Campaigns and PACs are also spending on down-ballot races and issues, say executives from NBCUniversal Local, E.W. Scripps, Sage Media Planning and WideOrbit during a TVNewsCheck webinar last week. Pictured (clockwise from top left): moderator Paige Albiniak, TVNewsCheck; Bobby Mushroe, Sage Media Planning; Will Hildebrandt, NBCU Local & Telemundo; Samantha Osborne, E.W. Scripps; and Sean Harrington, WideOrbit. Watch the full video here.
To complement National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) doubleheaders on Saturday nights on Ion, Scripps Sports will launch weekly NWSL on Ion Studio Shows starting March 16, including: 30-minute pre-match shows. […]
The company promotes Kate O’Brian to president of news, overseeing all news operations across Scripps’ local media stations, Scripps News and Court TV.
Local broadcast station groups plummeted in value this week after Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox announced they will be launching a new joint venture focused on sports fans. However, according to EW Scripps CEO Adam Symson, says Wall Street is overestimating the new product’s popularity, saying investors appear to be pricing in that local ABC and Fox affiliates wouldn’t be part of the new skinnier bundle. They will be included, he said, citing assurances he’s been given in conversations with Disney executives. “Affiliates are going to be compensated for being carried along,” Symson said.
The media sales and marketing veteran will spearhead Scripps’ go-to-market strategy and drive long-term revenue growth across all Scripps’ national assets, with a strong focus on advanced TV, connected TV, sports and news.
With the video marketplace in a state of flux, federal regulators need to review rules that determine how local TV stations gain carriage on streaming platforms like YouTube TV, Scripps Sports President Brian Lawlor said Wednesday. Testifying on Capitol Hill before a House panel, Lawlor called on the FCC to update the rules, which many TV station owners consider outdated and a source of friction with the Big Four networks.
As millions of Americans prepare to vote in local, state and federal elections this year, National News Literacy Week 2024 highlights the importance of news literacy and local news in a […]
Scripps promotes her from senior director of sales to help with day-to-day operations and lead sales at the California NBC affiliate.
Waymark Signs Group-Wide AI Tech Pact With Scripps Stations
Waymark’s AI tech will roll out across all 61 Scripps broadcast stations. The launch comes after successful local advertising pilot program at select Scripps stations.
National News Literacy Week (Jan. 22-26) raises awareness of news literacy as an essential life skill and provides the public, educators, students and parents with easy-to-adopt tools and tips for navigating our information landscape.
Station managers, a new role at Scripps, help with the station’s day-to-day operations and serve as department heads. The latest additions are Whitney Grover, KJRH Tulsa, Okla.; Autumn Jones, WFTX Fort Myers, Fla.; and Vicki Bradley, WTXL Tallahassee, Fla.
The program recruits mid-career journalists and managers, training them to redeploy their reporting skills for video-driven reporting platforms.
For TV News, Rebuilding Trust Is Core Imperative For Election Year
E.W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson and NewsNation anchor Connell McShane told a NewsTECHForum audience Tuesday that TV news needs a more durable model based on more consistent community engagement and more room for conversation and discovery around subjects. (Image: Symson, left, and McShane)
An internal memo says it’s replacing GMs with station managers. “Station managers help with the station’s day-to-day operations and also serve as department heads. We have had success with this new position, and now we are expanding the station manager model to additional markets,” it said.
News leaders from E.W. Scripps and NewsNation will confront the high stakes the industry faces in a pivotal election year, the journalistic and technological resources they’ll bring to bear against it and the repercussions for American democracy itself in a keynote panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference on Dec. 12 in New York. Register here.
Kevin Adell, owner of Adell Broadcasting and WADL Detroit, served WMYD Detroit a cease and desist letter after WMYD agreed to succeed WADL as the market’s The CW affiliate. The letter was hand-delivered to Scripps-owned WMYD, sister station of WXYZ.
The 4 p.m. “Scrippscast” technology, which de-emphasizes the anchor’s role, soon will be used on late Saturday night newscasts following ABC college football games. (John Kiesewetter photo)
Scripps Hits Home Runs With Sports, CTV
Its execs tells analysts to expect more sports deals and more new CTV networks. CEO Adam Symson says his company is “leading the broadcast renaissance in live sports” with deals impacting results with both advertisers and MVPD distributors. Pictured: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and Scripps CEO Adam Symson.
Scripps Q3 Station Revenue Drops 6.7%
The decrease to $353 million was driven by lower core and political advertising. For the company as a whole, total Q3 revenue was $567 million, a decrease of 7.4%, or $45.6 million from a year ago.
Executives from NBCUniversal Local, Disney Advertising Sales Local, E.W. Scripps, Tegna and Ticker News shared their insights and experiences in maximizing streaming revenue and the most promising pathways to growth at a TV2025 session. Despite the expected election year bonanza, there are challenges. Among them: the lack of consensus about what currency should be used for transactions.
Scripps’ ‘Executive Reporters’ Light The Way For Upcoming Journalists
A new “executive reporter” position at E.W. Scripps stations provides storytelling tutelage for younger journalists via close daily collaboration, a model the company hopes will strengthen its reporting corps. Pictured, Channing Frampton at the WTXL Tallahassee.
The station group said the renewals also expand the number of stations on which Scripps is paid a distribution fee, “growing revenue and expanding distribution margins.”
E.W. Scripps has agreements to place in several markets to broadcast games where teams are worried that their games will no longer be telecast by Bally Sports regional networks. The local sports market is entering a potentially chaotic phase, with the Major League Baseball season ending and the NBA and NHL about to start play for 2023-24. Scripps Sports President Brian Lawlor said: “Every team associated with Bally is concerned about the future. As a result they are all doing contingency planning for the short term and the longer term.”
Leaders from E.W. Scripps, Sinclair, Fox Television Stations, ABC Owned Television Stations, Nexstar and Avid will discuss how cross-group collaborations and content sharing have ushered in a new era of efficiencies and content ROI at TVNewsCheck’s TV2025: Monetizing the Future Conference at the NAB Show New York on Oct. 25. Register here.
The internet-connected device pairs with a TV antenna and sends a live TV signal to smart devices allowing users to watch and record live broadcast TV anywhere in their homes.
The E. W. Scripps Co. has elevated general managers at five of its television stations to serve as regional vice presidents, a move that will put more TV stations under their direct oversight.
Scripps CEO Sees Strike Benefit For Linear TV
Adam Symson: “I think, ultimately, the strike is going to lead to higher costs for streamers. As the streamers end up with higher expense structures, even more than they have today, they will continue to look for new ways to offset that expense, or to monetize their own costs. And I think that will open up additional programming opportunities for linear broadcasters like us.”
Scripps 2Q Station Revenue Drops 1%
The decrease to $352 million was driven by lower core and political advertising. For the company as a whole, total 1Q revenue was $583 million, a decrease of 2%, or $11.6 million from a year ago.
The E.W. Scripps Co. today launched Court TV: Legendary Trials and Laff More — two free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels based on its popular brands Court TV and Laff. […]
In a post on the Scripps News LinkedIn page, the group’s president, Kate O’Brian, announced today that Scripps local stations have begun airing national-focused content produced first for Scripps News.
The station group moves her from its KIVI Boise, Idaho, to oversee its Fox affiliate in Idaho.
The new Independent Streaming Alliance (ISA) calls itself “a procompetitive independent industry forum to proactively engage and work collaboratively with consumers, platforms, regulators, and media.” ISA founding members include Allen […]
Broadcasters, Leagues And Teams Eye Hybrid Models While Rethinking Regional Sports
RSNs carried by pay TV services are struggling in the face of cord-cutting and are looking for new ways to reach fans old and new. Pictured (l-r): Adam Wiener, Dan Marshall, Ed Desser, Kerry Bubolz, Lee H. Berke and Brian Lawlor. (Alyssa Wesley photo)