About E. W. Scripps family
- The E.W. Scripps media empire was founded by Edward Willis Scripps, who borrowed $10,000 at age 24 to start Penny Press in Cleveland in 1878.
- Since the 1920s, the publicly listed, Cincinnati-based firm has been overseen by descendants of the founder, first through a family trust and now through a voting agreement to which approximately 70 members are parties.
- The E.W. Scripps Company owns about 65 broadcast news stations across the country and has administered the National Spelling Bee since 1941.
- Publicly traded Scripps Network Interactive, which owned the family's cable TV holdings, was sold to Discovery in 2017 in a $14.6 billion deal.
- The Scripps clan also exited the newspaper business in 2015 after merging their print interests with those of Journal Media Group.
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America's Richest Families (2020)Dropped off in 2021
Personal Stats
- Fortune Founded
- 1878
- Source of Wealth
- newspapers
- Company Headquarters
- Cincinnati, Ohio
Did you know
The close-knit family gathers for meetings at least twice a year and vowed decades ago to avoid divisiveness, for the good of the family and the company.
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