International Business News - Scripps http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif E.W. Scripps Co. took an $874 million charge to write down the book value of its assets, pushing its second-quarter result to a loss, the publisher said late Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/e-w-scripps-takes-hefty-2q-charge-swings-to-loss.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:49:25 EDT E.W. Scripps Co. will pay a quarterly dividend of 15 cents, the newspaper publisher said late Thursday. Scripps, whose papers include the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, plans to pay the dividend Sept. 10 to shareholders of record on Aug. 31. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/ew-scripps-to-pay-dividend-of-15-cents.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:29:01 EDT The E.W. Scripps Co.'s second-quarter profit fell 47 percent compared to last year due to sharp newspaper revenue declines and the cost of spinning off its digital and cable network businesses, the media company reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/scripps-2q-profit-drops-48-percent.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:36:39 EDT E.W. Scripps Co. reports second-quarter earnings Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. OVERVIEW: The Cincinnati-based newspaper publisher and TV station operator is expected to report sharply lower profit and revenue in the quarter. Its daily and community newspapers are battling declines in ad spending as advertisers follow readers online. A marked increase in newsprint costs is also pressuring margins. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/earnings-preview-ew-scripps.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:56:17 EDT Newspaper publisher E.W. Scripps Co. said Tuesday that its shareholders authorized a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of its common shares. The company has roughly 163.2 million shares outstanding, which will decline to about 54 million shares outstanding starting Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/scripps-shareholders-approve-reverse-stock-split.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:02:15 EDT Shares of E.W. Scripps Co. plunged Tuesday after the newspaper publisher completed the spinoff of its cable networks business, Scripps Networks Interactive, into a separate public company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/scripps-shares-tumble-post-split-from-cable-unit.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:30:51 EDT Shares of Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday following the company's separation from E.W. Scripps Co. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/scripps-networks-debuts-on-new-york-stock-exchange.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:57:55 EDT E.W. Scripps Co.'s plan to split into two companies has cleared its final hurdle, giving shareholders pieces of the media company's fast-growing cable networks and its stagnant newspaper operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/shareholders-approve-scripps-split-into-2-companies.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:36:56 EDT A Goldman Sachs analyst said Thursday that worsening conditions in the print advertising market have depressed his expectations for E.W. Scripps Co.'s newspaper business, which will split from its higher-growth cable unit next month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/analyst-lowers-view-on-scripps-newspaper-unit.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:44:05 EDT E.W. Scripps Co. says federal regulators have cleared the way for the media company to proceed with a plan to split into two public companies. As of July 1, the companies will operate as E.W. Scripps Co. and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080611/sec-clears-way-for-split-of-e-w-scripps-co.htm Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:24:33 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, June 3, from AP Financial News: CINCINNATI (AP)--E.W. Scripps Co., the broadcast and publishing company which plans to split into two companies next month, expects newspaper revenue to drop between 8 percent and 10 percent in the second half of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/outlook-roundup-ew-scripps-diamond-foods.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:36:50 EDT E.W. Scripps Co., the broadcast and publishing company which plans to split into two companies next month, expects newspaper revenue to drop between 8 percent and 10 percent in the second half of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/scripps-sees-newspaper-sales-down-tv-up-in-2h.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:42:39 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, May 22, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of E.W. Scripps Co. hit a fresh 52-week high Thursday as a Lehman Brothers analyst upgraded the media company, citing its planned separation as well as its programming strategy for its Food Network and HGTV television channels. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/movers-roundup-ew-scripps-calpine.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 15:29:34 EDT Shares of E.W. Scripps Co. hit a fresh 52-week high Thursday as a Lehman Brothers analyst upgraded the media company, citing its planned separation as well as its programming strategy for its Food Network and HGTV television channels. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/e-w-scripps-rises-analyst-upgrades-on-separation.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 19:23:28 EDT E.W. Scripps Co. board has approved management's plan to separate the media company into two public companies, effective July 1. The board authorized management in October to pursue the separation. The company said Friday that completion of the transaction still needs government regulatory approval. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/scripps-board-approves-split-into-cable-newspaper-companies.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:55 EDT E.W. Scripps Co.'s chief executive, Kenneth Lowe, received a pay package valued at nearly $5.4 million in fiscal 2007, when the company lost $1.6 million, a securities filing showed Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/e-w-scripps-ceo-compensation-for-07-valued-at-nearly-5-4m.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:32:35 EDT Media company E.W. Scripps said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 23 percent from the same period a year ago, mostly because of higher ratings and ad sales at its HGTV and Food Network. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/ew-scripps-1q-earnings-up-on-higher-ratings-ad-sales.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:26:01 EDT Media company E.W. Scripps says its first quarter profit rose 23 percent from the same period a year ago, mostly because of higher ratings and ad rates at its HGTV and Food Network. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/ew-scripps-1q-earnings-up-on-higher-ratings-ad-rates.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:23:57 EDT Reporters for The New York Times won the investigative reporting award Friday in the 2007 Scripps Howard Foundation journalism competition, while the Chicago Tribune won the public service reporting award and the Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel was recognized for distinguished service to the First Amendment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080307/nyt-reporters-win-award.htm Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:11:01 EST Media company E.W. Scripps Co. said Friday it swung to a fourth-quarter loss on a hefty charge related to its online search and comparison-shopping site, uSwitch. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080229/e-w-scripps-swings-to-4q-loss.htm Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:57:17 EST