Scripps League Newspapers, Inc. was a

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publishing company in the United States founded by Josephine Scripps in 1921 and managed beginning in 1931 by her son Ed Scripps (1909-1997). Based in

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, the chain was separate from the larger

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begun by Ed's grandfather, Edward Willis Scripps. The chain eventually grew to 51 small newspapers including ''

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'' of Provo, Utah; '' Napa Valley Register'' of Napa, Calif.; ''

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'' of Newport, Vt., ''The Hanford Sentinel'' of Hanford, Calif., '' Arizona Daily Sun'' of Flagstaff, Ariz., and ''

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'' in Massachusetts.

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bought Scripps League for about $230 million in 1996. In 2005,

Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...

bought the Pulitzer newspaper division.

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{{Lee Enterprises Defunct newspaper companies of the United States Companies based in Virginia Lee Enterprises publications Scripps family Publishing companies established in 1921 Mass media companies disestablished in 1996 1921 establishments in Virginia 1996 disestablishments in Virginia 1996 mergers and acquisitions