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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <dateOfEvent>11/17/2025</dateOfEvent>
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        <issuerCIK>0000832428</issuerCIK>
        <issuerCUSIP>811054402</issuerCUSIP>
        <issuerName>The E.W. Scripps Company</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>312 WALNUT STREET</com:street1>
          <com:city>CINCINNATI</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>OH</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>45202</com:zipCode>
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          <personName>Narinder K. Sahai</personName>
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            <com:street1>c/o Sinclair, Inc.</com:street1>
            <com:street2>10706 Beaver Dam Road</com:street2>
            <com:city>Hunt Valley</com:city>
            <com:stateOrCountry>MD</com:stateOrCountry>
            <com:zipCode>21030</com:zipCode>
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        <reportingPersonName>Sinclair, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
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        <commentContent>The percent of class beneficially owned by the Reporting Person was calculated based on 76,869,408 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of September 30, 2025, as disclosed in the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2025.</commentContent>
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        <securityTitle>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</securityTitle>
        <issuerName>The E.W. Scripps Company</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>312 WALNUT STREET</com:street1>
          <com:city>CINCINNATI</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>OH</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>45202</com:zipCode>
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        <commentText>This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") amends the Schedule 13D initially filed on November 17, 2025 and is filed to report an increase in the beneficial ownership of shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of The E.W. Scripps Company (the "Issuer") held by Sinclair, Inc. (the "Reporting Person") and the transactions by the Reporting Person in the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer as set forth on Schedule A hereto.</commentText>
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        <fundsSource>As of November 17, 2025, as reflected in this Amendment No. 1, the Reporting Person owned an aggregate of 7,625,401 shares of Class A Common Stock (the "Subject Shares"). The Subject Shares were acquired using surplus capital for aggregate consideration, including brokerage commissions, of approximately $21,208,263.</fundsSource>
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        <percentageOfClassSecurities>The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of 7,625,401 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer, which represents approximately 9.9% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. The percent of class beneficially owned by the Reporting Person was calculated based on 76,869,408 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2025, as disclosed in the Issuer's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2025.</percentageOfClassSecurities>
        <numberOfShares>The Reporting Person has sole voting and sole dispositive power over an aggregate of 7,625,401 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. The Reporting Person's shares of Class A Common Stock currently represent approximately 9.9% of the voting power of Issuer's outstanding Class A Common Stock.</numberOfShares>
        <transactionDesc>During the 60 days prior to the filing of this Amendment No. 1, in addition to the transactions set forth on Schedule B to Schedule 13D initially filed on November 17, 2025, the Reporting Person effected the open market transactions in the Class A Common Stock of the Issuer as set forth on Schedule A hereto.</transactionDesc>
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        <filedExhibits>(1) Schedule A</filedExhibits>
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        <signatureReportingPerson>Sinclair, Inc.</signatureReportingPerson>
        <signatureDetails>
          <signature>Narinder K. Sahai</signature>
          <title>Narinder K. Sahai/Chief Financial Officer</title>
          <date>11/19/2025</date>
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