| New Technology Leads to New Media Opportunities: |
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| Year |
Month/ Day |
Event |
| 1991 |
May |
The Cleveland Press, 102 years after founding and a decade of serious financial straits, sold to a Cleveland industrialist. |
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October |
The Bremerton Sun adds a Sunday edition |
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| 1992 |
March |
Company announces plans to sell radio stations. |
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June |
Pittsburgh Press sold; The Monterey County (Calif.) Herald acquired |
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| 1993 |
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Created
Home & Garden Television (HGTV),
a 24-hour cable network. |
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San Juan Star
sold to Santa Rita Acquisitions Inc.
(Gerry Anglo) |
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April 24 |
Tulare (Ca.) Advance-Register
sold to Gannett Corp. |
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| 1994 |
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United Media reorganized; "Garfield" copyrights
and syndication rights sold to cartoon's
creator, Jim Davis, for $32 million. |
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United Press International
sold to Media News Corp. |
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Streamlined corporate
structure by acquiring the remaining
14 percent of Scripps Broadcasting, which
had been a publicly traded subsidiary. |
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HGTV goes on the
air. |
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Cinetel acquired. |
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| 1995 |
February |
Watsonville (Calif.)
Register-Pajaronian newspaper sold to
New Media Corp. |
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| 1996 |
June 1 |
William R. Burleigh
becomes president and chief executive
officer; Lawrence A. Leser continues
as chairman of the board. |
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Vero Beach Press
Journal acquired. |
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Company merges
Scripps Howard Cable into Comcast Corporation
through transaction that delivered $1.59
billion in value, tax-free, directly
to Scripps Howard shareholders. |
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June |
Scripps Ventures
launched within United Media |
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December |
Decision made
to expand Category Television franchise:
Home & Garden Television announces
plans for related businesses, including
radio and business-to-business networks. |
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New Media unit
established in Cincinnati. |
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| 1997 |
August |
Boulder Daily
Camera acquired in swap for Monterey
County Herald and San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. |
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October |
Corpus Christi
Caller-Times, San Angelo Standard Times,
Wichita Falls Times Record News, Abilene
Reporter-News and the Plano Star Courier,
all in Texas, and the Anderson Independent-Mail
in South Carolina, acquired from Harte-Hanks
Commmunications. |
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Controlling interest
of Food Network acquired from A.H. Belo. |
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December |
Los Angeles-based
Scripps Howard Productions unit sold;
nonfiction unit in Knoxville, Cinetel
Productions, to be expanded and renamed
Scripps Productions. |
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| 1998 |
January |
Scripps joins
consortium to acquire AdOne, an Internet
classified network. |
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February |
Scripps, Texas
newspaper groups create online classified
alliance. |
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May |
President & CEO
William R. Burleigh named chairman of
the board as Lawrence A. Leser retired. |
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September |
Second venture
fund, Scripps Ventures II, formed. |
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DIY--Do It Yourself
network debuts on air on the digital
tier. |
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| 2000 |
January |
Scripps Networks
restructured leadership and formed New
Ventures group. |
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Kenneth W. Lowe
named president, chief operating officer
and a director of the company. |
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March |
Acquisition of
independent KMCI, Lawrence, Kan., completed. |
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April |
The Ft. Pierce
(Fla.) Tribune, acquired in swap for
The Destin (Fla.) Log. |
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Four Scripps Web
sites join Knightridder.com's Real Cities
network. |
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May |
Scripps and Media
NewsGroup, on behalf of the Denver Rocky
Mountain News and The Denver Post, submit
a Joint Operating Agreement application
to the Attorney General to form the Denver
Newspaper Agency. |
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June |
Plans for fourth
cable network, Fine Living, announced. |
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September |
William R. Burleigh
retires as CEO; continues as chairman
of the board. |
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September |
Kenneth W. Lowe
named CEO of The E. W. Scripps Company. |
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October |
Marco Island (Fla.)
Eagle acquired. |
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November |
The Gleaner (Henderson,
Ky.) acquired. |
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