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The E.W. Scripps Company

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5001 - 10000 employees

📱 Media

⚽ Sports

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $750M Post IPO debt on 2025-08

Media • Sports

The E. W. Scripps Company is a publicly traded American media company that creates and distributes news and entertainment content across local and national platforms. Scripps operates local media brands and networks, produces sports programming (Scripps Sports), and manages large consumer-facing properties such as Scripps Networks and the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The company highlights local journalism, multi‑platform audience connection, investor relations, and corporate governance.

📋 Description

• Serve as a generalist media/entertainment attorney supporting distribution, programming, production, licensing, advertising, marketing, operations, and corporate initiatives • Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on commercial agreements, including content licensing, production, services, vendor, nondisclosure, release, and other media-related contracts • Support original production and content-rights work, including development, production, clearance, rights, releases, production services, location matters, risk management, acquisition, use, distribution, renewal, sublicensing, exclusivity, windowing, territory, term, and rights-clearance issues • Support distribution-related legal work, including carriage, affiliation, retransmission, platform, and digital distribution arrangements • Oversee and manage litigation and disputes, including outside counsel strategy, budgets, pleadings and correspondence, discovery, settlement evaluation, pre-litigation disputes, demand letters, claims, subpoenas, investigations, and stakeholder communications • Provide practical advice on negotiation strategy, risk mitigation, contract interpretation, compliance obligations, operational questions, and dispute avoidance • Maintain templates, playbooks, approval processes, and best practices • Support responsible AI and technology-enabled legal department improvements • Monitor relevant legal and industry developments • Support special projects as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school • Active license to practice law in good standing with at least one state bar • Ohio, New York, or Georgia bar admission preferred • Generally, 10+ years of experience working in a media and/or television environment • Experience with content exploited through linear and non-linear means, including broadcast, cable, streaming, and digital platforms • Significant experience practicing law in a law firm, corporate legal department, media company, entertainment company, or comparable business environment • Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating media/entertainment-focused agreements • Practical legal judgment and risk assessment • Strong business partnership and client service orientation • Contract drafting and negotiation skills • Litigation management and dispute resolution • Media, production, licensing, and distribution fluency • Clear communication and executive presence • Project management and prioritization skills • Technology fluency, including openness to artificial intelligence and other tools supporting efficient, high-quality legal services • Collaborative, collegial, team-oriented approach

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work from a home office • Flexible work arrangement • Equal employment opportunity • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities