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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;27, 2005</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>________________</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>________________</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</B>


<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">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>312 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>45202</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>M. Denise Kuprionis<BR>
Vice President, Corporate Secretary, and Director of Legal Affairs<BR>
The E. W. Scripps Company<BR>
312 Walnut Street, Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(513)&nbsp;977-3835</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><b>CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Shares,
$.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">6,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">307,260,000</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(1)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also include an indeterminable number of Class&nbsp;A Common Shares that may become
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
Rules&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the
average of the high and low sale prices of the Class&nbsp;A Common Shares as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;25, 2005.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES UNDER LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed solely to register, pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 6,000,000 additional Class&nbsp;A Common Shares of The E. W. Scripps
Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-89824)
(the &#147;Prior Form S-8&#148;) covering 18,317,400 of its Class&nbsp;A Common Shares (as adjusted for a
subsequent two for one stock split) authorized for issuance under the Plan. The Prior Form S-8 is
incorporated herein by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXHIBITS</B>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;Number</U>
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<TD nowrap colspan="1" align="left" valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><FONT style="font-family: Symbol">&#042;</FONT></SUP>4
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">The E. W. Scripps Company Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (filed as an exhibit to our Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March&nbsp;21, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker &#038; Hostetler LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker &#038; Hostetler LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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<TD nowrap colspan="4" align="left" valign="top"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><FONT style="font-family: Symbol">&#042;</FONT></SUP> Previously filed.
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned
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, 2005.

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Joseph G. NeCastro</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Joseph G. NeCastro</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the
capacities indicated, on May 26, 2005.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William R. Burleigh</DIV></TD>
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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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer) and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kenneth W. Lowe</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph
G. NeCastro</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John H. Burlingame</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jarl Mohn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Nicholas B. Paumgarten</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Nackey E. Scagliotti</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeffrey Sagansky</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward W. Scripps</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul K. Scripps</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ronald W. Tysoe</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Julie A. Wrigley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David A. Galloway</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">*Joseph G. NeCastro, by signing his name hereto, does sign this Registration Statement on behalf of
the persons indicated above pursuant to the powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;24 to this Registration Statement.


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    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Joseph G. NeCastro</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Joseph G. NeCastro</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Attorney-in-Fact</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></U>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Exhibit Number</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Exhibit Description</U></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><FONT style="font-family: Symbol">&#042;</FONT></SUP>4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The E. W. Scripps Company Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (filed as an exhibit to our Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March&nbsp;21, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker &#038; Hostetler LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker &#038; Hostetler LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><FONT style="font-family: Symbol">&#042;</FONT></SUP> Previously filed.</TD>
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;5</U>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">May 26, 2005



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The E. W. Scripps Company<BR>
312 Walnut Street<BR>
28th Floor<BR>
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have acted as counsel to The E. W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), in
connection with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)
being filed on the date hereof by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register 6,000,000 additional Class&nbsp;A Common Shares, $.01
par value, of the Company (the &#147;Shares&#148;) for issuance under and pursuant to the Company&#146;s Amended
and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the foregoing, we have examined the Plan and such records of the corporate
proceedings of the Company and such other documents as we have deemed necessary to render this
opinion.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued, delivered and
paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be legally and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to the Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">Very truly yours,


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">/s/ Baker &#038; Hostetler LLP

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 50%">Baker &#038; Hostetler LLP



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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;23.2</U>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our
reports dated March&nbsp;11, 2005, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule
of The E. W. Scripps Company and subsidiary companies, and management&#146;s report on the effectiveness
of internal control over financial reporting dated March&nbsp;11, 2005, appearing in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of The E. W. Scripps Company and subsidiary companies for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Cincinnati, Ohio<BR>
May&nbsp;23, 2005



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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;24</U>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of The E. W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), hereby constitute and appoint Kenneth W. Lowe, Richard A. Boehne, Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John
Wolfzorn, Anatolio B. Cruz III, M. Denise Kuprionis, William Appleton and Eric J. Geppert as our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each of whom may act, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for us
and in our stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file a Registration Statement on Form S-8 pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in order to register Class&nbsp;A Common Shares of the Company for issuance to
officers and employees of the Company under the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and
all amendments to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
advisable to be done in connection therewith, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent or substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney (alone or in multiple
counterparts all of which together shall constitute a single document) has been
signed in the capacities indicated below on April&nbsp;28, 2005.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William R. Burleigh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William R. Burleigh
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kenneth W. Lowe
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Paul K. Scripps</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Paul K. Scripps</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph G. NeCastro
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph G. NeCastro
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Edward W. Scripps, Jr.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John H. Burlingame
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Ronald W. Tysoe</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John H. Burlingame
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ronald W. Tysoe</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jarl Mohn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Julie A. Wrigley</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jarl Mohn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Julie A. Wrigley</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeff Sagansky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ David A. Galloway</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeff Sagansky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">David A. Galloway</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Nackey E. Scagliotti</DIV></TD>
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