E. W. Scripps Company Description
This media company tries to appeal to both newspaper readers and TV viewers. The E. W. Scripps Company is a venerable newspaper publisher with a portfolio of more than 15 dailies including The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee), the Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee), and the Ventura County Star (California). Scripps owns 10 local TV stations, most of which are affiliated with ABC and NBC. The company's United Media subsidiary syndicates newspaper content, including columnists, editorial cartoons, and such comic strips as Dilbert and Peanuts. Trusts benefiting the Scripps family control the company.
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