Scripps Spikes Ad Dollars

  • August 12, 2002
The E. W. Scripps Company's revenues for July were $117 million, up 6.7% from the same period a year ago. Revenues from the company's Scripps cable networks operating division were $30.3 million, up 22% from July 2001. Broken down by category, Scripps Networks advertising revenues were $23.3 million, up 20%, and affiliate fee revenues were $6.7 million, up 34%. Scripps Networks includes Home & Garden Television, the Food Network, the DIY - Do It Yourself Network and Fine Living. HGTV now reaches 78.3 million homes, up 7.2 million, or 10%, from the same month a year ago. Food Network is in 75.3 million homes, up 13.3 million, or 22%, from July 2001. DIY reaches 12 million households and Fine Living has about 2 million subscribers. At the company's newspapers, July revenues were $56.9 million, down 2.4% from the previous year. Newspaper advertising revenues were down 4.6% for the month, year-over-year.
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