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26-665: The Journal-News is a daily newspaper published by Cox Enterprises in Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio , United States. It formed in 2013 from the merger of the Hamilton JournalNews in Hamilton and The Middletown Journal in Middletown . Journal-News is a full-size daily newspaper with minimal coverage of Cincinnati and Dayton . It shares staff and resources with its sister publication,

52-494: A deal with Rysher TPE for a production/distribution agreement. In May 1995, Rysher entered into a five-film domestic distribution arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The company closed the film unit due to underperforming box-office sales in July 1997. Later that year, in 1997, Papazian-Hrsch Entertainment struck a deal with Rysher to develop their TV projects. In 1998, Rysher collaborated with HBO to distribute some of

78-760: A host of global businesses and brands serving auto dealers, manufacturers and financial institutions. Cox Media Group (CMG) is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company. In 2019, Cox Enterprises reached an agreement with Apollo Global Management to sell a majority interest in Cox Media Group's broadcast television stations, including the company's radio, newspaper, and TV properties in Ohio, and its local OTT advertising subsidiary – Gamut. Smart Media from Cox. based in New York. On February 10, 2020, Cox Enterprises bought back

104-615: A member of Ohio's delegation to the United States House of Representatives and then the governor of Ohio . He was the Democratic Party candidate for president of the United States in the presidential election of 1920 , running unsuccessfully on a ticket that included Franklin D. Roosevelt as the vice presidential candidate. In 1935, at the urging of Governor Cox's son James M. Cox Jr. , Cox entered

130-425: A new production company Telecom Productions in 1970. Cox would reenter the television syndication business, when Cox's subsidiary TeleRep, established Television Program Enterprises in the late 1970s, before merging with Rysher Entertainment in 1993. As the cable business expanded, it was eventually consolidated and spun off into the new privately-owned Cox Cable Communications (CCC) in 1968, which quickly became

156-568: A single broadband network. Cox entered the automotive industry in 1965 with the purchase of Black Book . Three years later, Manheim was purchased by Cox as well. In the 1980s, Manheim acquired its first non-U.S. auction in Toronto, Canada , making Cox an international company. In 1997, Autotrader.com was founded revolutionizing the way people buy and sell used cars. In 2014, Cox Enterprises brought its automotive-related businesses (which by then included vAuto and NextGear Capital) together under

182-459: A total of $ 1.5 million, and the Cox Video unit has also acquired the rights to produce video adaptations of the magazines and exercise regulations of Joe Weider , which included Muscle & Fitness , Flex and Men's Fitness & Shape , and Peter Bieler acting as executive producer on tapes produced by Cox Video, which also served as executive vice president of the studio, and the company

208-461: A total of 11,800 subscribers. The two combined their broadcasting and cable businesses into the publicly-traded Cox Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1964, though the newspaper business remained independent as Cox Enterprises. In 1966, Cox expanded its holdings to purchase television syndicator Walter Schwimmer, followed in 1967, by the purchase of television production company Bing Crosby Productions. Cox subsequently sold off its syndication unit to

234-600: Is available online or in the newspaper's app), would continue to be published on Saturdays. This article about an Ohio newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cox Enterprises Through Cox Automotive , the company's international operations stretch across Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America. Cox Enterprises is currently led by Alexander C. Taylor, a fourth-generation Cox family member and great-grandson of founder James M. Cox . James M. Cox's grandson, James C. Kennedy , and other members of

260-538: Is planning on to do regular releases that sometimes make use of the magazine's names and will be positioned as companions to Wieder's widely-distributed equipment, and the MHE comedies ranked at the $ 100,000 range and the Fox Hills tapes ranked at the $ 100,000 range. Over the ensuing decades, Cox made pioneering investments and became the first company to bundle telephone, highspeed internet and digital cable television over

286-687: The Dayton Daily News and competes with The Cincinnati Enquirer . From 2013 to 2016, the Journal-News was combined with Journal-News Pulse (formerly Today's Pulse, which itself was the result of merged editions of weekly newspapers from neighboring Warren County .) The Pulse was then folded into the Journal-News. On March 5, 2023, the newspaper announced that, due to cost issues, starting on May 6, it would no longer produce printed newspapers on Saturdays. Digital products, including its online newspaper (branded as ePaper which

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312-518: The Ann-Margret CBS drama Four Corners from Columbia TriStar Television . The company's assets were acquired by 2929 Entertainment in 2001. They were bought by Qualia Capital, LLC. in 2006, and were merged with Gaylord Films and Pandora Entertainment. The combined entity became known as Qualia Libraries Co. and the brand name served as a limited partnership , and now owns the trademark to Hogan's Heroes . In 2011, Qualia Libraries Co.

338-698: The Cox Automotive name. Cox Communications is the third-largest U.S. cable company, serving approximately 6 million residences and businesses. It provides advanced digital video, Internet, telephone and home security and automation services over its own nationwide IP network. Cox Communications formed an alliance with the Cleveland Clinic  to take Healthcare to the home in February 2015. The company has also been deploying residential gigabit internet service. In 2019, Cox Communications earned

364-536: The Cox family are on the company's board of directors. On March 2, 2020, the sale of Cox Media Group's Ohio newspapers was finalized back to Cox Enterprises, and subsequently formed Cox First Media. This move was to ensure the publications would remain daily newspapers serving the southwest Ohio region. The company was founded in Dayton, Ohio , by James M. Cox , who purchased the Dayton Daily News in 1898. Cox became

390-611: The No. 11 spot on the 2019 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. This marks the fourteenth time the company has been recognized among the nation's corporate diversity leaders. Cox Automotive is a provider of "vehicle remarketing services and digital marketing and software for automotive dealers and consumers." Cox Automotive brands include Manheim, Clutch Technologies, Dealer-Auction Ltd, AutoTrader , Kelley Blue Book , vAuto, Dealer.com, Dealertrack, NextGear Capital, Xtime, Vinsolutions, Dickinson Fleet Services, FleetNet America, and

416-810: The Ohio newspapers it sold to Apollo Global Management after the FCC required Apollo to reduce the daily newspapers to 3-day publication or sell them. Cox announced the newspapers would continue 7-day publication. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , in addition to the media agency Ideabar, will continue to be part of Cox Enterprises. Cox Conserves is the company's national sustainability program that focuses on alternative energy, community investment, employee engagement, energy conservation, waste diversion, recycling, and water conservation. Since its launch in 2007, Cox Enterprises has invested more than $ 120 million in over 400 sustainability and conservation projects through Cox Conserves to drive positive environmental change within

442-903: The company in April 1991, as an independent company, whose sole product had been the distribution of the series Saved by the Bell (at the time, NBC could not distribute it in syndication due to fin-syn rules ). Encouraged by the success, it made its second move with their first foray into animation, Captain N and the Video Game Masters , the off-net syndicated version of the DIC Entertainment series that also aired on NBC , Captain N: The Game Master . Also that year, it attempted to merge with film and television production company The Kushner-Locke Company , only for

468-402: The deal being valued at $ 525 million. In February 2024, Cox agreed to buy out government software company OpenGov , in which it already holds minority interest, with the deal valuing the company at $ 1.8   billion. Rysher Entertainment Rysher Entertainment, Inc. was an American film and television production company and distributor. It was founded in 1991. In 1993, Rysher

494-537: The deal to be aborted. Also that year, Cox Enterprises was in discussions to purchase the studio and helped them merge with TPE. It was considered that later that year that Gay Rosenthal was inking a deal with the studio to distribute their own projects. The Cox/Rysher merger was finalized, and soon afterwards, Rysher merged with Al Masini 's Television Program Enterprises to form Rysher TPE , its alternate name used from 1993 to 1994, and helped them to syndicate California Dreams , with Keith Samples remaining at

520-576: The helm. Through it, they produced and distributed shows, such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte for the final season) and Star Search . Later, they produced and distributed George & Alana . The company branched out into feature films, and in the span of three years had produced over two dozen. In late 1993, Beverly Hills 90210 star Gabrielle Carteris , through GABCO Productions struck

546-550: The organization, among stakeholders, and within the communities being served. According to its public statements, its primary focus areas include: In September 2019, Cox Automotive's Mobility Division entered into an agreement with Rivian , the company developing the first luxury all-electric truck. In the deal, Cox will invest $ 350 million into Rivian, with the two companies exploring partnership opportunities in service operations, logistics, and digital retailing. In August 2022, Cox Enterprises agreed to acquire Axios Media , with

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572-682: The radio business starting with WHIO in Dayton. Governor Cox purchased The Atlanta Journal in 1939 as well as radio station WSB . On September 29, 1948, Cox's WSB-TV , later referred to as the "Eyes of the South", aired the first television broadcast in Atlanta. WHIO-TV in Ohio's Miami Valley soon followed, airing its first broadcasts on February 23, 1949. In 1950, Governor Cox purchased The Atlanta Constitution , and in 1962 his son purchased three cable television systems in central Pennsylvania with

598-491: The second-largest cable TV company. Upon Jim Cox Jr.'s death in 1974, he left his two sisters, Anne Cox Chambers and Barbara Cox , in control of 95% of the privately-owned company. In 1982, CBC moved its headquarters to the Atlanta area and changed its name to Cox Communications , Inc. The company was eventually consolidated into Cox Enterprises. In 1988 then-Executive Vice President Jim Kennedy , grandson of Governor Cox,

624-783: The series outside of the United States, including Arli$ $ , Oz and Sex and the City . The company was closed in 1999 after Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises, allowing Paramount Pictures and its television unit to handle distribution rights. The company's library is incorporated into CBS Media Ventures for television series and Paramount Pictures for films (except The Opposite of Sex ). The company's films and series included Hogan's Heroes (whose partial rights are held by CBS), Ben Casey , Walking Tall , Nash Bridges (continued by Paramount Network Television ), Highlander: The Series , Kingpin , and Big Night . In 1998, Rysher and CBS Productions jointly purchased

650-558: Was acquired by Cox Enterprises , and was subsequently closed in 1999. That same year, Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises for distribution rights to the Rysher library, which currently lie with Viacom's successor Paramount Global , specifically its subsidiaries Paramount Pictures and CBS Media Ventures . Ownership of the company's assets changed hands multiple times over the 2000s before finally being acquired by Vine Alternative Investments in 2011. Keith Samples established

676-417: Was promoted to CEO and chairman of Cox Enterprises. In 1986, Cox Enterprises launched a new subsidiary Cox Video, which lined up eleven commitments for original video programs, four of them came from Media Home Entertainment , which are comedy-based tapes and seven of them came from Fox Hills Video , which are reality-based tapes, both subsidiaries of Heron Communications , and co-production budgets involve

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