---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-26-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:17:09.495685+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scripps Q1 revenue $517M (-1.4% YoY), loss $18M; transforms EBITDA target $125-150M by 2028

## Summary
- Loss attributable to shareholders $18M ($0.20 EPS) vs $18.8M loss ($0.22 EPS) in Q1 2025.
- Local Media revenue $342M (+5% YoY); profit $46.7M vs $34.9M; political revenue $9M vs $3.3M.
- Scripps Networks revenue $176M (-11% YoY); profit $46.3M vs $64.1M.
- Transformation plan targets $125-150M annualized EBITDA growth by 2028 through cost savings and revenue initiatives.
- Closed station sales for $123M gross proceeds; extended $200M revolver maturity to July 2029.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-26-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/832428/000083242826000021/0000832428-26-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000021/ssp-20260507.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000021.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 032f9c840b6f308d1e0e0238d7fca7854ee53a41
  claim: E.W. SCRIPPS Co reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $517 million, net income $18 million, EPS 20 cents per share.
  evidence_excerpt: delivered $517 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2026. Loss attributable to the shareholders of Scripps was $18 million or 20 cents per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000021/0000832428-26-000021-index.htm

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