E. W. Scripps Company.
SSP.US | Television programming and broadcasting activities
The E.W. Scripps Company is a diversified media company that operates primarily in the United States. Its operations include local television stations, which broadcast news, entertainment, and syndicated programming. The company also operates a portfolio of digital media businesses, including news w...Show More
Better Health for All
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No evidence available to assess E. W. Scripps Company on Better Health for All.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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The E.W. Scripps Company is a media organization operating television stations and digital media, not a financial institution.
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The provided articles indicate that the company does not offer lending, deposit services, or other financial products to consumers. Consequently, there is no evidence of customer financial data, APRs, fee structures, or loan books to evaluate against the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' KPIs, which are designed for financial services. While the company engages in philanthropic activities through the Scripps Howard Fund, supporting general literacy and journalism
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, and offers a 401(k) plan to its employees
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, these do not constitute consumer financial services or community finance reinvestment as defined by the rubric's KPIs.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The CEO to median employee pay ratio was 65:1 in 2024.
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The company's worker engagement score is 68/100 based on Indeed's work wellbeing survey.
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No regulatory actions, violations, fines, or compliance issues related to labor laws or human rights were mentioned in the provided articles.
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No evidence available to assess E. W. Scripps Company on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.
Honest & Fair Business
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No evidence available to assess E. W. Scripps Company on Honest & Fair Business.
Kind to Animals
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As a diversified media company, SSP.US's core business operations do not involve animal testing, animal agriculture, or the use of animal-derived ingredients, rendering most animal welfare key performance indicators not applicable. The Scripps Howard Foundation provided a $2,000 grant to the N.E.W. Zoological Society, an AZA accredited facility.
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Separately, Scripps employees can apply for up to $1,000 twice annually to support organizations where they volunteer.
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, such as the San Diego Humane Society, which received $1,250.
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No War, No Weapons
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The E.W. Scripps Company, through the Scripps Howard Foundation, provided a $3.8 million grant in August 2022 to the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) for a three-year "Disarming Disinformation" project.
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This grant represents approximately 0.15% of the company's annual sales of $2.51 billion.
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The project aims to fund research into tools to combat disinformation, enable journalists worldwide to collaborate on investigations, and provide training to thousands of journalists and journalism students on topics such as fact-checking, verification, and digital security.
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No other specific, concrete data points were found for any other KPIs related to the "No War, No Weapons" value.
Planet-Friendly Business
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No evidence available to assess E. W. Scripps Company on Planet-Friendly Business.
Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No relevant data was found in the provided articles to assess SSP.US against the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' ethical value. All articles either indicated a 404 error
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or explicitly stated they contained no data relevant to SSP.US
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or the specified ethical value
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Safe & Smart Tech
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The E.W. Scripps Company has not experienced any data breaches in the past three years. A minor breach occurred in January 2022, affecting 165 Maine residents' usernames and passwords for spellingbee.com.
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The vulnerability was identified and fixed within one day, and affected individuals were notified in February 2022.
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The company proactively scans systems for vulnerabilities, categorizes them by severity, and addresses them, demonstrating a capability to patch critical vulnerabilities within 24 hours.
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An enterprise-wide privacy program includes a "privacy by design" ethos within development teams, privacy-specific contract reviews, and a platform for managing rights, requests, and consent.
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The company handles small amounts of consumer data and keeps it only as long as needed, taking extra precautions for sensitive categories.
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All approximately 5,000 employees receive annual web-based training on cybersecurity, privacy, phishing, password hygiene, and data governance, complemented by regular phishing simulations where failures require additional training.
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The company maintains an AI governance committee and a leadership team dedicated to approving AI uses and agents, with AI policies and guidelines in place.
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Users are provided with comprehensive rights over their personal data, including access, correction, erasure, restriction of use, objection to processing, withdrawal of consent, account deletion, and opting out of tracking and interest-based advertising.
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The company demonstrates compliance with a wide range of privacy regulations, including HIPAA, PCI Data Security Standards, CCPA, GDPR, UK ICO, Irish DPC, OPC Canada, and FCC regulations, and has updated its Cyber Incident Response Plan for new SEC cybersecurity rules.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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Scripps has implemented four initiatives to reduce its environmental impact
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. These include recycling programs at office locations
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, transitioning to LED lighting
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, conducting energy audits
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, and utilizing cellular-based video transmission
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