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E.W. Scripps Co. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 11/8/22, at 1:04pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  832428-22-37   ·   File #:  1-10701

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/08/22  E.W. Scripps Co.                  10-Q        9/30/22   81:8.8M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.83M 
 2: EX-31.A     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.B     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.A     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.B     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     77K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    146K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     45K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    144K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     42K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     25K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                        
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    145K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     57K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     29K 
                (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                                      
20: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
21: R11         Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Standards    HTML     37K 
22: R12         Acquisitions                                        HTML     58K 
23: R13         Asset Write-Downs and Other Charges and Credits     HTML     28K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
25: R15         Restricted Cash                                     HTML     24K 
26: R16         Leases                                              HTML     49K 
27: R17         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     58K 
28: R18         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     56K 
29: R19         Other Liabilities                                   HTML     33K 
30: R20         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     36K 
31: R21         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     49K 
32: R22         Segment Information                                 HTML    127K 
33: R23         Capital Stock                                       HTML     27K 
34: R24         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     75K 
35: R25         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations    HTML     38K 
36: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     70K 
                (Policies)                                                       
37: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     45K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R28         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     57K 
39: R29         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     52K 
40: R30         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     82K 
41: R31         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     40K 
42: R32         Other Liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     33K 
43: R33         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     36K 
44: R34         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     44K 
45: R35         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    122K 
46: R36         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     75K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R37         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations    HTML     39K 
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     34K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
49: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     54K 
                Earnings Per Share (Details)                                     
50: R40         Acquisitions - Acquisition Information (Details)    HTML     79K 
51: R41         Acquisitions - Acquisition Purchase Summary         HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R42         Acquisitions - Schedule of Assets Acquired and      HTML     82K 
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
53: R43         Acquisitions - Pro Forma Information (Details)      HTML     34K 
54: R44         Asset Write-Downs and Other Charges and Credits     HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     35K 
56: R46         Restricted Cash (Details)                           HTML     24K 
57: R47         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     37K 
58: R48         Leases - Information Related to Operating Leases    HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R49         Leases - Lease Cost Information (Details)           HTML     26K 
60: R50         Leases - Minimum Lease Payments (Details)           HTML     40K 
61: R51         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Summary of   HTML     44K 
                Other Intangible Assets (Details)                                
63: R53         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Long-Term Debt - Components of Long-Term Debt       HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R55         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML    179K 
66: R56         Other Liabilities (Details)                         HTML     37K 
67: R57         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     41K 
68: R58         Employee Benefit Plans - Components of Expense      HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R59         Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)        HTML     31K 
70: R60         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     45K 
71: R61         Segment Information - Schedule of Business          HTML    101K 
                Segments (Details)                                               
72: R62         Segment Information - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     36K 
                Generating Activities (Details)                                  
73: R63         Capital Stock (Details)                             HTML     62K 
74: R64         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R65         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations -  HTML     39K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
76: R66         Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations -  HTML     49K 
                Operating Results of Discontinued Operations                     
                (Details)                                                        
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    145K 
77: XML         XBRL Instance -- ssp-20220930_htm                    XML   2.26M 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    153K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ssp-20220930_cal                XML    285K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ssp-20220930_def                 XML    749K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ssp-20220930_lab                      XML   1.68M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ssp-20220930_pre               XML   1.03M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ssp-20220930                          XSD    163K 
80: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              447±   664K 
81: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000832428-22-000037-xbrl      Zip    427K

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