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The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is headquartered inside the Scripps Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SSP Profile & Executives – EW Scripps Co – Bloomberg )〕 Its corporate motto is "Give light and the people will find their own way."〔〕 ==History== The E. W. Scripps Company was incorporated on December 1, 1987,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EW Scripps Co (SSP) Company Profile | Reuters.com )〕 but it traces its history to November 2, 1878, when Edward Willis Scripps published the first issue of the Cleveland ''Penny Press''. In 1894, E. W. Scripps and his half-brother, George H. Scripps, organized their various papers into the first modern newspaper chain. In July 1895, it was named the Scripps-McRae League with the addition of ''Cincinnati Post'' general manager Milton A. McRae as a partner. On November 29, 1921, it was renamed Scripps-Howard Newspapers, to recognize Roy W. Howard. On November 23, 1922, the company was placed in trust for E. W. Scripps' children and grandchildren.〔 The company's shares were divided into two types: Class A Common Shares, which were traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and common voting shares, which were not publicly traded and elected a majority of the company's directors. A number of media companies, including the New York Times Company and the Washington Post Company, are governed by this system so that the descendants of the company's founders can keep control of the company.〔 In 1990, the company completed a new downtown Cincinnati headquarters, the Scripps Center. On October 16, 2007, the company announced that it would separate into two publicly traded companies: The E. W. Scripps Company (newspapers, TV stations, licensing/syndication) and Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), (HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Cooking Channel (known as Fine Living ), Travel Channel and Great American Country). The transaction was completed on July 1, 2008. On October 3, 2011, The E. W. Scripps Company announced it was purchasing the television arm of McGraw-Hill for $212 million.〔()〕 This purchase nearly doubles the number of Scripps stations to 19 with a combined reach of 13% of U.S. households. Upon the 2012 death of E. W. Scripps' grandson, Robert Scripps, the Edward W. Scripps Trust was dissolved and its stock divided among the surviving trustees. The E. W. Scripps Company and Journal Communications announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge and spin-off their newspaper assets.〔 The deal created a broadcast group under the E.W. Scripps Company name and retaining the Cincinnati headquarters, and a newspaper company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under the Journal Media Group name. The FCC approved the deal on December 12, 2014, and it was approved by shareholders on March 11, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2015/03/11/journal-scripps-shareholders-ok-transaction.html )〕 The merger and spinoff were completed on April 1, 2015.〔(Scripps, Journal Merger Complete - Broadcasting & Cable )〕〔(Scripps, Journal Communications Complete Merger And Spinoff - NetNewsCheck.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. W. Scripps Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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