Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers

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The Treasure Coast Newspapers serve residents in five counties located along the Treasure Coast and The Gold Coast of southeast Florida. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, Florida's Treasure Coast is one of the wealthiest markets in the country. It has a daily 120,000-circulation.

Three newspapers have both daily and Sunday circulation: The Stuart News, purchased by Scripps in 1965; The Press Journal in Vero Beach, purchased in 1996; and The Tribune in Fort Pierce, purchased in 2000. The Port St. Lucie News is published as an edition of The Stuart News.

The Treasure Coast Newspapers also publishes the weeklies The Jupiter Courier, acquired by Scripps in 1978; and the Sebastian Sun, purchased in 1996; as well as business and lifestyle publications.

Its website www.tcpalm.com gives free access to all the stories, features, photos, graphics, video and other local content developed by Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, WPTV NewsChannel 5, TCPalm.com and their partners the Sun-Sentinel.

Other Scripps newspapers include daily newspapers in 18 markets and the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News Service. Scripps newspapers include the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, the Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel and the Ventura County (Calif.) Star.

The Cincinnati, Ohio-based E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) is a diverse and growing media enterprise with interests in national cable networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television stations, electronic commerce, interactive media, and licensing and syndication.

The company’s portfolio of media properties includes: Scripps Networks, with such brands as HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country and HGTVPro; daily and community newspapers in 18 markets and the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News Service; 10 broadcast TV stations, including six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent; leading online search and comparison shopping services, Shopzilla and uSwitch; and United Media, a leading worldwide licensing and syndication company that is the home of PEANUTS, DILBERT and approximately 150 other features and comics.