On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction. The combined firm will retain their broadcast properties, including WFTX, and spin off their print assets as Journal Media Group. The deal made WFTX a sister station once again to WFTS and also NBC affiliate WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach; WPTV also currently provides newscasts and services to West Palm Beach Fox affiliate WFLX, which is owned by Gray Television and is based inside WPTV's facilities. The FCC approved the deal on December 12, 2014. It was approved by shareholders on March 11, 2015, closing on April 1. In October 2015, the station redesigned its website again, due to them being owned by Scripps now, matching sisters WFTS' and WPTV's websites. The only apparent effects of the merger currently are a new web domain to host the station's website, and a Scripps logo closing the station's newscasts. On January 25, 2017, the station began using the Scripps graphics package and the "Inergy" news theme.