President & Chief Executive Officer · E.W. SCRIPPS Co. (SSP)

Adam Symson

A named executive officer of E.W. SCRIPPS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,239,619

FY2024: $4,350,651

1st of 5 named executive officers at E.W. Scripps by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for E.W. SCRIPPS, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 20, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Adam Symson compensation by year

E.W. SCRIPPS Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as E.W. SCRIPPS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$950,000$1,000,000$926,503$1,200,000$1,200,000$1,275,000$1,300,500$1,350,000
Bonus$0$0$0$300,000$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,234,951$2,160,412$2,041,633$3,869,769$12,816,347$2,487,690$1,203,659$3,945,077
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$1,130,381$1,106,750$1,386,000$1,650,000$753,000$1,360,425$1,734,542$1,792,125
Pension and deferred compensation$0$86,035$86,220$0$0$26,226$0$24,677
All other$69,222$95,278$120,154$333,900$274,450$165,443$111,950$127,740
Total$3,384,554$4,448,475$4,560,510$7,353,669$15,043,797$5,314,784$4,350,651$7,239,619

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: E.W. SCRIPPS Co. DEF 14A filed March 20, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-116733, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the E.W. SCRIPPS Co. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-116733. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 20, 2026.

$3.4M
$4.4M
$4.6M
$7.4M
$15.0M
$5.3M
$4.4M
$7.2M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU2,898,376$11,564,520—
PSU420,106$1,676,223—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in E.W. SCRIPPS Co.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

E.W. SCRIPPS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Adam Symson · this pagePresident & Chief Executive Officer$7,239,619
Brian LawlorPresident, Scripps Sports$3,077,962
Jason CombsChief Financial Officer$3,029,415
Laura TomlinChief Transformation Officer$2,556,831
David GilesChief Legal Officer$2,066,974

Board service

E.W. SCRIPPS board · FY2021–FY2023

How this board is paid

Company policy: E.W. SCRIPPS pays directors a $80,000 cash retainer and $175,000 in RSUs. As stated in E.W. SCRIPPS's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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