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Who founded the E. W. Scripps Company?

  • John Scripps

  • Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps

  • Robert Scripps

  • William Scripps

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The E. W. Scripps Company was founded by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. They started the company as a chain of daily newspapers in 1878.
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