Cincinnati, Oh., USA - February 26, 2013, Cincinnati, Oh., USA - The E.W. Scripps Company, a media company, announced a number of changes to the board of directors that will be elected at the annual general meeting on May 1, 2013.
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Nackey E. Scagliotti, a great-granddaughter of the founder, a director since 1999 and the chair since 2008, has notified the board that she will retire from service as a director after the annual meeting and will not stand for re-election.
Ms. Scagliotti has been a director of E.W. Scripps since 1999 and is a trustee of The Edward W. Scripps Trust. She has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Union Leader Corporation (publisher of daily and weekly newspapers) since May 1999. Prior thereto, she served as the Assistant Publisher of the Union Leader Corporation from 1996 to May 1999. Ms. Scagliotti also served as President from 1999 to 2003 and Publisher in 1999 and 2000 of Neighborhood Publications, Inc. (publisher of weekly newspapers).
The board’s nominating committee has recommended that Rich Boehne, who has been the chief executive officer and a director since 2008, replace Ms. Scagliotti as the board’s chair.
Mr. Boehne is The E.W. Scripps Company's president and chief executive officer. He also is a member of the company's board of directors. Prior to the separation of Scripps into two publicly traded companies, Mr. Boehne was chief operating officer of the combined enterprise. The company's cable networks and specialty Internet search businesses were spun off July 1, 2008 into a new company - Scripps Networks Interactive.
Mr. Boehne joined the Scripps corporate staff in 1988, just prior to the parent company's initial public offering. Before moving to Scripps headquarters, he was a business reporter and editor at The Cincinnati Post, a Scripps newspaper, where he covered Wall Street, the national economy, and developments in the media industry.
Mr. Boehne began his media career in high school selling subscriptions for The Cincinnati Post. A few years later, he landed a job as a part-time reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer. He later graduated from college and joined a growing chain of community newspapers. He progressed through that company as the owner, Suburban Communications, purchased and consolidated a number of family-owned publications in the Midwest. He also joined the company's long-range strategic planning and development group, and in May 1995 became a vice president of the corporation.
In 1998, he co-founded the Scripps Leadership Institute, a bi-annual program that identifies and provides training for up-and-coming senior-level managers. He was elected executive vice president in February 1999 and named chief operating officer in April 2006.
Mr. Boehne received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northern Kentucky University in 1981. In 1996, he received the university's annual Professional Achievement Award, and in 2001 was named the university's Outstanding Alumnus. ■