Cox Enterprises
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| Type | private |
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| Founded | 1898 in Dayton, Ohio |
| Founder(s) | James Middleton Cox |
| Headquarters | Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA |
| Key people | James C. Kennedy (CEO, chair) |
| Industry | Media |
| Services | Broadcast Stations, Cable, Newspaper |
| Owner(s) | Anne Cox Chambers, James C. Kennedy, Blair Parry-Okedon |
| Subsidiaries | Cox Communications, Cox Radio, Cox Television, Cox Target Media, AutoTrader.com, Manheim Auctions, Cox Search |
| Website | Cox Enterprises |
Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920. The company is private, 98 percent controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late sister Barbara Cox Anthony. The CEO and chairman is Anthony's son, James C. Kennedy.
The company, now headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia,[1][2] continues to publish the Dayton Daily News, along with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and fifteen other daily newspapers. It also publishes thirty non-daily papers, including The Western Star, Ohio's oldest weekly newspaper. The company owns fifteen television stations, 81 radio stations, and a large cable television enterprise including the Travel Channel.
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[edit] Subsidiaries
- Cox Communications: cable television, digital telephone, high-speed internet
- Travel Channel Media: cable channel
- Cox Radio: radio stations
- Cox Television: television stations
- Cox Target Media: newspapers, Valpak Direct Mail
- AutoMart.Com: Dealer only Advertising Website
- AutoTrader.com: auto classifieds
- Manheim Auctions: used car dealer auctions
- Cox Search (Kudzu.com): business and services directory
- Adify: internet advertising technology platform company
Cox once owned Rysher Entertainment, best known for distributing Saved by the Bell. Rysher is currently owned by 2929 Entertainment, with distribution rights to most of its library resting with CBS.
[edit] Cox Target Media
[edit] Daily Newspapers
- Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas
- Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio
- JournalNews, Hamilton, Ohio
- Longview News-Journal, Longview, Texas
- Palm Beach Daily News, Palm Beach, Florida
- Rocky Mount Telegram, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, Ohio
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
- The Daily Advance, Advance, North Carolina
- The Daily Reflector, Greenville, North Carolina
- The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado
- The Lufkin Daily News, Lufkin, Texas
- The Marshall News Messenger, Marshall, Texas
- The Middletown Journal, Franklin, Ohio
- The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Waco Tribune-Herald, Waco, Texas
[edit] Weekly Newspapers
- ¡ahora sí!, Texas
- Bastrop Advertiser, Texas
- Beaufort-Hyde News, Belhaven, North Carolina
- Bertie Ledger-Advance, Windsor, North Carolina
- Fairfield Echo, Ohio
- Farmville Enterprise, North Carolina
- Florida Pennysaver, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Lake Travis View, Austin, Texas
- LaPalma, Florida
- Mundo Hispánico, Georgia
- North Lake Travis, Lago Vista, Texas
- Oxford Press, Ohio
- Perquimans Weekly, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
- Pflugerville Pflag, Texas
- Pulse-Journal, Mason, Ohio
- Round Rock Leader
- Smithville Times, Texas
- Standard Laconic, Snow Hill, North Carolina
- The Chowan Herald, Edenton, North Carolina
- The Duplin Times, Kenansville, North Carolina
- The Enterprise, Williamston, North Carolina
- The Nickel-Grand Junction, Grand Junction, Colorado
- Times-Leader, Ayden-Grifton, North Carolina
- Weekly Herald, Robersonville, North Carolina
- Western Star, Lebanon, Ohio
- Westlake Picayune, Westlake Hills, Texas
[edit] Television stations
There are fifteen television stations in the Cox Television division.
- Note: ** -- indicates a station built and signed on by Cox.
| DMA# | City of license/Market | Station | Channel TV / DT |
Owned since | Affiliation |
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| 6. | Oakland - San Francisco - San Jose | KTVU | 2 / 56 | 1964 | Fox |
| KICU-TV | 36 / 52 | 2000 | Independent | ||
| 9. | Atlanta | WSB-TV ** | 2 / 39 | 1948 | ABC |
| 14. | Seattle - Tacoma | KIRO-TV | 7 / 39 | 1997 | CBS |
| 19. | Orlando - Daytona Beach | WFTV | 9 / 39 | 1985 | ABC |
| WRDQ ** | 27 / 14 | 2000 | Independent | ||
| 22. | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 11 / 48 | 1964 | NBC |
| 26. | Charlotte | WSOC-TV | 9 / 34 | 1959 | ABC |
| WAXN-TV | 64 / 50 | 2000 | Independent | ||
| 59. | Dayton, Ohio | WHIO-TV ** | 7 / 41 | 1949 | CBS |
| 98. | Johnstown - Altoona, PA | WJAC-TV | 6 / 34 | 2000 | NBC |
| 99. | El Paso, Texas | KFOX-TV | 14 / 15 | 1996 | Fox |
| 112. | Reno, Nevada | KRXI | 11 / 41 | 1995 | Fox |
| 155. | Steubenville, OH - Wheeling, W.V. | WTOV-TV | 9 / 57 | 2000 | NBC |
Notes:
1 Through a local marketing agreement, KRXI in Reno operates co-located, MyNetworkTV-affiliated KAME-TV (channel 21), owned by Ellis Communications.
[edit] Radio Stations
Cox owns and operates 86 radio stations, including:
- WSB and WSB-FM, Atlanta
- WBAB, Babylon, New York
- WBHK, Birmingham, Alabama
- WHIO and WHKO-FM, Dayton, Ohio
- KTHT, Houston
- WOKV, Jacksonville, Florida
- WEDR, Miami, Florida
- WPLR, New Haven, Connecticut
- WDBO, Orlando, Florida
- KISS-FM, San Antonio, Texas
- WSUN-FM, Tampa, Florida
- KRAV-FM, Tulsa, Oklahoma
[edit] References
- ^ "[http://www.coxinc.com/corp/presscenter/viewPressRelease.asp?articleid=575 Cox Enterprises, Inc. Reaches Agreement to Acquire Public Minority Stake in Cox Communications, Inc.]" Cox Enterprises. October 19, 2004. Retrieved on July 4, 2009.
- ^ "City Council Districts." City of Sandy Springs. Retrieved on July 4, 2009.
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