---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:04:40.741563+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scripps closes WRTV sale for $83M; net $123M from two station sales for debt paydown and ION buyback

## Summary
- Combined with prior $40M WFTX sale, total cash proceeds of $123M used to reduce debt and repurchase 23 ION stations (~$54M).
- Station swap with Gray Television in five markets to strengthen Mountain West position, pending FCC review.
- Scripps will seek FCC waivers to re-acquire 23 ION stations previously divested in connection with 2021 ION acquisition.
- Company notes WRTV sale alone not material but triggered SEC filing under new market-cap-based rule.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01, 8.01, 99.1
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000014/0000832428-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000014/ssp-20260331.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000014.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 9b2f302a2b163f2236f9608d0af17b6d77b14a4e
  claim: E.W. SCRIPPS Co completed a disposition involving Circle City Broadcasting for $83 million (closed 2026-03-31).
  evidence_excerpt: On March 31, 2026, The E. W. Scripps Company (“Scripps”) closed on the sale of its WRTV television station to Circle City Broadcasting for cash consideration of $83 million.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000014/0000832428-26-000014-index.htm

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