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CINCINNATI, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company today reported operating results that reflect an expected decline in political advertising and an increase in expenses to grow its digital operations. "Following record-setting profit performance in 2012, we launched into 2013 determined to substantially upgrade our digital revenue platforms, launch a series of new local digital products, and rebuild our newspaper business models around bundled subscriptions for...
CINCINNATI, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company's (NYSE: SSP) board of directors today elected Rich Boehne as its new chairman. He succeeds Nackey E. Scagliotti, a great-granddaughter of founder Edward W. Scripps. She notified the board in February of her plans to retire as of the 2013 annual meeting following 14 years as a director and the final five years as the board's chair. Boehne, 57, who started with the company as a teenager selling subscriptions to The...
May 1 deadline for entrepreneurs to apply for seed money and mentoring CINCINNATI, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) and the Scripps Howard Foundation are investing in their deeply rooted mission to provide journalism that's relevant for each emerging generation through a new partnership with the nationally ranked Cincinnati startup accelerator The Brandery. The partnership will support two entrepreneurs developing a startup technology company...
DETROIT, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WXYZ-TV and 104.3 WOMC-FM are proud to announce a partnership to deliver 7 First Alert Weather forecasts to the radio station's listeners. 7 First Alert Weather is now providing regular up-to-the-minute weather updates on WOMC-FM throughout the day, seven days a week. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100922/DE69906LOGO ) The reports are provided by the 7 First Alert Weather team, including Chief Meteorologist Dave Rexroth,...
CINCINNATI, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) announced that it will report first quarter 2013 operating results before New York Stock Exchange trading begins on Monday, May 6. A telephone conference call with members of the company's senior management team will follow at 9 a.m. EDT. Scripps will offer a live webcast of the conference call. To access the webcast, visit www.scripps.com and follow the "investor relations" link at the top of the page....
CINCINNATI, April 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michael Scripps involved in a federal court trial in Philadelphia this week is not a member of the Scripps family that controls Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI) and The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP). News reports linking Michael Scripps to the two companies and the branch of the Scripps family that controls the two companies are inaccurate. About Scripps Scripps (www.scripps.com) is a leading media enterprise driven...
CINCINNATI, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeff Brogan, a television executive dedicated to local news strategy, has been appointed vice president and general manager of WCPO, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati that has been owned and operated by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) since 1949. Brogan, 36, began his television news career in his hometown of Cincinnati at WXIX. He moved to Scripps-owned WCPO in 2000 as a newscast producer. He was promoted to executive producer in 2004...
CINCINNATI, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WFTS, a local television station of The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP), has received the 2013 Service to Community Award from the National Association of Broadcasters for its "Taking Action Against Domestic Violence" campaign. The Tampa, Fla., station's campaign, initiated four years ago, became the first partnership of its kind between a media organization and a state domestic violence coalition. Each year, for six weeks, WFTS produces...
Former winner has spent career at the Bee, expanding its scope, prestige and academic rigor, Scripps CEO says CINCINNATI, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) today promoted Paige Kimble to executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the nation's largest and longest-running educational program. Kimble, 45, has worked for Scripps since 1991, but her association with the company began much earlier: she is the 1980 runner-up and 1981 national...
Enterprising investigations at KNXV and KMGH win highest honor for excellence in electronic media CINCINNATI, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Peabody Awards has recognized two local television stations of The E.W. Scripps Company, KNXV in Phoenix and KMGH in Denver, for strong investigative journalism that led to new public safety efforts. "The ABC15 Investigators" at KNXV won the industry's highest honor for "Ford Escape: Exposing a Deadly Defect." After an SUV accident...
