The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP)
Local TV stations and national networks, 4,600. Read October 20, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 27, 2026. Ranked 9 of the 39 Communication Services companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
31%
End of 2028
63%
Employees, annual report
4,600
Leading staffing pattern
Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now31%
- End of 202755%
- End of 202863%
- End of 203065%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 34%
- Becomes checking a model's work 50%
- Handed over with lighter checks 12%
The filing states 4,600 employees, 330 union in local media, in station and network segments with nothing counted by segment, so the split is by description.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 31% now, 55% at the end of 2027, 63% at the end of 2028, 65% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 65% desk work, 22% people work and 13% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 34% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 50% becomes checking a model's work and 12% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
4,600 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing describes local television stations and national networks in the United States and no operations abroad (recorded as 1, flagged).
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 4,600 employees, including full-time and part-time employees.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations | 70% | By description (c): the local media segment runs television stations in U.S. markets, where the 330 union employees are; the filing counts no employees by segment. |
| Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers | 30% | By description (c): the Scripps Networks segment runs national entertainment and news networks, media networks as Nexstar's and Fox's network work is read; no count by segment. |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 4,600 full-time and part-time employees, down from 5,000 a year earlier; about 330 represented by unions, all in local media; no work stoppages since 1985.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NXST, 12,832 employees)32% now, 62% by 2028
- Fox Corporation (FOXA, 10,550 employees)30% now, 64% by 2028
- Gray Media, Inc. (GTN, 9,582 employees)33% now, 62% by 2028
- iHeartMedia, Inc. (IHRT, 9,550 employees)31% now, 63% by 2028
- Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI, 7,100 employees)33% now, 62% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
16 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing describes Engine Room, an enterprise AI platform with role-based coaching agents launched in 2025 for employee capability building, and says cost savings will leverage AI and automation.
- “We expect to deliver this improved EBITDA run-rate through cost savings and revenue growth initiatives that will leverage technology including AI and automation and increase revenue yield on our existing businesses.”
- “Through continuous learning, thoughtful integration of technology and artificial intelligence and strong governance, we seek to support our workforce, enhance how work gets done and align our human capital strategy with long-term shareholder value.”
- “In 2025, Scripps launched Engine Room, an enterprise Artificial Intelligence ("AI") platform designed to support both organization-wide capability building and function-specific skill development.”
- “The platform is paired with enterprise training to establish baseline AI literacy, along with role-based coaching agents that provide employees and leaders with timely guidance to support performance, learning and decision-making within defined guardrails.”
- “Early adoption and sustained engagement with Engine Room reflect strong employee interest in practical, responsible uses of AI to support their work.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20230median 1
- Fiscal 20240median 4
- Fiscal 202516median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 4,600 | 2026-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 5,000 | 2025-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 5,200 | 2024-02-23 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 5,700 | 2023-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 5,600 | 2022-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 5,400 | 2021-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 5,900 | 2020-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 3,950 | 2019-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 4,100 | 2018-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 4,100 | 2017-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 3,800 | 2016-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 4,800 | 2015-03-13 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 4,800 | 2014-03-04 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 4,700 | 2013-03-06 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 4,800 | 2012-03-07 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 4,600 | 2011-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 5,000 | 2010-03-05 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 6,000 | 2009-03-02 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 8,500 | 2008-02-29 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 9,000 | 2007-03-01 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 9,600 | 2006-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 8,900 | 2005-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 7,800 | 2004-03-11 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 7,700 | 2003-03-25 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 7,400 | 2002-03-28 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 8,400 | 2001-03-27 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 8,000 | 2000-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1998-12-31 | 7,900 | 1999-03-10 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 8,100 | 1998-03-27 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 6,800 | 1997-03-12 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 6,700 | 1996-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1994-12-31 | 7,700 | 1995-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1993-12-31 | 7,600 | 1994-03-28 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- No count by segment; the split between stations and networks is by description.
- The U.S. share is recorded as 1 because the filing describes U.S. stations and networks only; it states no count by country.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000832428-26-000010, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of The E.W. Scripps Company's working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 31% now and 63% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce The E.W. Scripps Company's own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does The E.W. Scripps Company employ?
- 4,600 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 100% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up The E.W. Scripps Company's workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations; by those patterns the work is about 65% desk work, 22% people work and 13% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does The E.W. Scripps Company's annual report say about AI?
- 16 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 0, 0 and 16 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 20, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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