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Among its 18 dailies, dire poverty mingles with impressive wealth: the Cleveland Press expects to show a $2,000,000 profit this year, while in Columbus, just 140 miles away, the anemic Citizen-Journal must ration pencils to reporters. The chain has not one headquarters but three: in Washington. New...
Despite all this-and to an extent because of it-Scripps-Howard is the most viable and most successful newspaper chain in the U.S. It has endured for 84 years, longer than any other group, including the venerable Hearstpapers (age: 75). Unlike Hearst, which loses money on newspapering despite a...
Carefully Groomed. One good reason why it works is that there is little meddling from the top. An abiding Scripps-Howard conviction, first enunciated by the late Edward Wyllis Scripps. who founded the chain, is that local editors know best how to run local newspapers. Scripps-Howard editors are carefully...
Even the national and international editorial line projected by management is charted under consultation with the editors. Policy is framed at an annual meeting of officers and editors, and the process is democratic, at least in form. "We reach decisions by common consent." says Walker Stone. Scripps-Howard's...
Military Mustache. In the same laissez-faire spirit. Jack R. Howard, 52. president and general editorial manager of Scripps-Howard newspapers. presides over the editorial show from the chain's New York headquarters. After a thorough apprenticeship on half a dozen Scripps-Howard papers. Jack Howard reached his present...