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Scripps News

U.S. center (news-wire style; some raters see a slight left tilt)

Owned byThe E.W. Scripps Company, a publicly traded U.S. media company (Nasdaq: SSP). The Scripps family controls it through voting shares. Sinclair, Inc. is its largest outside shareholder, holding about 9.9% of Class A stock. Scripps' board rejected Sinclair's unsolicited takeover proposal in November 2025.
FundingAdvertising and distribution revenue from Scripps' wider TV business. That business includes about 60 local stations, national networks such as ION, and carriage fees. Scripps News is delivered over-the-air and through streaming and cable-style services. It does not rely on subscriptions, a billionaire owner or state money.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Scripps News began as Newsy, an online video news startup founded in 2008 at the University of Missouri's journalism school. E.W. Scripps bought it in 2013. In 2021 Scripps expanded it into a national over-the-air and streaming news network, and in 2022 it was rebranded as Scripps News. It is built around short, explanatory, 'just the facts' reporting. It also draws on Scripps' local station newsrooms and its Washington bureau. The network has said it tries to balance political voices. It features analysts and guests from different parties, and in 2024 it agreed to have Ad Fontes Media rate its content. Ad Fontes and AllSides rate it Center, and Media Bias/Fact Check rates it Left-Center with high factual reporting. Scripps has had business and ownership pressure. It has cut costs, and in late 2025 Sinclair, its largest outside shareholder, made a takeover proposal that Scripps' board rejected. Scripps News's current stance toward the Trump administration is not well documented by outside analysts. Its posture appears neutral and news-driven, not opinion-driven. Ownership changes could affect that in the future.

Sources

  1. Scripps News Media Bias (AllSides)
  2. Scripps News Bias and Reliability (Ad Fontes Media)
  3. Scripps News (Newsy) - Bias and Credibility (Media Bias/Fact Check)
  4. How Scripps News balances coverage of Biden and Trump
  5. E.W. Scripps Co - Schedule 13D/A (Sinclair letter), SEC
  6. E.W. Scripps Co - Form 10-Q (June 30, 2026), SEC

Profile compiled 2026-10-15; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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