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Segment Information - Narrative (Details)
Dec. 31, 2014
customer
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]  
Number of major customers 0ssp_NumberofMajorCustomers
Percentage of revenue by major customer 10.00%ssp_PercentageofRevenuebyMajorCustomer
Television  
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]  
Percentage of market capture 14.00%ssp_PercentageOfMarketCapture
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= ssp_TelevisionMember
Television | ABC affiliates  
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]  
Number of Affiliates 11ssp_NumberofAffiliates
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ssp_AbcAffiliatesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= ssp_TelevisionMember
Television | NBC affiliates  
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]  
Number of Affiliates 3ssp_NumberofAffiliates
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ssp_NbcAffiliatesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= ssp_TelevisionMember
Television | Independent station  
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]  
Number of Affiliates 2ssp_NumberofAffiliates
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ssp_IndependentStationMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= ssp_TelevisionMember
Television | Azteca America affiliates  
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]  
Number of Affiliates 5ssp_NumberofAffiliates
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= ssp_AztecaAffiliatesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= ssp_TelevisionMember
Newspapers  
Segment information (Textual) [Abstract]  
Number of markets for daily and community newspapers 13ssp_NumberOfMarketsForDailyAndCommunityNewspapers
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= ssp_NewspapersMember