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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Deferred tax assets $ 50,782,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet $ 26,594,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet  
Potential affect of unrecognized tax benefits on effective tax rate 3,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits 1,200,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 2,400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued  
Income Tax Benefit, Recognition of Previously Unrecognized Tax Benefits 6,000,000ssp_IncomeTaxBenefitRecognitionOfPreviouslyUnrecognizedTaxBenefits 3,100,000ssp_IncomeTaxBenefitRecognitionOfPreviouslyUnrecognizedTaxBenefits  
Potential change in unrecognized tax benefits 2,600,000us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit    
Unrecognized tax deductions, share-based compensation   23,000,000ssp_UnrecognizedTaxDeductionsSharebasedCompensation  
Tax benefit from share-based compensation expense 22,900,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense    
Excess tax expense of compensation plans 8,571,000us-gaap_AdjustmentToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensationNet   7,553,000us-gaap_AdjustmentToAdditionalPaidInCapitalIncomeTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensationNet
Federal      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Net operating loss carryforwards 37,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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State      
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]      
Net operating loss carryforwards $ 246,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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