E.W. SCRIPPS Co — Director's Dealing 2010

May 6, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCRIPPS E W CO /DE (SSP)
CIK: 0000832428
Period of Report: 2010-05-05

Reporting Person: HAYDEN JOHN W (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-05-05	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	C	34285	$10.12	Acquired	34618	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-05-05	Restricted Stock Units	$	C	34285	Disposed	2010-05-05	Restricted Stock Units (34285)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	0	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option	$6.63	2018-08-06	Class A Common (104000)	104000	Direct
Phantom Stock	$		Class A Common (29692.54)	29692.54	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This transaction reflects the conversion of restricted stock units into Class A Common Shares.

F2: Pursuant to the company's 1997 Deferred Compensation and Stock Plan for Directors, directors may defer fees into a phantom stock fund. Under this plan, fees are converted quarterly into phantom shares at the fair market value of the company's Class A Common Shares on the last trading day of each quarter. Upon retirement as a director or at another specified date, the balance may be paid in either shares or cash.