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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;26, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>31-1223339</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>312 Walnut Street<BR>
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<BR>
(513)&nbsp;977-3000</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of<BR>
registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY<BR>
2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>William Appleton<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
The E. W. Scripps Company<BR>
312 Walnut Street<BR>
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202<BR>
(513)&nbsp;977-3997</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Title of securities to be registered</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Shares,
par value $.01 per share
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">22,566,656</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">185,723,579</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13,242.09</TD>
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    <TD>Amount to be registered consists of 22,566,656 Class&nbsp;A Common Shares of The E. W. Scripps
Company (the &#147;Company&#148;), par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Shares&#148;), issuable pursuant to, or
pursuant to awards granted under, The E. W. Scripps Company 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), and pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), an indeterminable number of Common Shares that may become issuable pursuant
to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
that increases the number of the Company&#146;s outstanding Common Shares.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act solely for the
purposes of determining the amount of the registration fee, on the basis of the average of the
high and low price per Common Share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;20,
2010.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, $6,798.19 of the registration fee is offset by
the registration fee paid by the Company in that amount associated with 1,127,878 Common
Shares remaining unsold under the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-125302), filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;27, 2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed to register
22,566,656 Common Shares consisting of (i)&nbsp;3,000,000 new Common Shares issuable under the Plan,
(ii)&nbsp;1,127,878 Common Shares remaining available for issuance under the Company&#146;s 1997 Long-Term
Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;1997 Plan&#148;), issuable under the Plan, and (iii)&nbsp;18,438,778 Common
Shares subject to awards granted under the 1997 Plan issuable under the Plan if they are forfeited,
terminated, settled in cash or used to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item
3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN<BR>
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) hereby are incorporated herein by reference:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">1.&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed
with the Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2010;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">2.&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2010,
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2010;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">3.&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2010 and
May&nbsp;17, 2010; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">4.&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Shares contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File No.&nbsp;1-11969), filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and including any amendment or report filed
with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement
but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered
hereby have been sold or deregistering all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
date of filing such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The legality of the Common Shares registered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by
William Appleton, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr.&nbsp;Appleton is an
employee of the Company. He owns 53,986 Common Shares and 388,837 Restricted Stock Units, and is
eligible to participate in the Company&#146;s equity plans.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Company&#146;s Amended Articles of Incorporation provides that the Company
will, to the full extent authorized or permitted by the Ohio Revised Code, indemnify any person
made or threatened to be made a party to a suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, or employee of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Ohio Revised Code Section&nbsp;1701.13 permits indemnification of any present or former director or
officer of the Company against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such person by reason of the fact that such
person was a director or officer, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action
by or in the right of Nordson, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of the Company, such Ohio Revised
Code section permits indemnification of such persons against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the settlement or defense of
such action if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that such person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, subject to certain exceptions,
including an exception for a matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence
or misconduct in the performance of such person&#146;s duty to the Company, unless the court in which
such action was brought determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company is permitted by its Articles of Incorporation to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of its directors, officers, employees, trustees and agents against any expense, liability
or loss from any claim asserted against them in such capacities, whether or not the Company would
have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Ohio
Revised Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Company may enter into contracts from time to time with such of its directors, officers,
agents or employees providing for such indemnification, insurance, and advancement of expenses as
the Company&#146;s Board of Directors determines to be appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index hereto, and are
incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD>to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on May&nbsp;26, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ William Appleton
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">William Appleton&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and<br>
General Counsel<br>
May 26, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard A. Boehne*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Boehne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Timothy E. Stautberg*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Timothy E. Stautberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Douglas F. Lyons*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas F. Lyons
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President/Controller <BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John H. Burlingame*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John H. Burlingame
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John W. Hayden*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John W. Hayden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger L. Ogden*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger L. Ogden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mary McCabe Peirce*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mary McCabe Peirce
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Marvin Quin*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Marvin Quin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Nackey E. Scagliotti*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nackey E. Scagliotti
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul K. Scripps*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul K. Scripps
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kim Williams*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kim Williams
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">5/20/10</TD>
</TR>
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<TR style="font-size: 6pt">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>William Appleton, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign and execute this Registration
Statement pursuant to the Powers of Attorney executed by the above-named officers and directors of
the Company which have been filed with the Commission on behalf of such officers and directors.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                                     /s/ William Appleton
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">William Appleton&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;<BR><BR>

May 26, 2010</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->- 4 -<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY<BR>
INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>EXHIBIT NO.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended Articles of Incorporation of The E. W. Scripps Company, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.03 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;23, 2009.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of The E. W. Scripps Company,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.02 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2007.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of William Appleton as to the legality of the securities being
registered.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The E. W. Scripps Company 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;24, 2010.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(a)*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">(b)*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5).</DIV></TD>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2010
Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Ohio
31-1223339
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
312 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 977-3000
(Address, including zip code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
William Appleton
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
The E. W. Scripps Company
312 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 977-3997
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
offering price (2)
fee (2)(3)
Class A Common Shares,
par value $.01 per share
22,566,656
$
8.23
$
185,723,579
$
13,242.09
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of 22,566,656 Class A Common Shares of The E. W. Scripps
Company (the "Company"), par value $0.01 per share ("Common Shares"), issuable pursuant to, or
pursuant to awards granted under, The E. W. Scripps Company 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), and pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), an indeterminable number of Common Shares that may become issuable pursuant
to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
that increases the number of the Company's outstanding Common Shares.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act solely for the
purposes of determining the amount of the registration fee, on the basis of the average of the
high and low price per Common Share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 20,
2010.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, $6,798.19 of the registration fee is offset by
the registration fee paid by the Company in that amount associated with 1,127,878 Common
Shares remaining unsold under the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 333-125302), filed with the Commission on May 27, 2005.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed to register
22,566,656 Common Shares consisting of (i) 3,000,000 new Common Shares issuable under the Plan,
(ii) 1,127,878 Common Shares remaining available for issuance under the Company's 1997 Long-Term
Incentive Plan, as amended (the "1997 Plan"), issuable under the Plan, and (iii) 18,438,778 Common
Shares subject to awards granted under the 1997 Plan issuable under the Plan if they are forfeited,
terminated, settled in cash or used to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item
3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") hereby are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed
with the Commission on March 5, 2010;
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010,
filed with the Commission on May 10, 2010;
3. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 27, 2010 and
May 17, 2010; and
4. The description of the Company's Common Shares contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10 (File No. 1-11969), filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), and including any amendment or report filed
with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement
but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered
hereby have been sold or deregistering all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the
date of filing such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The legality of the Common Shares registered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by
William Appleton, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Appleton is an
employee of the Company. He owns 53,986 Common Shares and 388,837 Restricted Stock Units, and is
eligible to participate in the Company's equity plans.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article Seventh of the Company's Amended Articles of Incorporation provides that the Company
will, to the full extent authorized or permitted by the Ohio Revised Code, indemnify any person
made or threatened to be made a party to a suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, or employee of the Company.
Ohio Revised Code Section 1701.13 permits indemnification of any present or former director or
officer of the Company against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such person by reason of the fact that such
person was a director or officer, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action
by or in the right of Nordson, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was
unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of the Company, such Ohio Revised
Code section permits indemnification of such persons against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the settlement or defense of
such action if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that such person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, subject to certain exceptions,
including an exception for a matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence
or misconduct in the performance of such person's duty to the Company, unless the court in which
such action was brought determines that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity
for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
The Company is permitted by its Articles of Incorporation to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of its directors, officers, employees, trustees and agents against any expense, liability
or loss from any claim asserted against them in such capacities, whether or not the Company would
have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Ohio
Revised Code.
The Company may enter into contracts from time to time with such of its directors, officers,
agents or employees providing for such indemnification, insurance, and advancement of expenses as
the Company's Board of Directors determines to be appropriate.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index hereto, and are
incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on May 26, 2010.
THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
By:
/s/ William Appleton
William Appleton
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
May 26, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard A. Boehne*
Richard A. Boehne
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
5/20/10
/s/ Timothy E. Stautberg*
Timothy E. Stautberg
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
5/20/10
/s/ Douglas F. Lyons*
Douglas F. Lyons
Vice President/Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
5/20/10
/s/ John H. Burlingame*
John H. Burlingame
Director
5/20/10
/s/ John W. Hayden*
John W. Hayden
Director
5/20/10
/s/ Roger L. Ogden*
Roger L. Ogden
Director
5/20/10
/s/ Mary McCabe Peirce*
Mary McCabe Peirce
Director
5/20/10
/s/ J. Marvin Quin*
J. Marvin Quin
Director
5/20/10
/s/ Nackey E. Scagliotti*
Nackey E. Scagliotti
Director
5/20/10
/s/ Paul K. Scripps*
Paul K. Scripps
Director
5/20/10
/s/ Kim Williams*
Kim Williams
Director
5/20/10
*
William Appleton, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign and execute this Registration
Statement pursuant to the Powers of Attorney executed by the above-named officers and directors of
the Company which have been filed with the Commission on behalf of such officers and directors.
By:
/s/ William Appleton
William Appleton
Attorney-in-Fact
May 26, 2010
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THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION
4
(a)
Amended Articles of Incorporation of The E. W. Scripps Company, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.03 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 23, 2009.
4
(b)
Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of The E. W. Scripps Company,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on May 16, 2007.
5
*
Opinion of William Appleton as to the legality of the securities being
registered.
10
The E. W. Scripps Company 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Commission on March 24, 2010.
23
(a)*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23
(b)*
Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5).
24
*
Powers of Attorney.
*
Filed herewith.