Cox Enterprises

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Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Type Private
Industry Mass media
Founded 1898 in Dayton, Ohio
Founder(s) James Middleton Cox
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Area served United States
Key people Jim Kennedy, Chairman
John Dyer, President and CEO
Products Cable networks, TV stations, radio, newspapers, printing, telecommunications, advertising, online properties
Revenue Increase US$ 15.3 billion (2012)[1]
Owner(s) Cox Family 49%(Anne Cox Chambers, 25%James Cox Kennedy, 25% Blair Parry-Okeden)
Employees 50,000 (2012)[1]
Subsidiaries Cox Communications, Manheim, Cox Media Group, AutoTrader Group
Website www.coxenterprises.com
Cox Headquarters' "Central Park" in Atlanta, Georgia includes the company's buildings and leased spaces.

Cox Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held media conglomerate based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The company is currently headed by the now-nonagenarian daughter of founder James Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late sister Barbara Cox Anthony. Its chairman is Anthony's son, James C. Kennedy.

The company owns newspapers, television stations, radio stations, Cox Communications, Manheim Auctions, AutoTrader.com and Valpak.

History

The company was founded in Dayton, Ohio by James M. Cox, who in 1898 had purchased the Dayton Daily News. Cox later became the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States in the presidential election of 1920, running unsuccessively on a ticket that included Franklin D. Roosevelt as the vice-presidential candidate.

Major subsidiaries

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a broadband communications and entertainment company.

Cox Media Group

Cox Media Group operates broadcast television and radio stations, runs metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and has more than 100 digital services. Cox Media Group owns and operates Savings.com and Valpak.

Other subsidiaries

Manheim Auctions

Manheim Auctions operates auctions at locations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and online through its Simulcast portal.

AutoTrader Group

AutoTrader.com is a website aggregator for private owner and dealer car sales.Company also includes Kelley Blue Book, vAuto, AIS, Vin Solutions, Haystak Digital Marketing and Homenet Automotive.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cox Enterprises Inc. Financial Statements". Institute of Media and Communications Policy. September 17, 2012. 

External links

Daily newspapers
Weekly newspapers
Cox Radio Division
Cox Television
Cable channels
Cox Target Media
Automotive
Other assets
  • 1 Cox Media Group operates this station under an LMA with Bayshore Television, LLC.
  • 2 This subchannel holds a secondary affiliation with Me-TV.
Atlanta companies


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