---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-22-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T04:48:57.433995+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scripps Q3 revenue up 10% to $612M, EPS $0.38; cuts FCF guidance to ~$320M

## Summary
- Revenue $612M (+10% YoY); segment profit $145M (+13%). Net income $33.7M ($0.38 EPS) vs $45.8M ($0.49) prior year.
- Political ad revenue $63.2M (vs $7.1M); Local Media revenue $378M (+14%). Retransmission revenue $165M (+7.3%).
- Scripps Networks revenue $235M (+3.9%); CTV revenue up 57% YoY; run rate target >$100M in 2023.
- Free cash flow guidance cut to ~$320M for 2022 due to political shift and macroeconomic challenges.
- Q4 outlook: Local Media revenue up mid-20s%; Networks revenue down mid-to-high-single-digit%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-22-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2022-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01, 99.1
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242822000034/0000832428-22-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242822000034/ssp-20221108.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  E.W. SCRIPPS Co reported the quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $612 million, net income $33.7 million or 38 cents per share, EPS 38 cents per share. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $612 million
  - Net income: $33.7 million or 38 cents per share
  - EPS: 38 cents per share
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: reported results
  source text: million run rate in CTV revenue next year, after launching additional streaming channels this fall Nov. 8, 2022 CINCINNATI – The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) delivered $612 million in revenue and $145 million in segment profit for the third quarter of 2022, year-over-year increases of 10% and 13% respectively, driven by growth in political advertising,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242822000034/0000832428-22-000034-index.htm

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