---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-24-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2024-08-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T10:14:33.064735+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# E.W. Scripps eliminates COO role; Lisa Knutson to depart at year-end 2024

## Summary
- COO role held by Lisa Knutson eliminated effective year-end 2024.
- Ms. Knutson receives severance plan benefits plus one-time $140,400 for medical premiums.
- Board approved the one-time benefit to cover medical until Medicare eligibility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-24-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2024-08-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000038/0000832428-24-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000038/ssp-20240806.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-24-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-24-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-24-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lisa Knutson departed as Chief Operating Officer at E.W. SCRIPPS Co.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the role of Chief Operating Officer, currently held by Lisa Knutson, will be eliminated at the end of the year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000038/0000832428-24-000038-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.