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... WEWS (Channel 5) is the local ABC network affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. ... City nickname: The Forest City Location Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Political Charateristics County Cuyahoga Mayor Jane Campbell Physical Characteristics Area      Land      Water 213. ... Don Germaise of WFTS-TV Tampas ABC Action News, 2004. ... Downtown Tampa from the southwest. ... WMAR-TV (ABC 2) is the ABC television affiliate in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Motto: BELIEVE (formerly The City That Reads) Nickname: Charm City Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated 30 July 1729 1797  County Independent city Mayor Martin J. OMalley (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 349. ... West Palm Beach is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... WXYZ is the ABC affiliate in Detroit, Michigan. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Michigan Founded  -Incorporated July 24, 1701 1816  County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick...

Scripps-owned Cable Television Networks

Home & Garden Television, better known as HGTV, is a cable television network in the U.S. and Canada. ... Television Food Network (normally referred to simply as Food Network, or FoodTV,) is a cable network in the United States that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows all about food and its preparation. ... Great American Country, or GAC, is a Tennessee-based country music cable television network similar to Country Music Television (CMT). ...

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Scripps Clinic, specializing in over 50 fields of medicine and surgery, is a leader in areas as diverse as cancer treatment, neurologic disorders, organ transplantation, cardiovascular disease, treatment of kidney disorders, the use of laser technology for surgery and the management of orthopaedic problems.
Scripps College is the women's college of the Claremont Colleges, founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps to educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity and creativity.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Birch Aquarium, part of the University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research and graduate training in the world.
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Scripps is controlled by a family trust, which owns 35% of the Class A common shares and 87.3% of the 18.4 million common voting shares.
Edward Willis Scripps was born in Illinois on 18 June 1854, son of a former bookbinder and grandson of UK newspaper publisher William Arminger Scripps.
Scripps could generously be described as obsessive and in 1908 went into retirement, spending much time writing philosophical 'disquisitions', denouncing his enemies (which apparently included the entire population of Chicago and James Gordon Bennett Jr) and escaping from humanity onboard his personal yachts as a self-described "hermit of the seas".
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