---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000832428-26-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SSP"
cik: "0000832428"
company_name: "E.W. SCRIPPS Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T19:48:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:49:34.573785+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scripps completes even-exchange station swap with Gray Media; adds 5 stations in Mountain West

## Summary
- Acquired KKTV (CBS) Colorado Springs, KKCO (NBC) & KJCT-LP (ABC) Grand Junction, CO; KMVT (CBS) & KSVT-LD (Fox) Twin Falls, ID from Gray.
- Gray received Scripps' WSYM (Fox) Lansing, MI and KATC (ABC) Lafayette, LA; no cash changed hands.
- Swap expands Scripps' Mountain West presence, especially in Colorado Springs and Twin Falls where it already operates stations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000832428-26-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SSP
- cik: 0000832428
- company_name: E.W. SCRIPPS Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T19:48:14+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01, 99.1
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000027/0000832428-26-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000027/ssp-20260515.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000027
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000027.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832428-26-000027.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  E.W. SCRIPPS Co completed an acquisition involving Gray Media, Inc. for no cash consideration (closed 2026-05-15).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Gray Media, Inc.
  - Consideration: no cash consideration
  - Closing: 2026-05-15
  source text: On May 15, 2026, The E.W. Scripps Company (“Scripps”) closed on the previously announced stations swap transaction with Gray Media, Inc. (“Gray”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832428/000083242826000027/0000832428-26-000027-index.htm

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