E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company, also known as Scripps Howard, is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is headquartered at the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its corporate motto is "Give light and the people will find their own way", which is symbolized by the media empire's longtime lighthouse logo.
Scripps headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Broadcast television |
| Founded | November 2, 1878 (as the Penny Press) in Cleveland, Ohio |
| Founder | Edward W. Scripps |
| Headquarters | Scripps Center, , U.S. |
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| Revenue | US$2.29 billion (2023) |
| US$−753 million (2023) | |
Net income | US$−948 million (2023) |
| Total assets | US$5.41 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | US$1.16 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | c. 5,200 (2023) |
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| Website | scripps |
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In terms of market reach, Scripps is the second largest operator of ABC affiliates, behind the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and ahead of Hearst Television and Tegna. Scripps also owns a number of free-to-air multi-genre digital subchannel multicast networks through its Scripps Networks division, including the Ion Television network and Scripps News.
The company started out in the newspaper business, expanding into radio in the mid-1930s and television in the mid-1940s. It sold off its newspaper holdings in 2014 and exited radio in 2018.