Scripps leaving Scripps

Edward W. Scripps Jr. has notified The E. W. Scripps Company's board of directors that he is retiring as a trustee of the Edward W. Scripps Trust and as a director of the company. Scripps, 49, a great-grandson of the company's founder, has served as a corporate director since 1998. The Edward W. Scripps Trust, the company's controlling shareholder, will select a successor. Ed Scripps was not only a director, but also worked in the company at the street level. From 1983 to 1993, he worked for KJRH-TV Tulsa and rose to the position of News Director.

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