SSP - Conference and earnings call announcements

CINCINNATI, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives from The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ:SSP) will discuss the company's business strategies at the 32nd annual Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Jason Combs, chief financial officer, and Rebecca Riegelsberger, treasurer and senior vice president of tax, will meet with investors Tuesday and Wednesday. Their presentation is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday. Live audio of the presentation will be available from 1:35 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. Pacific (4:35 p.m. to 5:10

Spotlight on local news and its role in a healthy democracyWASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of local, state and federal elections on the line in 2024, finding solutions to the local news crisis has never been more imperative. That's why the fifth annual National News Literacy Week (Jan. 22–26) will highlight the vital role of local news in keeping communities informed and connected. National News Literacy Week 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. The week is co-presented by the News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan

Epic, the world's largest digital reading platform for kids, announced today a new partnership with the world-famous Scripps National Spelling Bee to further support its two million teachers and 60 million student subscribers. The partnership represents both companies' commitment to promote the strong connection between spelling and reading. When schools enroll in the Bee's yearlong program, they will receive access to Epic's newest platform offering, Epic School Plus, at a discounted rate. This new product allows teachers the chance to provide their students with 24-hour access to the platform of over 40,000 books, seven days a week, year-round. In a recent poll conducted by Epic in Sept

CINCINNATI, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-five thousand at-risk children across the country received a free book this week to celebrate the 1 millionth book donated to the Scripps Howard Fund's "If You Give a Child a Book …" campaign. The Fund supports causes important to The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ:SSP) and the communities it serves.   The Fund raised $1 million during its seventh annual childhood literacy campaign, which will provide 200,000 books for kids across the country. With the funds raised through this year's campaign, the total number of distributed book

CINCINNATI, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps Howard Fund's seventh annual childhood literacy campaign will distribute its 1 millionth book during the 2022-2023 academic school year.  This year's "If You Give a Child a Book…" campaign kicks off today and runs through Sept. 9. The Scripps Howard Fund is again partnering with The E.W. Scripps Company and its employees, the communities it serves and Scripps family members to ensure children across the country have access to books.   For every $5 donation, the Scripps Howard Fund gives one book to a child in need. To donat

CINCINNATI, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee will welcome 234 spellers to National Harbor, Maryland, from May 31-June 2 for the national rounds of competition and the first fully in-person Bee since 2019. The competitors advanced through local and regional bees that took place through April. The preliminaries are May 31, the quarterfinals and semifinals June 1 and the finals on June 2. The semifinals and finals will be televised on ION and Bounce and hosted by accomplished actor, director, educator and lifelong children's literacy advocate LeVar Bu

CINCINNATI, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- For a commitment to establishing policies of equity and inclusion and visionary leadership that moves the media industry forward, The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ:SSP) and two of its leaders have been named 2021 Top Women in Media Awards honorees by industry publisher Cynopsis Media.  Scripps has been selected as a 2021 "Distinguished Company," an award recognizing companies across TV, entertainment, sports, digital, media, production and more who are calling for equal opportunity, inclusion, pay parity and women in leadership positio

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the release of the latest U.S. Podcast Report for the February 2021 reporting period (February 1 – February 28, 2021), as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Top Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users, in accordance with the latest IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines. In this reporting period, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 38.9M Average Weekly Downloads and 11.2M Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher Media with 36.5M Average Weekly Downloads and 9.4M Ave

CINCINNATI, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee returns this year with top spellers from across the U.S. and the globe gathering near Orlando, Florida, on July 8 to compete in the nationally televised event. The final rounds of this year's Bee will be hosted in person at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. The finals, featuring 10-12 accomplished spellers, will be broadcast live in primetime on ESPN2. The 10 to 12 finalists who will travel to the Orlando area will have earned the right to compete in the finals by advancing through three levels of competition: the preliminary, quarterfinal and semifinal segments. In past years, those thr

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the release of the latest U.S. Podcast Report for the January 2021 reporting period (January 4 – January 31, 2021), as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Top Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users, in accordance with the latest IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines. In this reporting period, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 43.2M Average Weekly Downloads and 12.1M Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher with 34.7M Average Weekly Downloads and 10M Average Weekl

CINCINNATI, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Co. (NASDAQ: SSP) will host a special investor presentation with President and CEO Adam Symson and his leadership team on Wednesday, March 3. Symson, Chief Financial Officer Jason Combs, Local Media President Brian Lawlor and National Networks President Lisa Knutson will discuss the company's growth strategies and new composition as a full-scale local and national television broadcaster. Topics will include a deep dive into the new national networks business; a review of local media growth trends; and a discussion of Scripps' financial highlights and outlook. The virtual event, open to investors, analysts and members of the media,

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifth paragraph, first sentence should read: "...Red Collar (audiochuck)." instead of "...Red Collar (AdLarge/cabana)." The updated release reads: New Podcasts from Audioboom, Stitcher, and AdLarge/cabana Debut in Triton’s U.S. Podcast Report for December 2020 Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the release of the latest U.S. Podcast Report for December 2020 (November 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021) reporting period, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Top Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users, in accord

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the release of the latest U.S. Podcast Report for December 2020 (November 30, 2020 – January 3, 2021) reporting period, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Top Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users, in accordance with the latest IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines. In this reporting period, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 37.5M Average Weekly Downloads and 10.4M Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher with 23.6M Average Weekly Downloads and 6.5M Average

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triton Digital®, the global technology and services provider to the digital audio and podcast industry, announced today the release of the latest U.S Podcast Report for November 2020 (November 2 – November 29, 2020) reporting period, as measured by Triton’s Podcast Metrics measurement service. The Top Network Reports are ranked by Average Weekly Downloads and Average Weekly Users, in accordance with the latest IAB Podcast Technical Measurement Guidelines. In this reporting period, NPR remained in the #1 spot with 44M Average Weekly Downloads and 12.1M Average Weekly Users, followed by Stitcher with 24.2M Average Weekly Downloads and 7.2M Average Weekly U