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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-24-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:36:51.159748+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scripps Q3 record revenue $646M, political $125M, EPS $0.37 vs -$0.19 loss; debt paydown $115M

## Summary
- Q3 revenue record $646M (+14% YoY); net income $33M ($0.37 EPS) vs prior-year loss $16.2M (-$0.19).
- Political ad revenue $125M in Q3; full-year guidance raised to at least $340M from prior $270-290M.
- Paid down $115M debt in Q3; leverage improved 6.0x to 5.1x; expects ~$300M total debt reduction in 2024.
- Scripps Networks revenue $202M (-6.4%); expenses down 3.7%; Q4 expense decline expected high single-digit %.
- Preferred dividends not declared; cumulative unpaid $41.4M; common dividends prohibited under Berkshire terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-24-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01, 99.1
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000042/0000832428-24-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242824000042/ssp-20241104.htm

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