---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-24-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T00:11:56.786473+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scripps News president O'Brian to leave as 24/7 network winds down, over 200 jobs cut

## Summary
- Kate O'Brian, President of Scripps News, to leave at year-end; eligible for severance per executive plan.
- Scripps News' 24/7 over-the-air national network programming will cease after November 15.
- More than 200 jobs eliminated; approximately 50 staff remain to produce content for local news and streaming/digital.
- Scripps News brand continues on streaming and digital with weekday live coverage from the field.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-24-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000040/0000832428-24-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000040/ssp-20240927.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-24-000040
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-24-000040.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-24-000040.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kate O'Brian departed as President, Scripps News at E.W. SCRIPPS Co.
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: President, Scripps News
  source text: Coinciding with this decision, Kate O’Brian, President, Scripps News, will be leaving the Company at the end of the year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000040/0000832428-24-000040-index.htm

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