Scripps News
{{short description|American television and streaming news network}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Scripps News
| logo = Scripps News logo.svg
| logo_size =
| founder = Jim Spencer
| launch_date = 2008
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2024|11|16}} (OTA only)
| owner = E. W. Scripps Company
| parent = Scripps Networks
| country = United States
| language = English
| headquarters = Atlanta, Georgia
| former_names = Newsy (2008–2022)
| website = {{URL|https://scrippsnews.com}}
| terr_chan_1 = Formerly available in many markets via digital subchannels, mainly on Scripps/Ion stations
}}
Scripps News is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) streaming news channel, and a former American digital subchannel network headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and owned by the Scripps Networks division of the E. W. Scripps Company. It was previously known as Newsy, from its launch in 2008{{cite news |last=Lunden |first=Ingrid |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/09/scripps-buys-newsy-for-35m-to-expand-from-tv-and-newspapers-to-digital-video/ |title=Scripps Buys Newsy For $35M To Expand From TV And Newspapers To Digital Video |date=December 9, 2013 |work=TechCrunch |access-date=January 4, 2023 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217154148/https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/09/scripps-buys-newsy-for-35m-to-expand-from-tv-and-newspapers-to-digital-video/ |archive-date=February 17, 2014 |url-status=live}} until December 31, 2022.
Its content is available for free on OTT platforms including FuboTV, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube TV, Xumo, Haystack News, and Samsung TV Plus.
History
Newsy was founded in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-warner/newsycom-the-future-of-mo_b_575271.html |title=Newsy.com: The Future of Mobile News |last=Warner |first=Charles |date=May 13, 2010 |website=Huffington Post |access-date=February 28, 2018 |language=en-US}} In its early years, Newsy operated primarily as a syndication business, selling news and original content to major digital journalism brands that included AOL/Huffington Post, Microsoft{{cite news |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/newsy-officially-announces-partnership-msn-150475/ |title=Newsy Officially Announces Partnership With MSN |work=Adweek |access-date=February 28, 2018 |language=en-US}} and Mashable.{{cite web |url=https://www.fiercecable.com/online-video/mashable-partners-newsy-team-up-advertising-friendly-video |title=Mashable Partners, Newsy team up on advertising-friendly video |work=FierceCable |access-date=February 28, 2018 |language=en}}
In January 2014, Newsy was acquired for $35 million by the E. W. Scripps Company.
Three years later, in September 2017, Scripps then announced it would take over RLTV's (Retirement Living TV) cable and satellite carriage agreements for approximately 26 million subscribers and reprogram the network with Newsy's lineup of shows.{{Cite web |last=Munson |first=Ben |date=2017-09-06 |title=E.W. Scripps' Newsy buys subscribers to break into cable television |url=https://www.streamtvinsider.com/broadcasting/e-w-scripps-newsy-buys-subscribers-to-break-into-cable-television |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=StreamTV Insider |language=en}}
Newsy had six U.S. offices or news bureaus located at: Columbia, Missouri (which is part of a collaboration with Scripps), together with Mizzou's Missouri School of Journalism (associated with the University of Missouri at Columbia); with five others at: Chicago; Cincinnati; New York City; Denver; and Washington, D.C.{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newsy-establishes-office-in-washington-dc-premieres-2016-campaign-finance-interactive-300211489.html |title=Newsy establishes office in Washington, D.C., premieres 2016 campaign finance interactive |work=PRNewswire |access-date=February 28, 2018 |agency=The E. W. Scripps Company |language=en}}
On April 6, 2021, Scripps announced that it would expand Newsy into a free over-the-air (O.T.A.) network, and being available on streaming platforms starting October 1. The network would be available over-the-air on Scripps-owned Ion Television stations, along with some traditional Scripps local stations without an Ion sister station and the former Ion-owned stations transferred to Inyo Broadcast Holdings, along with offering the network to other station groups. It also announced plans to relocate Newsy's national headquarters to Atlanta. The Newsy over-the-air network launched on October 1, 2021, debuting a new logo and graphical identity (created by Elevation) that day with the identity and goal to provide "balanced", impartial reporting without political punditry or debates like those of their United States cable news competitors.{{cite press release |title=Scripps caters to cord-cutters by launching Newsy as a free, over-the-air network |url=https://scripps.com/press-releases/scripps-caters-to-cord-cutters-by-launching-newsy-as-a-free-over-the-air-network/ |work=Scripps |date=April 6, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Q&A: Newsy rebrands with focus on balance, multiple angles|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/10/13/newsy-broadcast-design-branding/?og=1|access-date=December 25, 2021|website=NewscastStudio| date=October 13, 2021 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Elevation takes part in Newsy relaunch with full channel rebranding|url=https://logos-world.net/elevation-takes-part-in-newsy-relaunch-with-full-channel-rebranding/|access-date=December 25, 2021|website=logos-world.net}}
In advance of the move exclusively to over-the-air distribution, Scripps began to notify traditional cable and satellite providers, along with some Internet television providers, at the end of March that it would end distribution of the network via those means on June 30, 2021, ending the nearly 15-year life of the channel space, including its time as RLTV.{{cite web |url=https://www.nctconline.org/index.php/members/resources/technical-notices/item/download/914_a427a66b073890670abcde0bbf68ce02 |title=Newsy Termination Letter to the National Cable Television Cooperative |date=March 31, 2021 |work=National Cable Television Cooperative |access-date=July 2, 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web |date=June 30, 2021 |title=YouTube TV Loses Newsy as Channel Ends Streaming on Live TV Streaming Services |url=https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/newsy-will-no-longer-stream-on-live-tv-streaming-services/ |access-date=July 1, 2021 |website=Cord Cutters News |language=en-US}}
On September 29, 2022, Scripps announced that Newsy would be renamed Scripps News on January 1, 2023. The rebranding comes as part of the establishment of a new national news department of the same name at Scripps, combining its Washington bureau with the national bureau of its local station group.{{Cite web |last=Butts |first=Tom |date=September 30, 2022 |title=Newsy Rebranded as 'Scripps News' |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/newsy-rebranded-as-scripps-news |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=TVTechnology |language=en}}{{cite web |date=September 29, 2022 |title=Scripps News to Debut on Jan. 1 |url=https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/scripps-news-to-debut-on-jan-1/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=TVNewsCheck}}
On September 27, 2024, Scripps announced it would shut down Scripps News's over-the-air channel by November 16 and eliminate more than 200 jobs, maintaining a 50-person crew in its national bureau to serve its owned-and-operated stations and produce live weekday coverage for streaming platforms. Scripps stated that its sales team had been stymied by an advertising market that refused to buy time on channels carrying news and political programming, with the advertisers saying it was too "risky" in light of the "polarized nature" of the American population, which prevented Scripps News from earning the revenue needed to be a viable service.{{Cite web |last=Burch |first=Sean |date=2024-09-27 |title=Scripps 'Winding Down' TV News Business, Cuts 200 Jobs |url=https://www.thewrap.com/scripps-cuts-jobs-winds-down-news/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
On November 15, the entire team of Scripps News programs announced that the over-the-air (O.T.A.) channel began to wind down all operations on terrestrial TV, with each show anchor thanking the viewers for their viewership back to the Newsy days and credit rolls of the entire channel's staff closing out each program.{{cite web |date=November 16, 2024|title=Scripps News Final Day Opens, Goodbye Speeches & Credits - 11/15/2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB8zvD_Mj9I|access-date=November 16, 2024 |website= YouTube |language=en}} The channel officially ended operations as a O.T.A. subchannel network at 6:00am EST on November 16, with "In Real Life" (episode titled "Post-Trauma") being the last show to air on the O.T.A. channel.{{cite web |date=November 16, 2024 |title=KILM 64 switches from Scripps News to Laff 11/16/2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM_SrzIRPo |website=YouTube |language=en-US}}
Distribution
As of June 26, 2023, most of Scripps's major network affiliate stations carried an hour of Scripps News during weekday afternoons, replacing The List and The Upside, which were produced by Scripps's lifestyle division. {{As of|November 2024}}, Scripps News has current and pending affiliation agreements with 330 television stations in over 100 television markets encompassing 46 states, covering 81.05% of the United States.{{cite web |title=Stations for Network – Scripps News |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Scripps+News&sort=state |website=RabbitEars |access-date=November 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113212124/https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Scripps+News |archive-date=November 13, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Where to watch |url=https://www.scrippsnews.com/where-to-watch/ |website=Scripps News |access-date=October 1, 2021 |language=en}}
On November 15, 2024, Scripps News announced that it had started rolling out a new focus on streaming and connected TV while winding down its over-the-air broadcast.[https://www.10news.com/business/company-news/scripps-news-to-focus-on-streaming-while-ending-over-the-air-broadcast Scripps News to focus on streaming while ending over-the-air broadcast]
Awards
Scripps News's editorial content, and its TV apps, have won the following awards:
- Apple TV's Best of 2015 list{{cite web |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/264683/apple-tv-recognizes-newsy-in-best-of-2015-app-list.html |title=Apple TV Recognizes Newsy In Best Of 2015 App List |language=en |access-date=March 26, 2018}}
- National Edward R. Murrow award for its news documentary, "The War and Money Project" (2015){{cite web |url=https://rtdna.org/content/2015_national_edward_r_murrow_award_winners |title=2015 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners |work=RTDNA |access-date=March 26, 2018 |language=en}}
- Society of Environmental Journalists Awards for Reporting on the Environment (2018)
- Online Journalism Award for its investigation, "Case Cleared" (2019)
- Investigative journalism award from the Society of Professional Journalists for "Case Cleared" (2019)
- National Edward R. Murrow award for its news documentary, "Walkout" (2019)
- Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Courtney |date=June 15, 2020 |title=Newsy wins prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Award for 'A Broken Trust' investigation |url=https://medium.com/newsy-company-news/newsy-wins-prestigious-robert-f-kennedy-award-for-a-broken-trust-investigation-bf46b1a054ef |access-date=September 9, 2020 |via=Medium |language=en}} for "A Broken Trust" (2020)
- Scripps Howard Award for innovation{{cite press release |title=Scripps Howard Awards announce winners, recognize exceptional American journalism |date=March 3, 2020 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scripps-howard-awards-announce-winners-recognize-exceptional-american-journalism-301015689.html |access-date=September 9, 2020 |work=PRNewswire |agency=The E. W. Scripps Company |location=Cincinnati |language=en}} for its newsroom collaboration, "Newsy+Bellingcat" (2020)
- News Emmy Award for "In Real Life: Plastic Time Bomb" (2023)
- Deadline Club Award and New York Press Club Award for "Scripps News Investigates: Ukraine's Stolen Orphans" (2024)
Scripps News's editorial content has numerous award nominations, including:
- The News & Documentary Emmy Awards{{cite news |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/news_37th_nominations.pdf |title=Nominees For The 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Announced |date=July 21, 2016 |work=The News and Documentary Emmy Awards |language=en}}
- The Digiday Publishing Awards
- The Webby Awards{{cite news |url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2016/online-film-video/general-film/news-politics-series/check-2016-newsy/ |title=Check 2016 – Newsy |work=The Webby Awards |access-date=March 26, 2018 |language=en}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Newsy}}
- {{official|https://scrippsnews.com}}
- [http://warandmoney.newsy.com/ The War and Money Project], a Newsy documentary
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{{Television news in the United States}}
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