Scripps Networks Launches New Interactive Media Resource Center -- New Website Provides One-stop Destination for Working Media

Scripps Networks, the leader in lifestyle media, has unveiled its new online media resource center (newsroom.scrippsnetworks.com) designed to provide a wide range of information to working media.

Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) January 7, 2009 -- Scripps Networks, the leader in lifestyle media, has unveiled its new online media resource center (http://newsroom.scrippsnetworks.com) designed to provide a wide range of information to working media.

Registered users will have access to important information and materials including the latest news from Scripps Networks brands, detailed programming information, media contacts, executive profiles, brand fact sheets, current research, photos and graphics. Users may also opt in for e-mail updates and RSS feeds on a variety of topics.

Accredited media may register (http://newsroom.scrippsnetworks.com/register.cfm) on the Scripps Networks Online Media Resource Center home page (Those previously registered for the old Scripps Networks media center need not sign up again. Login login and password information will carry over to the new site.)

The Scripps Networks Online Media Resource Center (http://media.scrippsnetworks.com) is updated regularly, so check back often for new information.

About Scripps Networks:

Scripps Networks (http://www.scrippsnetworks.com) is comprised of the lifestyle television brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living Network and country music network Great American Country (GAC). Scripps is the dominant media and marketing company in the home, food and lifestyle categories, developing content for television and the Internet, where on-air programming is complemented with an array of broadband video, social media areas and e-commerce components on companion Web sites that attract more than 18 million unique visitors each month.

In addition, Scripps Networks has launched HGTV and Food Network in high definition and is aggressively developing its emerging media platforms for broadband and video on demand. Scripps Networks also acquired popular recipe Web site Recipezaar.com and Incando Corp. in order to deepen its user-generated content capabilities. Scripps Networks' brands collectively are available in more than 170 countries and territories on all seven continents. They also are distributed to more than 1,000 outlets on U.S. military bases and U.S. embassies around the world via the American Forces Radio and Television Service.

Headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville and San Francisco, Scripps Networks is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:SNI), the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet. The company's media portfolio includes: Lifestyle Media, with popular lifestyle television brands HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living Network and country music network Great American Country (GAC); and Interactive Services, including leading online search and comparison shopping services, Shopzilla and uSwitch.

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