Scripps League Newspapers, Inc. was a newspaper publishing company in the United States founded by Josephine Scripps in 1921 and managed beginning in 1931 by her son Ed Scripps (1909–1997). [1] Based in Herndon, Virginia, the chain was separate from the larger E. W. Scripps Company begun by Ed's grandfather, Edward Willis Scripps. [2]
The chain eventually grew to 51 small newspapers [1] including The Daily Herald of Provo, Utah; Napa Valley Register of Napa, Calif.; Newport Daily Express of Newport, Vt., The Hanford Sentinel of Hanford, Calif., Arizona Daily Sun of Flagstaff, Ariz., [1] and Haverhill Gazette in Massachusetts. [3]
Pulitzer Publishing Company bought Scripps League for about $230 million in 1996. [3] In 2005, Lee Enterprises bought the Pulitzer newspaper division. [4]