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

Feb 23, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCRIPPS E W CO /DE (SSP)
CIK: 0000832428
Period of Report: 2010-02-17

Reporting Person: QUIN J MARVIN (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-02-17	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	C	7961	$7.17	Acquired	18161	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-02-17	Restricted Stock Unit	$	C	7961	Disposed	2010-02-17	Restricted Stock Units (7961)	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
Phantom Stock	$		Class A Common (6690.8)	6690.8	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2010-05-05	Restricted Stock Units (34285)	34285	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This restricted stock unit award vested on February 17, 2010. On that date, each restricted stock unit converted into one Class A Common share of the Company.

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.

F3: This restricted stock unit award will vest on May 5, 2010. Upon vesting, each restricted stock unit will convert into one Class A Common share of the Company based on the closing price of the Company's shares on the vesting date.