Scripps to Discuss Business Strategy at Bear Stearns Media Conference

Scripps to Discuss Business Strategy at Bear Stearns Media Conference

CINCINNATI, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Richard A. Boehne, executive vice president of The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), and Joseph G. NeCastro, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will discuss the company's business strategy Monday, Feb. 28, during the Bear Stearns 18th Annual Media Conference in Palm Beach, FL.

The Scripps presentation will be made at 3:45 p.m. ET and will focus on the company's national television networks. The audio from the presentation will be Web cast live via the Scripps Web site at http://www.scripps.com/ . A replay will be available via the Investor Relations section of the Scripps Web site for 30 days.

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, including the company's growing portfolio of popular lifestyle television networks. Scripps Networks brands include Home & Garden Television, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living and Great American Country (GAC). Scripps Networks Web sites include FoodNetwork.com, HGTV.com, DIYnetwork.com, fineliving.com, gactv.com and hgtvpro.com. Scripps Networks programming can be seen in 86 countries.

Scripps Newspapers, 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.

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 53 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 and about 150 other features and characters.


Source: The E. W. Scripps Company

CONTACT: Tim Stautberg of The E. W. Scripps Company, +1-513-977-3826, or
Stautberg@scripps.com

Web site: http://www.scripps.com/


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