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Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded The E. W. Scripps Company, today a diversified media conglomerate, as well as the United Press news service (which became United Press International (UPI) when International News Service (INS) merged with United Press in 1958).
The E. W. Scripps Company was a newspaper company founded on November 2, 1878, when Edward Willis Scripps published the first issue of the Cleveland Penny Press. [4]In 1894, Scripps and his half-brother, George H. Scripps, organized their various papers into the first modern newspaper chain.
Ellen Browning Scripps was born on October 18, 1836, on South Molton St. in St. George Parish, London. Her father, James Mogg Scripps (1803–1873), was the youngest of six children born to London publisher William Armiger Scripps (1772–1851) and Mary Dixie (1771–1838).
Corporate assets held by The E. W. Scripps Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Scripps was an avid aviator and promoted aviation through his father's newspaper, The Detroit News, which he helped run from 1929–1952. In 1913, Scripps flew a Curtis Model F flying boat underneath the original Belle Isle Bridge. [8] Scripps invited Amelia Earhart to Lake Orion in 1929, where she successfully tested an experimental glider.
Scripps Cottage, part of the campus of San Diego State University in San Diego, California, U.S. Scripps Formation, a geologic formation in coastal San Diego County, California; Scripps Heights, heights on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica; Scripps Mansion, personal estate of William Edmund Scripps in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S.
In 1977, the First Amendment Edward Willis Scripps Award was inaugurated. "Given to the editor of the winning newspaper for distribution to the individual or individuals on the staff who contributed most significantly to the cause of the First Amendment guarantee of a free press," [ 9 ] the award is now known as "Distinguished Service to the ...
Born and raised on what became known as the Scripps Ranch in San Diego, California, in 1927, Scripps was the grandson of Edward Willis Scripps, American newspaper publisher and founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, and United Press International. Early in his life, Scripps developed a love for Shakespeare, as well as for dance.