E. W. Scripps

Edward Willis Scripps (1854–1926) was an American newspaper publisher who built a national chain of newspapers and founded the E. W. Scripps Company.

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James E. Scripps: James Edmund Scripps was an American newspaper publisher who founded the Detroit News in 1873. His half-brother’s newspaper career helped draw E. W. Scripps into publishing.
Newspaper chain: A newspaper chain is a group of newspapers controlled by one owner or organization. Scripps turned separate local papers into a coordinated, growing enterprise.
Ellen Browning Scripps: Ellen Browning Scripps was an American journalist, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His half-sister worked in the family’s newspaper business before becoming a major philanthropist.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a research center at the University of California, San Diego, founded in 1903. E. W. Scripps and his sister Ellen helped establish and fund the institution.
Detroit News: The Detroit News is a newspaper founded by James E. Scripps in 1873. E. W. Scripps began his newspaper career working at his brother’s Detroit paper.
Scripps-McRae League: The Scripps-McRae League was a network of newspapers organized by E. W. Scripps and Milton A. McRae. This organization coordinated many papers in Scripps’s chain.
Roy W. Howard: Roy W. Howard was an American journalist and executive who led United Press and later the Scripps-Howard newspaper organization. Howard carried the Scripps publishing enterprise forward after its founder’s era.
Science Service: Science Service was an American organization founded in 1921 to communicate scientific discoveries to the public. Scripps helped fund this effort to bring science news to a wider audience.
Cleveland Press: The Cleveland Press was an Ohio daily newspaper founded in 1878 as the Penny Press. Scripps founded this paper, an early cornerstone of his expanding chain.
Milton A. McRae: Milton Alexander McRae was an American newspaper publisher and business partner of E. W. Scripps. McRae helped manage and expand the newspaper network Scripps built.