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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): SEPTEMBER 13, 2004
                                                       (SEPTEMBER 10, 2004)

                            THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           OHIO                       0-16914             31-122339
 (State or other jurisdiction       (Commission          (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)            File Number)        Identification No.)


       312 WALNUT STREET, SUITE 2800, CINCINNATI, OHIO             45202
          (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (513) 977-3000


                                 NOT APPLICABLE
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)




Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS.

On July 29, 2004, we announced that our board of directors authorized a
two-for-one stock split in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend to
shareholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2004, to be paid
and distributed on September 10, 2004. As a result, we distributed to each
shareholder of record at the close of business on August 31, 2004, one
additional Class A Common Share or one additional Common Voting Share for each
share of the respective class then owned. Our Class A Common Shares began
trading on a split-adjusted basis on September 13, 2004.

As a result of the stock split, and pursuant to Rule 416(b) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the number of Class A Common Shares registered under
our Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-118071) relating to
the resale from time to time by The Edward W. Scripps Trust of up to 6,000,000
Class A Common Shares shall be deemed to cover an additional 6,000,000 Class A
Common Shares.

In addition, as a result of the stock split, and pursuant to Rule 416(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of Class A Common Shares
available for issuance under the following Registration Statements on Form S-8,
which relate to our equity-based compensation plans, will increase by one
hundred percent: 33-53953, 33-32740, 33-35525, 33-47828, 33-63398, 33-59701,
333-27621, 333-27623, 333-40767 and 333-89824.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      Exhibits

         99.1   Press release issued by The E.W. Scripps Company on September
                10, 2004, announcing the consummation of the two-for-one stock
                split declared on July 29, 2004 for payment on September 10,
                2004 to shareholders of record on August 31, 2004.




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                                   SIGNATURES

         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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                                THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

Date:  SEPTEMBER 13, 2004                       By:  /s/ Joseph G. NeCastro
                                                     ----------------------
                                                      Joseph G. NeCastro
                                                      Senior Vice President &
                                                      Chief Financial Officer








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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.           DESCRIPTION

99.1                  Press release issued by The E.W. Scripps Company on
                      September 10, 2004, announcing the consummation of the
                      two-for-one stock split declared on July 29, 2004 for
                      payment for payment on September 10, 2004 to shareholders
                      of record on August 31, 2004.




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

SCRIPPS STOCK SPLIT IS CONSUMMATED

For immediate release                                               (NYSE:SSP)
Sept. 10, 2004


CINCINNATI, Ohio - The two-for-one stock split authorized by the Board of
Directors of The E.W. Scripps Company on July 29 in the form of a 100 percent
stock dividend to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 31 was
paid today. Scripps shareholders received one additional share for each share
held on Aug. 31. The company's Class A Common Shares, which are listed on the
New York Stock Exchange, will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on
September 13, 2004. The stock split will not change the proportionate interest a
shareholder maintains in the company.

ABOUT SCRIPPS

The E.W. Scripps Company is a diverse media concern with interests in national
lifestyle television networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television,
television retailing, interactive media and licensing and syndication. All of
the company's media businesses provide content and advertising services via the
Internet.

Scripps is organized into the following operating divisions.

SCRIPPS NETWORKS, which includes the company's growing portfolio of popular
lifestyle television networks. Scripps Networks brands include Home & Garden
Television, Food Network, DIY -- Do It Yourself Network and Fine Living. Scripps
Networks Web sites include FoodNetwork.com, HGTV.com, DIYnetwork.com and
fineliving.com. Scripps Networks programming can be seen in 86 countries.

SCRIPPS NEWSPAPERS, including daily and community newspapers in 17 markets and
the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News
Service. Scripps newspapers include the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, the
Commercial Appeal in Memphis, the Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentinel and the
Ventura County (Calif.) Star.

SCRIPPS TELEVISION STATION GROUP, including six ABC-affiliated stations, three
NBC affiliates and one independent. Scripps operates broadcast television
stations in Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Tampa, Baltimore, Kansas
City, Mo., West Palm Beach, Fla., Tulsa, Okla., and Lawrence, Kan.

SHOP AT HOME NETWORK, the company's television retailing subsidiary, which
markets a growing range of consumer goods directly to television viewers and
visitors to the Shop At Home Web site, shopathometv.com. Shop At Home reaches
about 50 million full-time equivalent U.S. households, including 5 million
households via five Scripps-owned Shop At Home affiliated television stations.

UNITED MEDIA, a leading licensing and syndication company. United Media is the
worldwide licensing and syndication home of Peanuts, Dilbert, For Better or For
Worse and about 150 other features and characters.

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