Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises
Type Private
Industry Media, Communications and Automotive
Founded 1898 in Dayton, Ohio
Founder(s) James Middleton Cox
Headquarters Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA
Key people James C. Kennedy (chair)
Services Broadcast Stations, Cable, Newspaper, Radio, Automotive
Owner(s) Anne Cox Chambers, James C. Kennedy, Blair Parry-Okedon
Subsidiaries Cox Communications, Manheim, Cox Media Group, AutoTrader.com
Website Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920. The company is private, 98 percent controlled by the nonagenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late sister Barbara Cox Anthony. The chairman is Anthony's son, James C. Kennedy.

The company, now headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, owns newspapers, fifteen television stations, 86 radio stations, Cox Communications, Manheim Auctions, AutoTrader.com and Valpak.

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Major Subsidiaries

  • Cox Communications, Inc.
  • Manheim
  • Cox Media Group
  • AutoTrader.com
  • Vauto.com
  • Kelley Blue Book

Cox once owned Rysher Entertainment, best known for distributing Saved by the Bell. Rysher is currently owned by 2929 Entertainment, with distribution rights to most of its library resting with CBS.

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a broadband communications and entertainment company, providing advanced digital video, Internet, telephone and wireless services over its own nationwide IP network.

Manheim

Manheim is the world's leading provider of vehicle remarketing services. Through its 130 worldwide wholesale operating locations, Manheim impacts every stage of a used vehicle's life cycle, helping commercial sellers and automobile dealers maximize the value of their vehicles. Manheim.com receives nearly 900,000 visitors each week.

Cox Media Group

Cox Media Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, is an integrated broadcasting, publishing and digital media company that includes Valpak and the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. The company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, four metro newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. Additionally, Cox Media Group owns and operates Valpak.

AutoTrader.com

AutoTrader.com aggregates in a single location millions of new cars, used cars and Certified Pre-Owned cars from thousands of auto dealers and private owners. The site attracts 14.8 million unique monthly visitors.

Cox Conserves

In 2007, Cox Enterprises launched Cox Conserves, the company’s national sustainability program to conserve resources, embrace renewable forms of energy and reduce the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent. Cox Conserves also encourages the company’s 60,000 employees and the communities Cox serves to engage in eco-friendly practices.

The Cox Conserves Heroes program was created through a partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL) to celebrate local conservation in communities across the country. To date, the program has launched in Atlanta, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and New Orleans and Virginia. www.CoxConservesHeroes.com

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