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| Year |
Month/ Day |
Event |
| 1981 |
April |
Scripps
purchases two Portland, Ore., radio stations,
KUPL-AM/FM |
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April 28 |
Scripps's first
experiment with electronic distribution
took place in Evansville, when news briefs
from The Press could be seen in 30,000
homes via cable television. |
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Sept. 9 |
Scripps Cable
Service buys cable systems serving 12,500
subscribers in Lake County, Fla. |
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| 1982 |
February |
Purchased Jupiter
(Fla.) Courier-Journal, which publishes
three times weekly and has paid circulation
of 6,000 |
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June 2 |
United Press International
sold to Media News Corp. |
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| 1983 |
Feb. 16 |
The E. W. Scripps
Company and Tele-Communications Inc.
(TCI) form a joint venture for the purpose
of acquiring, operating and developing
cable television systems |
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July |
Scripps Newspapers
contracts with Knight-Ridder to bring
its Viewtron videotex service to Denver,
Pittsburgh and Memphis, where the company
publishes newspapers. Viewtron provides
information and services via telephone
lines. |
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Sept. 28 |
Scripps purchases
twice-weekly newspaper, The Destin Log,
which has a paid circulation of 6,300
in Florida's panhandle. |
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Oct. 28 |
The Memphis Press-Scimitar
is closed. |
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| 1984 |
Jan. 1 |
Cordovan Business
Journals changes name to Scripps Howard
Business Journals; there are 12 journals
in the group. |
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Jan. 6 |
Scripps purchases
weekly newspapers in Kentucky - The Pioneer
News, circulation 6,000; The Mt. Washington
Star, circulation 2,000. |
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March 1 |
The Stuart News
becomes a morning publication and adds
a Sunday edition. |
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May 22 |
Ground is broken
for E. W. Scripps Hall at Ohio University. |
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| 1985 |
March |
KNXV-TV in Phoenix
acquired. |
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April |
Company introduces
redesigned lighthouse logo and new identity
program. |
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July |
Lawrence A. Leser
elected president and chief executive
officer, succeeding Edward W. Estlow. |
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September |
Scripps Broadcasting
celebrates 50th anniversary with New
York City extravaganza. |
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Nov. 1 |
Company acquires
Kartes Video, nation's leading video
cassette distribution company. |
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Dec. 31 |
Columbus Citizen-Journal
closed. |
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| 1986 |
January |
Scripps sells
Ann Arbor Cablevision. |
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March |
WXYZ-TV in Detroit
and WFTS-TV in Tampa join Scripps Howard
Broadcasting. |
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March |
Scripps and Tele-Communications
Inc. reach agreement whereby TCI has
50 percent of its partnership redeemed. |
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April |
Intentions to
merge John P. Scripps Newspaper Group
into Scripps announced. |
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May |
McCaw Cellular
Communications sold. |
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September |
Scripps Broadcasting
sells interests in Cablevision Systems
Corp. |
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September |
Evansville Press
sold; Evansville Courier purchased. |
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September |
Rocky Mountain
News Business Journal sold. |
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October |
Naples Daily News
becomes company's 21st daily newspaper. |
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December |
Scripps Business
Journals merge with American City Business
Journals; Scripps receives $24 million
in stock transaction. |
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December |
Medart to purchase
Berkley Small. |
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| 1987 |
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Scripps sells
Canton (Ohio) Free Press; Landmark Community
Newspapers and Southern California Publishing
Company; also interest in Connecticut
cable system; SCW and Youngstown unit
of Consumer Communications Services . |
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| 1988 |
June 28 |
The E. W. Scripps
Company makes its initial stock offering
. |
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| 1989 |
March |
Hollywood (Fla.)
Sun-Tattler sold |
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Fall |
The E. W. Scripps
Company purchases stock in John P. Scripps
Newspaper Group for $39.6 million from
estate of John P. Scripps. |
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| 1990 |
March 7 |
Class A Common
Stock now traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under symbol "SSP." |
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April 2 |
Lawsuit against
the company by Gillett Broadcasting settled;
provides for company to purchase WMAR-TV
in Baltimore for $125 million . |
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June 8 |
Steps taken to
dissolve joint operating agreement with
Persis Corporation, publisher of The
Knoxville Journal, effective Dec. |
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Dec. 31 |
Persis closes
Knoxville Journal in exchange for $40
million in lieu of distributions it would
have received from company had joint
operations continued through 2005. |
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