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Kenneth
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Ken Lowe, , was elected president and chief
executive officer of The E. W. Scripps
Company in October 2000. In January
2000 he was named president, chief
operating officer and a director
of the company.
Prior to rejoining
the corporate office in Cincinnati,
Lowe was chairman and CEO of Knoxville-based
Scripps Networks. He built the company's
Scripps Networks division into one
of the nation's fastest growing and
most successful creators of unique
brands for television and the Internet.
He founded and launched Home & Garden
Television (HGTV) in 1994; managed
Food Network, in which the company
owns a majority interest; and oversaw
the launch of the company's third
network, Do It Yourself (DIY), in
September 1999, as well as Scripps'
newest network, Fine Living, which
launched in March 2002.
Lowe joined
Scripps in 1980 as general manager
of the company's radio properties.
In 1988, he became vice president
of programming, promotion and marketing
for the company's nine network-affiliated
television stations.
Lowe began
his career in radio with Southern
Broadcasting in 1969 and continued
with various management positions
in radio and television with Harte-Hanks
Broadcasting in the late 1970s.
Lowe serves
on the board of directors of Associated Press, Paley Center for Media, Cincinnati Center Development Corporation and Cincinnati Business Committee. He also serves on the executive committee of the Commercial Club;
and is vice chair of the executive
committee and member
of the Cincinnati Museum Center board
of trustees.
He received
a Bachelor of Arts degree in radio,
television and motion pictures from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. |
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