Scripps to Discuss Business Strategy at CSFB and UBS Media Conferences

Scripps to Discuss Business Strategy at CSFB and UBS Media Conferences

CINCINNATI, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kenneth W. Lowe, president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company; Richard A. Boehne, executive vice president; and Joseph G. NeCastro, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will discuss the company's business strategy, including the development of its interactive enterprises, on Monday, Dec. 5, at the Credit Suisse First Boston 2005 Global Media Week Conference and the UBS 33rd Annual Media Week Conference. Both conferences will be held in New York City.

The Scripps presentations will be made on Dec. 5 at 10:30 a.m. (CSFB) and 3:30 p.m. (UBS). The audio from both presentations will be Web cast live via the Scripps Web site at http://www.scripps.com/.

The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP) is a diverse and growing media enterprise with interests in national cable networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television stations, electronic commerce, interactive media, and licensing and syndication.

The company's portfolio of media properties includes: Scripps Networks, with such brands as HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living, Great American Country and HGTVPro; daily and community newspapers in 18 markets and the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News Service; 10 broadcast TV stations, including six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent; United Media, a leading worldwide licensing and syndication company that is the home of PEANUTS, DILBERT and approximately 150 other features and comics; Shop At Home, which markets a growing range of consumer goods directly to television viewers in roughly 55 million U.S. households and online through shopathometv.com; and Shopzilla, the online comparison shopping service that carries an index of more than 30 million products from approximately 55,000 merchants.

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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