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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT size="2"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM 8-K</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT size="2"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December&nbsp;13, 2002</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Commission File Number 0-16914</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT size="2"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></FONT>

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<B>31-1223339</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></TD>
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   <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>312 Walnut Street</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>45202</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (513)&nbsp;977-3000</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Not Applicable<BR>
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</B></FONT>


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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</B></FONT>

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    <TD><FONT size="2">On December&nbsp;13, 2002, The E.W. Scripps Company agreed to sell $100,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 4 1/4 % Notes due 2009 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) in a
public offering through Credit Suisse First Boston pursuant to a Terms
Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;13, 2002 between The E.W. Scripps Company and
Credit Suisse First Boston. The Notes are registered on a Registration
Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) on Form&nbsp;S-3 of The E.W. Scripps
Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;7, 2002
(file number 333-100390) pursuant to which The E.W. Scripps Company may issue
an aggregate amount of $500,000,000 of its notes. Incorporated by reference herein as
Exhibit&nbsp;1.2 is the form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Registration
Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">Financial Statements. Not applicable.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Pro Forma Financial Information. Not applicable.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Exhibits. The following exhibits are being filed herewith:</FONT></TD>
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1.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Terms Agreement dated December&nbsp;13, 2002, between The E.W. Scripps
Company and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation.</FONT></TD>
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1.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Form of Underwriting Agreement Relating to the Sale of Notes Pursuant
to the Registration Statement of The E.W. Scripps Company on Form&nbsp;S-3.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</FONT></TD>
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By:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JOSEPH G. NECASTRO
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Joseph G. NeCastro<br>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Dated: December&nbsp;16, 2002</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</B></FONT>

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Terms Agreement dated December&nbsp;13, 2002, between The E.W. Scripps
Company and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation.</FONT></TD>
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Form of Underwriting Agreement Relating to the Sale of Notes Pursuant
to the Registration Statement of The E.W. Scripps Company on Form&nbsp;S-3.
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-36641).</FONT></TD>
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                                                                     Exhibit 1.1

                            THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
                                   ("COMPANY")

                                 DEBT SECURITIES

                                 TERMS AGREEMENT

                                                               December 13, 2002

To: The Underwriter identified herein

Dear Sirs:

         The undersigned agrees to sell to the Underwriter named in Schedule A
hereto for its account, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the
Underwriting Agreement dated October 9, 1997 (a copy of which is appended hereto
as Annex A) ("Underwriting Agreement"), the following securities ("Offered
Securities") on the following terms:

              TITLE: 4 1/4% Notes Due 2009.

              PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $100,000,000.

              INTEREST: 4 1/4% per annum from December 20, 2002, payable
     semiannually on June 15 and December 15, commencing June 15, 2003, to
     holders of record on the preceding June 1 or December 1, as the case may
     be.

              MATURITY: December 15, 2009.

              OPTIONAL REDEMPTION: The Offered Securities will be redeemable, in
     whole or in part, at the Company's option at any time at a redemption price
     equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes and
     (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined in the prospectus
     supplement dated December 13, 2002), the sum of the present values of the
     remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not
     including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the date
     of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis
     (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the
     Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined in the prospectus supplement dated
     December 13, 2002) plus 12.5 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued
     interest thereon to the date of redemption.

              SINKING FUND: None.

              OTHER TERMS: None.

              LISTING: None.

              DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACTS: None.

              PURCHASE PRICE: 98.701% of principal amount, plus accrued
     interest, if any, from December 20, 2002.

              EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: 99.326% of principal amount, subject to
     change by the Underwriter.

              CLOSING: 9:00 A.M. on December 20, 2002, at the offices of Simpson
     Thacher & Bartlett, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, in Federal
     (same day) funds.

              SETTLEMENT AND TRADING: Book-Entry Only via DTC.

              BLACKOUT: Until 10 days after the Closing Date.
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              NAME AND ADDRESS OF UNDERWRITER: Credit Suisse First Boston
     Corporation, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.

         The principal amount of the Offered Securities to be purchased by the
Underwriter is set forth opposite its name in Schedule A hereto.

         The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference, except that:

         (i) References in the Underwriting Agreement to (a) "Indenture" shall
be to the Indenture, to be dated as of December 20, 2002, between the Company
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee and (b) "Registration Statement" shall be to
the Registration Statement (File No. 333-100390), filed with the Commission on
October 7, 2002;

         (ii) The following shall be included in Section 3 of the Underwriting
Agreement:

                  "(s) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of
         either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and files
         reports with the Commission on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis,
         and Retrieval (EDGAR) system."

         (iii) Section 4(g) of the Underwriting Agreement is deleted in its
entirety; and

         (iv) Section 5(c) of the Underwriting Agreement is amended and restated
as follows:

                  "(c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement, there
         shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event
         involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other),
         business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
         subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which, in the judgment of a
         majority in interest of the Underwriters including any Representatives,
         is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to
         proceed with completion of the public offering or the sale of and
         payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating
         of any debt securities of the Company by any "nationally recognized
         statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule
         436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such
         organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt
         securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive
         implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible
         downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S. or international
         financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates
         or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of a majority in
         interest of the Underwriters including any Representatives, be likely
         to prejudice materially the success of the proposed issue, sale or
         disposition of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or
         in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any material
         suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on
         the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for
         trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any
         securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter
         market; (v) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York
         authorities; (vi) any major disruption of settlements of securities or
         clearance services in the United States or (vii) any attack on,
         outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the
         United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national
         or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a
         majority in interest of the Underwriters including any Representatives,
         the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration,
         calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed
         with completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment for
         the Offered Securities."

         The Offered Securities will be made available for checking and
packaging at the office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett at least 24 hours prior to
the Closing Date.

         For purposes of Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement, the only
information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter for use in the
Prospectus consists of the following information in the Prospectus: the sixth
and seventh paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" in the prospectus
supplement concerning over-allotments and stabilizing.
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         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the
Underwriter in accordance with its terms.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

                                         By /s/ John Wolfzorn
                                           ----------------------------
                                           Title: Vice President and Treasurer
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         The foregoing Terms Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written.

                  CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

                  By /s/ Kent Savagian
                    ---------------------------------
                    Title: Director
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                                   SCHEDULE A

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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation..............        $100,000,000

          Total.....................................        $100,000,000
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