Cox Enterprises
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Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughters of Cox, Barbara Cox Anthony and Anne Cox Chambers, two of the richest women in America, worth $10.3 billion each according to Forbes Magazine. The CEO is Anthony's son, James C. Kennedy.
The company, now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, continues to publish the Dayton Daily News as well as 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 including flagship station WSB-TV in Atlanta, 81 radio stations including WSB-AM, and a large cable television enterprise.
[edit] Subsidiaries
- Cox Communications: cable television, digital telephone, high-speed internet
- Cox Radio (NYSE: CXR): radio stations
- Cox Television: television stations
- Cox Newspapers: newspapers
- AutoTrader.com: auto classifieds
- Manheim Auctions: used car dealer auctions
[edit] Cox Television
There are fifteen television stations in the Cox Television division.
- Note: ** -- indicates a station built and signed on by Cox.
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Owned Since | Current Affiliation |
| 5. | Oakland - San Francisco - San Jose | KTVU 2 | 1969 | Fox |
| KICU-TV 36 | 2000 | Independent | ||
| 9. | Atlanta | WSB-TV 2** | 1948 | ABC |
| 14. | Seattle - Tacoma | KIRO-TV 7 | 1997 | CBS |
| 19. | Orlando - Daytona Beach | WFTV 9 | 1985 | ABC |
| WRDQ 27 | 2000 | Independent | ||
| 22. | Pittsburgh | WPXI 11 | 1981 | NBC |
| 26. | Charlotte | WSOC-TV 9 | 1959 | ABC |
| WAXN 64 | 2000 | Independent | ||
| 59. | Dayton, Ohio | WHIO-TV 7** | 1949 | CBS |
| 98. | Johnstown, Pennsylvania | WJAC-TV 6 | 2000 | NBC |
| 99. | El Paso, Texas | KFOX-TV 14 | 1996 | Fox |
| 112. | Reno, Nevada | KRXI 11 | 1995 | Fox |
| KAME 21 | LMA | MyNetworkTV | ||
| 155. | Steubenville, OH - Wheeling, W.V. | WTOV-TV 9 | 2000 | NBC |
Cox earns 10 percent of revenue generated by WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh as part of a local marketing agreement.
KAME is under local marketing agreement with KRXI.
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Corporate Management: James C. Kennedy (COB & CEO) | Dennis Berry | Jimmy W. Hayes | Robert C. O'Leary | Timothy W. Hughes | John G. Boyette | Richard J. Jacobson | Alexander V. Netchvolodoff | Preston B. Barnett | Susan W. Coker | Richard D. Huguley | Roberto I. Jimenez | Marybeth Leamer | J. Lacey Lewis | Michael J. Mannheimer | Andrew A. Merdek | Gregory B. Morrison | Robert N. Redella | Deborah E. Ruth | Sanford Schwartz | Alexandria M. Wilson | Patrick J. Esser | Jay R. Smith | Robert F. Niel | Andrew S. Fisher | Dean H. Eisner | Chip Perry Daily Newspapers: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Austin American-Statesman | Dayton Daily News | The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel | The Greenville Daily Reflector | Longview News-Journal | The Lufkin Daily News | The Marshall News Messenger | The Middletown Journal | The Palm Beach Daily News | The Palm Beach Post | The Rocky Mount Telegram | The Springfield News-Sun | Waco Tribune-Herald Weekly Newspapers: ¡ahora sí! | The Ayden-Grifton Times-Leader | The Bastrop Advertiser | The Beaufort-Hyde News | The Bertie Ledger-Advance | The Chowin Herald | The Duplin Times | The Fairfield Echo | The Farmville Enterprise | The Florida Pennysaver | The Grand Junction Nickel | The Lake Travis View | LaPalma | Mundo Hispánico | The Mason Pulse-Journal | The North Lake Travis Log | The Oxford Press | Perquimans Weekly | The Pflugerville Pflag | The Robersonville Weekly Herald | The Smithville Times | The Snow Hill Standard Laconic | The Western Star | The Westland Picayune | The Williamston Enterprise Other Assets: AutoTrader.com | Cox Communications | Cox Custom Media | COXnet | Cox News Service | Cox Target Media, Inc. | Dent Wizard | Manheim Auctions | PAGAS Mailing Services | SP Newsprint | Trader Publishing Co. | Valpak | Washington Bureau Radio Stations: KCCN | KCYY | KHPT | KINE | KISS | KJSR | KKBQ | KKCM | KKNE | KKYX | KLDE | KONO | KPHW | KPWT | KRAV | KRMG | KRTR-AM | KRTR-FM | KSMG | KTHT | KWEN | WAPE | WAGG | WALR | WBAB | WBHJ | WBHK | WBLI | WBPT | WBTS | WCFB | WCTZ | WDBO | WDPT | WDUV | WDYL | WEDR | WEZN | WFLC | WFOX | WFYV | WHDR | WHIO | WHKO | WHPT | WHQT | WHTQ | WHZT | WJGL | WJMZ | WKHK | WKLR | WMMO | WMXB | WMXQ | WNCB | WOKV | WPLR | WPOI | WPSB | WPTI | WPYO | WRKA | WSB-AM | WSB-FM | WSFR | WSRV | WSTC / WNLK | WSUN | WVEZ | WWKA | WWRM | WXGL | WZLR | WZZK Network Affiliates: ABC: WFTV1 • WSB • WSOC1 | CBS: KIRO • WHIO | Fox: KFOX • KRXI • KTVU1 • WPGH2 | Independent: KICU1 • WAXN1 • WRDQ1 | MyNetworkTV: KAME | NBC: WJAC • WPXI2 • WTOV 1Involved in a duopoly. 2Cox and Sinclair Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement. Annual Revenue: $12.0 billion USD (2005) | Employees: 77,000 | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: www.coxenterprises.com |
