'''George Gough Booth''' (1864-1949) was the Publisher of the privately-held Evening News Association, which at one time held newspaper and broadcasting properties located from coast to coast. During Booth's time, however, the ENA was comprised of ''The_Detroit_News'' and WWJ AM-FM-TV. It was eventually sold to the Gannett Company in 1985. Presently the MediaNews_Group owns ''The Detroit News''.
Booth got his start in the newspaper industry as the son-in-law of James_E._Scripps (who, in turn, was the older half-brother and one-time partner of E.W. Scripps). With his two brothers, George also founded (the independent) Booth Newspapers, a chain spanning the southern half of Lower Michigan. That group was sold to Advance_Publications (a Samuel_I._Newhouse property) in 1976.
A noted Philanthropist, Booth and his wife, Ellen Scripps Booth, founded the world-renowned Cranbrook_Educational_Community (CEC) in Bloomfield_Hills,_Michigan, in the early '20s. Initially, the Booths hired noted architect Albert_Kahn to design their country manor, Cranbrook House, featured in recent years on several cable television shows. As their country estate grew both in purpose and in scale, Booth had both noted architect Eliel_Saarinen and renowned sculptor Carl_Milles in residence for many years at CEC.
Booth was an avid student of the Arts_and_Crafts_movement and, together, brothers Ralph and George Booth were major benefactors of the Detroit_Institute_of_Arts.
==External links==
*Cranbrook Educational Community
*Cranbrook House & Gardens
*William Morris Society
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