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 Billion-dollar enterprise began with teacher's investment
Cox Enterprises was founded in 1898 by former school teacher and reporter James M. Cox, whose ambition was to own a newspaper. To realize his dream, he borrowed $26,000 from friends and family and purchased the Dayton Evening (now Daily) News.
In the early years of the company, Mr. Cox became Ohio's first three-term governor and the 1920 Democratic candidate for president of the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt was his running mate. After losing the election to Warren Harding, Gov. Cox focused his attention on his growing media business.
He established the Miami (OH) Valley's first radio station, WHIO, in 1934, just as the medium began to gain popularity. And before the explosion of television, Cox started WSB-TV in Atlanta, the south's first television station in 1948. That same year, he launched the south's first FM radio station, WSB-FM.
Throughout our first century, Cox Enterprises has built its foundation on innovation, service, leadership, quality and growth. Share some of the highlights of our first 100 years.
Since that initial investment, privately held Cox Enterprises, Inc., has become one of the nation’s largest media companies.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Cox Enterprises has continued to be on the forefront of media and technology, branching out into broadcasting, cable television, wholesale auto auctions and interactive media.
Each operation company is a unique enterprise, but together we are one solid corporation with a long list of enviable achievements.
Cox Enterprises’ success is rooted in newspapers. In fact, for the first 36 years of Cox’s existence, its only business was newspapers.
As one of the nation’s largest newspaper publishing enterprises, Cox Newspapers now produces 17 daily and 26 non-dailies.
The company also operates direct mail businesses, distributes classified advertising publications, customized newsletters and owns one-third of a newsprint manufacturing business.
Total circulation for the company’s newspapers reaches 1.2 million each weekday and more than 1.6 million on Sundays. |
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| 2007: |
Commentary, Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
History, Hank Klibanoff, , Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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| 2006: |
Cartooning, Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| 1998: |
National reporting, Russell Carollo, Dayton Daily News, and Jeff Nesmith, Washington Bureau, mismanagement in military health care |
| 1995: |
Cartooning, Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
| 1993: |
Explanatory journalism, Mike Toner, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "When Bugs Fight Back," series about organisms' resistance to antibiotics and pesticides |
| 1989: |
Investigative reporting, Bill Dedman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "The Color of Money," series about discrimination in lending practices |
| 1988: |
Cartooning, Doug Marlette, Atlanta Constitution, shared with the Charlotte Observer |
| 1982: |
Cartooning, Ben Sargent, Austin American-Statesman |
| 1981: |
Cartooning, Mike Peters, Dayton Daily News |
| 1980: |
Cartooning, Don Wright, Miami News |
| 1977: |
Public service, Lufkin Daily News, abuses in military recruiting practices |
| 1970: |
Feature news photography, Dallas Kinney, Palm Beach Post |
| 1967: |
Editorial writing, Eugene Patterson, Atlanta Constitution |
| 1966: |
Cartooning, Don Wright, Miami News |
| 1963: |
International reporting, Hal Hendrix, Miami News |
| 1960: |
Local reporting on deadline, Jack Nelson, Atlanta Constitution, abuses at mental hospital |
| 1959: |
Editorial writing, Ralph McGill, Atlanta Constitution, civil rights. |
| 1959: |
National reporting, Howard Van Smith, Miami News. |
| 1948: |
Reporting, George Goodwin, Atlanta Journal, exposing vote fraud in Telfair County. |
| 1939: |
Public service, Miami News |
| 1931: |
Public service, Atlanta Constitution, graft in city government |
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