Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1878 by Edward Scripps, the company is a media conglomerate. It has interests in national lifestyle cable networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television stations, electronic commerce, interactive media, and licensing and syndication. Scripps Networks programming can be seen in more than 170 countries. Shopzilla, an online comparison shopping service, carries an index of more than 30 million products from about 55,000 stores. Scripps also operates Scripps Howard News Service and United Media, the home of Peanuts, Dilbert and 150 other features and characters.