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<HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%"
SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 6, 2005 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="6"><B>THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>31-1223339</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>312 Walnut Street</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Cincinnati, Ohio</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></TD>
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telephone number, including area code: (513) 977-3000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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):
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
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<A NAME="toc"></A>THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">INDEX TO CURRENT
REPORT ON FORM 8-K </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.01</FONT></P></TD>
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<A HREF="#tx89121_1">Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</A></FONT></TD>
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<A HREF="#tx89121_2">Financial Statements and Exhibits</A></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A NAME="tx89121_1"></A>Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">On June 6, 2005, we released information announcing our intention to acquire Shopzilla, a comparison shopping search engine, for $525 million in cash. Shopzilla shareholders will also receive the amount of Shopzilla&#146;s net working
capital at the time of closing, which is expected to be about $35 million. We expect to finance the transaction using a combination of borrowings under our commercial paper program and the sale of previously registered debt securities. The
transaction, pending regulatory and other approvals, is expected to be completed early in the third quarter of 2005. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.01. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="tx89121_2"></A>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release dated June 6, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: June 6, 2005 </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Exhibit 99.01 </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PRESS RELEASE <U> </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Scripps to acquire Shopzilla </B><I></I><B> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Company adds powerful comparison shopping search engine </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For immediate release</FONT></TD>
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SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">June 6, 2005</FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CINCINNATI &#150; The E. W. Scripps
Company, moving to capitalize on the rapid growth and rising profitability of specialized Internet search businesses, today announced its intention to acquire Shopzilla, the Web&#146;s most powerful and easiest-to-use comparison shopping search
engine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With the acquisition of Shopzilla, Scripps gains a profitable and
growing Internet search business that helps shoppers instantly find virtually anything for sale on the Web at the best price. Using a proprietary, patent-pending algorithm called ShopRank, Shopzilla efficiently aggregates and organizes information
on more than 30 million products from 55,000 retailers, worldwide. Shopzilla also operates BizRate, one of the most popular consumer feedback networks on the Web with about 1 million fresh consumer reviews of stores and products added each month.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps will pay $525 million in cash for 100 percent of Shopzilla. Shopzilla
shareholders will also receive the amount of Shopzilla&#146;s net working capital at the time of closing, which is expected to be about $35 million. The transaction, pending regulatory and other approvals, is expected to be completed early in the
third quarter of this year. The acquisition is expected to be slightly dilutive to earnings per share in 2005 and accretive to earnings in 2006. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla will become a standalone operating unit of Scripps. Its financial results will be reported as a separate division of the company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Founded in 1996, Shopzilla is a privately held company that is expected to generate $30
million to $33 million in segment profit on revenue of $130 million to $140 million for the full year 2005. Scripps defines segment profit as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and also excludes investment results and
unusual items. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The majority of Shopzilla&#146;s revenue is derived from referral fees paid by participating online retailers. A fee is
collected by Shopzilla when a consumer is directed to a retailer&#146;s online store. Shopzilla also powers shopping search for many of the Web&#146;s largest consumer sites including AOL, Lycos, Time Warner&#146;s RoadRunner and many others.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps will finance the transaction using a combination of borrowing under
the company&#146;s commercial paper program and the sale of previously registered debt securities. The transaction is expected to have no effect on the company&#146;s debt ratings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Shopzilla is a significant Internet play for Scripps,&#148; said Kenneth W. Lowe, president and chief executive officer for Scripps.
&#147;In many ways, like our other media businesses, Shopzilla is a content company. By organizing shopping information so that consumers can buy almost any product from a wide variety of merchants, the Shopzilla team has taken commerce and content
and melded the two together to produce an extremely compelling value proposition to consumers and merchants alike. As more consumers become aware of this service, we&#146;re betting that Shopzilla will become the way that people shop online.&#148;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The addition of Shopzilla, which attracted 14 million unique visitors during
April, represents a significant expansion of the Scripps Internet business. Scripps already is one of the top-50 drivers of Web traffic through its combination of national and local online brands. Scripps national television network Web sites
include FoodNetwork.com, HGTV.com, DIYNetwork.com, fineliving.com, gactv.com and ShopatHomeTV.com. Scripps Internet brands also include United Media&#146;s Comics.com and Web sites operated by the company&#146;s local newspapers and broadcast
television stations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps plans to use its growing portfolio of national,
local and interactive businesses &#151; and its experience in brand management and marketing &#151; to help Shopzilla accelerate its growth. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Shopzilla sits at the intersection of two of the fastest growing sectors online, paid search and e-commerce,&#148; said Chuck Davis, president and chief executive
officer for Shopzilla. &#147;With the best technology focused on consumer needs, we&#146;ve built a service that has the most products and merchants and does the heavy lifting so that consumers can save both time and money every time they visit. The
byproduct of this focus has been revenues, profits and growth rates that far outpace the industry.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla&#146;s senior management team, including Davis and co-founders Farhad Mohit (chief product officer) and Henri Asseily (chief technology officer), will continue to guide the company after the acquisition by
Scripps is completed. Other Shopzilla senior managers who will stay with the company include John Phelps, chief operating officer, and Brad Kates, chief financial officer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Online shopping already is a $100 billion-plus industry in the U.S. alone, and it&#146;s still the early innings,&#148; said Mohit.
&#147;With Scripps and its lifestyle brands, media assets and financial resources backing our team and vision for building the ultimate shopping service, we are assured of the chance to continue building Shopzilla into a site that consumers
worldwide will choose every time they want to shop online.&#148; </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Conference call </U></B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps senior managers will discuss the transaction during a telephone conference call today at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Scripps will offer a live audio Web cast of the
conference call. To access the Web cast, visit <U>www.scripps.com</U> and choose the &#147;Live Web Cast&#148; link at the top of the page. Listeners need Windows Media Player to access the call online. Two slides related to the conference call also
will be available online at scripps.com. A downloadable PDF can be found adjacent to the &#147;Live Web Cast&#148; link. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To access the conference call by telephone, dial 1-800-230-1092 (U.S.) or 1-612-288-0337 (International), approximately 10 minutes before the start of the call. Callers
will need the name of the call (E.W. Scripps) to be granted access. Callers also will be asked to provide their name and company affiliation. The media and general public are provided access to the conference call on a listen-only basis. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A replay line will be open from 9 p.m. EDT today until 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday, June 20. The
domestic number to access the replay is 1-800-475-6701 and the international number is 1-320-365-3844. The access code for both numbers is 784686. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A replay of the conference call will be archived and available online for an extended period of time following the call. To access the audio replay, visit www.scripps.com
approximately four hours after the call, choose &#147;Investor Relations&#148; then follow the &#147;Audio Archives&#148; link at the top of the page. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Forward-looking statements</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This press release contains certain forward-looking statements related to the company&#146;s businesses that are based on management&#146;s current expectations.
Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, including changes in advertising demand and other economic conditions that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in
forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. The company&#146;s written policy on forward-looking statements can be found on page F-5 of its 2004 SEC Form 10K.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements
to reflect events for circumstances after the date the statement is made. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><U>About Scripps</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps 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&#146;s media businesses provide content and advertising
services via the Internet. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps is organized into the following operating divisions. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Scripps Networks, </B>including the company&#146;s growing portfolio of popular lifestyle
television networks. Scripps Networks brands include Home &amp; Garden Television, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country (GAC) and HGTVPro. Scripps Networks Web sites include FoodNetwork.com, HGTV.com, DIYnetwork.com,
fineliving.com and gactv.com. Scripps Networks programming can be seen in 86 countries. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Scripps Newspapers</B>, including daily and community newspapers in 19 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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Scripps Television Station Group, </B>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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Shop at Home, </B>the company&#146;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 53 million full-time equivalent U.S. households, including 5 million households via five Scripps-owned Shop at Home affiliated television stations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>United Media, </B>a leading licensing and syndication company. United Media is the worldwide licensing and syndication home of Peanuts,
Dilbert and about 150 other features and characters. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>About Shopzilla</U>
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla, formerly BizRate.com, is the most powerful and easiest-to-use
shopping search site on the Web. With an index of more than 30 million products from more than 55,000 stores, Shopzilla uses ShopRank, a proprietary patent-pending algorithm, to help shoppers instantly find virtually anything on sale from anyone,
anywhere on the Web at the best price. Shopzilla also features powerful comparison tools and BizRate consumer reviews of stores and products, the Web&#146;s largest and most trusted consumer feedback network. Every week Shopzilla prepares millions
of shoppers to make smarter, more confident purchases and send them directly to the checkout page of thousands of online merchants. Shopzilla also operates the BizRate consumer feedback network with more than 2.5 million members and about 1 million
fresh reviews per month. Shopzilla powers shopping search for many of the Web&#146;s largest consumer sites including AOL, Lycos, Time Warner&#146;s RoadRunner, and many others. Founded in 1996, the Los Angeles-based company also operates sites in
the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. For more information, visit www.shopzilla.com, the smarter way to shop. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>### </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Contact: Timothy Stautberg, The E. W. Scripps Company, 513.977.3826
</I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Email: <U>Stautberg@scripps.com</U> </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>or </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Helen Malani, Shopzilla, 310.903.4280 </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Email: <U>hmalani@shopzilla.com</U> </I></FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Shopzilla Acquisition </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Questions and Answers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>What is
Scripps buying? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps is acquiring Shopzilla Inc., a profitable,
privately held Web-based comparison shopping search business headquartered in Los Angeles. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla&#146;s mission is to enable shoppers to quickly and easily find, compare and buy products from online merchants. The company&#146;s goal is to aggregate and organize the world&#146;s products and sellers
into one easy-to-use Web site. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To that end, Shopzilla compiles and organizes
more than 30 million products from more than 55,000 stores. Its product search and comparison service is built around a proprietary, patent-pending algorithm called ShopRank. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla also owns and operates BizRate, one of the most popular consumer feedback networks on the Web with about 1 million fresh consumer
reviews of stores and products added each month. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla, which attracts 14
million unique visitors a month, helps shoppers instantly find virtually anything for sale on the Web at the best price. The company employs about 170 people.<B></B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>What are the terms of the transaction and when will it be completed? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps will pay $525 million in cash for 100 percent of Shopzilla. Shopzilla shareholders will also receive the amount of Shopzilla&#146;s
net working capital at the time of closing, which is expected to be about $35 million. The transaction, pending regulatory and other approvals, is expected to be completed early in the third quarter of this year. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>How will the transaction be financed? </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps will finance the transaction using a combination of borrowing under the
company&#146;s commercial paper program and the sale of previously registered debt securities. The transaction is expected to have no effect on the company&#146;s current debt rating. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>What effect will the Shopzilla acquisition have on Scripps earnings? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The acquisition is projected to be slightly dilutive to earnings per share in 2005 and accretive to earnings in 2006. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Is Shopzilla profitable? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Yes. Shopzilla, which has been profitable since 2002, is expected to generate $30 million to $33 million in segment profit on revenue of $130 million to $140 million
for the full year 2005. Scripps defines segment profit as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and also excludes investment results and unusual items. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>How does Shopzilla make money? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The majority of Shopzilla&#146;s revenue is derived from referral fees paid by participating online retailers. A fee is collected by Shopzilla when a consumer is directed
to a retailer&#146;s online store. Shopzilla also powers shopping search for many of the Web&#146;s largest consumer sites, including AOL, Lycos, Time Warner&#146;s RoadRunner and many others. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>How do consumers use Shopzilla? </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consumers can access Shopzilla either directly &#150; by typing Shopzilla.com in their Web
browsers &#150; or they can access it via links on other Web sites, such as Yahoo! or Google. At Shopzilla&#146;s home page, consumers are asked, &#147;What are you shopping for?&#148; Once a consumer&#146;s inquiry is made, Shopzilla
instantaneously returns accurate results by simultaneously weighing multiple factors, including contextual relevance, price, availability, store ratings and popularity. Shopzilla prepares shoppers to make more confident purchases and then sends them
directly to the checkout pages of online merchants. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Who are
Shopzilla&#146;s competitors? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla&#146;s direct comparison shopping
search competitors include Shopping.com, NexTag, PriceGrabber.com and C/NET. Less direct competitors include Froogle and Yahoo! Shopping, which are drill downs of broad Web search services. Shopzilla is an industry leader in a fast-growing market.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>How are the Shopzilla and BizRate brands related? </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla was founded in 1996 as BizRate.com. The company was re-branded in November 2004 as
Shopzilla to provide consumers with a bigger, more powerful, fun and memorable comparison shopping experience. Concurrent with the re-branding, BizRate was re-launched as Shopzilla&#146;s customer satisfaction ratings service. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>How is Shopzilla different from other product search Web sites? </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla&#146;s search engine is built on an unmatched proprietary technology platform. Its
patent-pending ShopRank algorithm simultaneously weighs multiple factors to return accurate results in about 20 milliseconds. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla also offers the largest amount of consumer ratings and reviews and a host of other features, including SmartChoice, which makes it easy for consumers to find
products in-stock at the lowest prices from certified, high-quality merchants. Shopzilla also automatically corrects spelling mistakes, understands weights and measures and intelligently corrects brand names for the right products. Shopzilla updates
its entire index of products, prices and availability several times a day. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Why is Scripps interested in acquiring Shopzilla? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scripps, for some time now, has been actively exploring strategies to further capitalize on the rapid growth of the Internet as a media
platform. Scripps views Web product search &#150; and Shopzilla in particular &#151; as a valuable combination of content and commerce that brings merchants and consumers together, literally, at the point of purchase. This type of market-maker
business provides a valuable information service to consumers while at the same time offering participating retailers the highest possible degree of measurability and accountability for their marketing dollars. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Will there be a change in management at Shopzilla? </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No. The company&#146;s senior management team, including co-founders Farhad Mohit (chief
product officer) and Henri Asseily (chief technology officer), will remain in place. Other Shopzilla senior managers who will continue to guide the business include Chuck Davis, chief executive officer; John Phelps, chief operating officer; and Brad
Kates, chief financial officer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>How will Shopzilla fit within the Scripps
organization and how will its financial results be reported? </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shopzilla
will become a stand-alone operating unit of Scripps. Its financial results will be reported as a separate division of the company. </FONT></P>
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