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

Sep 15, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SCRIPPS E W CO /DE (SSP)
CIK: 0000832428
Period of Report: 2010-09-13

Reporting Person: Knutson Lisa A (Senior VP of Human Resources)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-09-13	Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	S	35000	$7.928	Disposed	12576	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	$10.44	2014-02-21	Class A Common (19717)	19717	Direct
Option	$10.41	2015-02-21	Class A Common (34425)	34425	Direct
Option	$9.09	2016-02-20	Class A Common (46948)	46948	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2013-03-05	Restricted Stock Units (348837)	348837	Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$	2014-03-09	Restricted Stock Units (40000)	40000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This restricted stock unit award will vest in equal parts on March 5, 2011, 2012, and 2013. The first vesting took place on March 5, 2010. Upon vesting, each restricted stock unit will convert into one Class A Common share of the Company.

F2: A restricted stock unit award was granted on March 9, 2010. The award is part time-vested and part performance-vested. The time-vested portion of the award vests in four equal parts on March 9, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. If the performance objective is achieved, this portion of the award will vest over the same four-year period. Upon vesting, each restricted stock unit converts into one Class A Common share of the Company.