Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Discovery Communications, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$47M
Total assets Below avg plan size
227
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$207,878
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan · Sponsored by Discovery Communications, LLC · New York · Information & Media

$47M in assets, 227 participants

Discovery Communications, LLC's Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan reported $47M in total assets and 227 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,223 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in New York

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan covers 227 participants in New York, about 28% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $47M.

#2,223
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+2.9%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$47,188,378 Top 15% higher than 85% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (227 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$17M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan reported participants fell from 269 in the plan year 2022 filing to 227 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $46M in the plan year 2022 filing to $47M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 320204298 · Discovery Communications, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan · $47M · 227 · 85th

  • NET $47M
  • BOOK 227
  • VS-ST 85th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Steamfitters Local 439 Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #2223

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ohio Cat Employees' Retirement PlanOhio Cat Employees' Retireme…$47MTeamsters Local No. 35 Pension PlanTeamsters Local No. 35 Pensi…$47MSteamfitters Local 439 Pension PlanSteamfitters Local 439 Pensi…$47MScripps Networks Interactive Pension PlanScripps Networks Interactive…$47MSbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Florence BankSbera Pension Plan as Adopte…$47M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$46M
Net Assets (End of Year)$47M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN320204298
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Discovery Communications, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Discovery Communications, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$46M 1.0199431905367364% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$45.5M$46M$46.5M$47M$47.5M 202220232024 $45.9M $46.3M ▲ +1.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,036 $46M
2023 1 227 $47M
2024 1 184 $46M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.047188378 · Participants: 227Scripps Networks Interactive Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
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Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Steamfitters Local 439 Pension Plan in IL ($47M); by covered participants it is Wbc Holdings, L.P. Cash Balance Retirement Plan in IL (227 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($47M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (227 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 2.9% during 2023, from $46M to $47M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Discovery Communications, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Discovery Communications, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 1.0%, from $46M to $46M.
Where does Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan ranks in the 85th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Steamfitters Local 439 Pension Plan in IL ($47M, 126 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Scripps Networks Interactive Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Wbc Holdings, L.P. Cash Balance Retirement Plan in IL (227 participants, $80M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 320204298.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.