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Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Revenues:      
Advertising $ 646,407us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue $ 613,093us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue $ 711,144us-gaap_AdvertisingRevenue
Subscriptions 121,565us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue 117,762us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue 117,700us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue
Retransmission 56,185ssp_RetransmissionRevenue 42,505ssp_RetransmissionRevenue 30,867ssp_RetransmissionRevenue
Other 44,911us-gaap_OtherSalesRevenueNet 43,511us-gaap_OtherSalesRevenueNet 43,747us-gaap_OtherSalesRevenueNet
Total operating revenues 869,068us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 816,871us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 903,458us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Costs and Expenses:      
Employee compensation and benefits 415,595us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense 391,207us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense 396,241us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
Programs and program licenses 55,487ssp_ProgramsAndProgramLicenses 53,826ssp_ProgramsAndProgramLicenses 56,783ssp_ProgramsAndProgramLicenses
Newsprint, press supplies and other printing costs 45,362ssp_NewsprintAndPressSupplies 46,965ssp_NewsprintAndPressSupplies 51,266ssp_NewsprintAndPressSupplies
Newspaper distribution 46,948ssp_NewspaperDistributionExpense 48,490ssp_NewspaperDistributionExpense 50,379ssp_NewspaperDistributionExpense
Other expenses 205,755us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating 201,089us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating 201,302us-gaap_OtherCostAndExpenseOperating
Defined benefit pension plan expense 10,000us-gaap_PensionExpense 8,837us-gaap_PensionExpense 8,620us-gaap_PensionExpense
Acquisition and related integration costs 13,974us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 5,826us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Restructuring costs 0us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 4,893us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 9,335us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
Total costs and expenses 793,121us-gaap_OperatingCostsAndExpenses 755,307us-gaap_OperatingCostsAndExpenses 779,752us-gaap_OperatingCostsAndExpenses
Depreciation, Amortization, and (Gains) Losses:      
Depreciation 40,668us-gaap_Depreciation 40,839us-gaap_Depreciation 42,258us-gaap_Depreciation
Amortization of intangible assets 8,402us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 6,923us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 7,074us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
(Gains) losses, net on disposal of property, plant and equipment (2,260)us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets 166us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets 474us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
Net depreciation, amortization, and (gains) losses 46,810ssp_NetDepreciationAmortizationAndLosses 47,928ssp_NetDepreciationAmortizationAndLosses 49,806ssp_NetDepreciationAmortizationAndLosses
Operating income 29,137us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 13,636us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 73,900us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense (8,494)us-gaap_InterestExpense (10,448)us-gaap_InterestExpense (12,246)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Miscellaneous, net (8,389)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense (11,760)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense (4,747)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income (loss) before income taxes 12,254us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (8,572)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 56,907us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 2,032us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (7,848)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 16,985us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss) 10,222us-gaap_ProfitLoss (724)us-gaap_ProfitLoss 39,922us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (307)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (250)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (266)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income (loss) attributable to the shareholders of The E.W. Scripps Company $ 10,529us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ (474)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 40,188us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net (loss) income per basic share of common stock attributable to the shareholders of The E. W. Scripps Company:      
Net income (loss) per basic share of common stock (USD per share) $ 0.18us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ (0.01)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.70us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net (loss) income per diluted share of common stock attributable to the shareholders of The E.W. Scripps Company:      
Net (loss) income per diluted share of common stock attributable to the shareholders of The E.W. Scripps Company: $ 0.18us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ (0.01)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.69us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding:      
Basic (in shares) 56,342us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 56,516us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 54,907us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted (in shares) 57,239us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 56,516us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 55,381us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding