E. W. Scripps Company
American media company
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| 2025 | Scripps Sports and the Big Sky Conference extended their agreement through the 2029–30 season. |
| 2024 | Hosted the 2024 NWSL Draft |
| 2024 | Initiated Saturday Night Soccer, broadcasting 25 weeks of NWSL regular season matches on Saturday nights on Ion Television |
| October 2 2024 | E.W. Scripps Co. announced layoffs of more than 200 people, making major cutbacks to its national news unit. |
| August 18 2024 | Ion aired the finals of the Manhattan Beach Open beach volleyball tournament in a one-off deal with the Association of Volleyball Professionals. |
| July 2024 | Florida Panthers announced a deal with Scripps Sports to move their games from Bally Sports Florida, with WSFL-TV in Miami as the flagship station. |
| April 2024 | Following NHL deactivation of the Coyotes franchise, Scripps' KUPX-TV in Salt Lake City will continue to televise the team's games as the Utah Hockey Club. |
| 2023 | Began broadcasting Friday Night Spotlight, featuring 15 weeks of WNBA regular season games on Ion Television |
| November 9 2023 | National Women's Soccer League announced Scripps Sports as a rightsholder, with Ion to air Saturday night doubleheaders and the 2024 NWSL Draft. |
| October 2023 | Scripps Sports secured regional rights for the Arizona Coyotes after Bally Sports Arizona shut down. |
| July 2 2023 | Scripps Sports announced a deal with the Florida Panthers to broadcast games on WSFL-TV beginning in the 2024–25 season. |
| May 2023 | Scripps Sports reached a regional rights agreement for the Vegas Golden Knights NHL games, with KMCC as the flagship station. |
| April 2023 | Scripps Sports announced its first broadcast contract, securing a package of Friday-night WNBA basketball games for Ion. |
| December 2022 | Scripps Sports was officially announced, with president Adam P. Symson outlining plans to compete with regional sports networks. |
| May 2022 | Scripps reached an agreement with the Big Sky Conference to air conference football and basketball games on the Montana Television Network. |
| 2021 | Scripps acquired numerous Ion Media stations across multiple markets, including stations in Dallas, Seattle, Boston, Chicago, New York, and many other cities. |
| 2020 | Scripps acquired KSBS-CD in Denver and continued its strategic station acquisitions. |
| 2020 | Divested WPIX, which became a CW affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting |
| 2020 | Scripps acquired KSBS-CD in Denver, Colorado and KCDO-TV in Sterling–Denver, Colorado area. |
| September 24 2020 | Scripps announced the acquisition of Ion Media, including its networks, for $2.65 billion. |
| July 2020 | Scripps sold its Stitcher podcast service and assets to Sirius XM for $325 million. |
| 2019 | Acquired WPIX in New York City, NY |
| 2019 | Scripps acquired multiple stations including KTVQ and KBZK in Montana; KRIS-TV, KZTV, and K22JA-D in Corpus Christi, Texas; KJRH-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma; KSTU in Salt Lake City, Utah; KPAX-TV in Missoula, Montana; KATC in Lafayette, Louisiana; and WTKR in Norfolk–Virginia Beach, Virginia. |
| 2018 | Company exited the radio broadcasting business. |
| August 20 2018 | Scripps agrees to purchase ABC affiliates KXXV, KRHD-CD, and WTXL-TV from Gray Television-Raycom Media merger. |
| June 4 2018 | Scripps completed the transition of its stock listing from NYSE to Nasdaq. |
| May 22 2018 | Scripps announced changing its common stock listing from NYSE back to Nasdaq. |
| January 25 2018 | Scripps announced the sale of its radio station unit acquired through the 2015 Journal Communications acquisition. |
| 2017 | WHTV in Lansing, MI goes defunct and off-air |
| October 2 2017 | Completed the purchase of Katz Broadcasting, acquiring the remaining 95% of the company. |
| August 1 2017 | Scripps announced the purchase of Katz Broadcasting and its networks, including Bounce, for $292 million. |
| June 2016 | Scripps acquired the podcast service Stitcher from Deezer. |
| April 2016 | Demand Media sold the humor website Cracked.com to E. W. Scripps. |
| 2015 | The company expanded its portfolio with stations including WACY-TV in Appleton–Green Bay, KTHV in Little Rock, WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, WGBA-TV in Green Bay, KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, and WSYM-TV in Lansing. |
| 2015 | Significant radio station acquisitions in multiple markets including Boise, Cincinnati, Knoxville, Milwaukee, Omaha, Springfield, Tucson, Tulsa, and Wichita |
| 2015 | Scripps acquired multiple stations including WACY-TV in Appleton–Green Bay, Wisconsin; KIVI-TV in Nampa–Boise, Idaho; KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona; KSHB-TV in Kansas City, Missouri; WGBA-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin; WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; WFTS-TV in Kenosha–Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky. |
| April 1 2015 | The Scripps-Journal Communications merger and spin-off was completed, creating a new broadcast group under the E. W. Scripps Company name. |
| 2014 | Acquired WHTV in Lansing, MI, which went defunct in 2017 |
| 2014 | The company sold off its newspaper holdings, marking a significant shift in its business strategy. |
| December 12 2014 | FCC approved the merger with Journal Communications. |
| July 30 2014 | Scripps and Journal Communications announced a merger and spin-off of their newspaper assets. |
| February 10 2014 | Scripps announced acquiring Buffalo ABC affiliate WKBW-TV and Detroit MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYD for $110 million. |
| December 2013 | Scripps purchased Newsy for $35 Million. |
| 2012 | Received the National Association of Broadcasters Distinguished Service Award. |
| 2012 | Upon the death of E. W. Scripps' grandson, Robert Scripps, the Edward W. Scripps Trust was dissolved and its stock divided among surviving trustees. |
| 2011 | Significant expansion year, acquiring multiple stations including KERO-TV and KZSD-LD in Bakersfield, KMGH-TV and KZCO-LD in Denver, KGTV in San Diego, KTVN in Reno, and WFLX in West Palm Beach. |
| 2011 | Scripps acquired multiple stations including KERO-TV and KZKC-LD in Bakersfield, California; KMGH-TV and KZCO-LD in Denver, Colorado; KGTV and KZSD-LD in San Diego, California; and WFTS-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| October 3 2011 | Scripps announced the purchase of McGraw-Hill's television arm for $212 million, nearly doubling its stations to 19 with a 13% U.S. household reach. |
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