Cox Enterprises
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1898 |
| Seat | Atlanta , United States |
| management | John Dyer ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 48,000 (2012) |
| sales | 15.9 billion US dollars (2013) |
| Branch | media |
| Website | www.coxenterprises.com |
Cox Enterprises is an American media company based in Atlanta , Georgia .
background
The company grew out of the Dayton Daily News , which the schoolteacher, reporter and eventual governor of Ohio and presidential candidate James Middleton Cox founded in Dayton , Ohio in 1898 . The company has 17 daily and 25 weekly newspapers and 15 regional television stations. The 48,000 employees generated sales of almost 16 billion US dollars in 2013. In addition, part of Manheim Auctions , one of the largest auction houses in the automotive sector for Cox Group.
Cox Enterprises is run by James C. Kennedy , a grandson of James M. Cox. The company is family owned. Half is owned by Anne Cox Chambers , daughter of James M. Cox. The other half belongs to James C. Kennedy and Blair Kennedy Parry-Okeden, the children of their sister Barbara Cox Anthony, who died in 2006 . This makes the family one of the richest Americans.
Newspapers (selection)
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ( flagship )
- 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
Radio stations (selection)
The radio stations belong to the Cox Media Group . After the deregulation of the radio markets by the FCC under President Bush Sr. it also became possible for Cox to acquire a number of transmitters on a radio market (Metropol-Aerea or Großstadt). The company focuses on the following markets:
Georgia
Atlanta radio market
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WSB Atlanta - Clear Channel Station ( Flagship )
- WSB-FM Atlanta & WSB-TV Atlanta
- WALR-FM Atlanta
- WSBB-FM Atlanta
- WSRV FM Atlanta
- WTSH-FM Atlanta
Ohio
Dayton radio market
Florida
Jacksonville radio market
- WOKV-FM & WOKV-AM Jacksonville
- WAPE-FM Jacksonville
- WEZI Jacksonville
- WJGL Jacksonville
- WXXJ Jacksonville
Texas
Tusla radio market
San Antonio Radio Market
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.mediadb.eu/en/data-base/international-media-corporations/cox-enterprises-inc.html
- ↑ http://www.coxenterprises.com/about-cox/annual-review/revenues.aspx#.VHrkrGcxjuM
- ↑ The 400 richest Americans (English)
- ↑ Report on the legacy of Barbara Cox Anthony in: International Herald Tribune, August 2, 2007 (English)
