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Scripps

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Scripps  (skrps)
Family of American newspaper publishers, including James Edmund (1835-1906), who founded the Detroit Evening News (1873), and his half-brother Edward Wyllis Scripps (1854-1926), who established (1907) the news agency that became United Press International and organized the syndication of features and illustrations. James's sister Ellen Browning Scripps (1836-1932) invested heavily in the family's newspaper projects and founded Scripps College in Claremont, California (1926).
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Noun1.Scripps - United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
Edward Wyllis Scripps
2.Scripps - United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908)
James Edmund Scripps
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