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  As Of               Filer                 Filing     As/For/On Docs:Pgs              Issuer               Agent

 8/08/07  Scripps E W Co/DE                 10-Q        6/30/07    6:162                                    RR Donnelley/FA

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    997K 
 2: EX-12       Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                  HTML     17K 
 3: EX-31.(A)   Section 302 Ceo Certification                       HTML     12K 
 4: EX-31.(B)   Section 302 Cfo Certification                       HTML     12K 
 5: EX-32.(A)   Section 906 Ceo Certification                       HTML      6K 
 6: EX-32.(B)   Section 906 Cfo Certification                       HTML      6K 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007

OR

For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission File Number 0-16914

THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  x                                                  No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x            Accelerated filer  ¨            Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  ¨                                                  No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of July 31, 2007 there were 126,611,996 of the Registrant’s Class A Common shares outstanding and 36,568,226 of the Registrant’s Common Voting shares outstanding.

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 INDEX TO THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2007

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 PART I

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “our,” “us” or “Scripps” may, depending on the context, refer to The E. W. Scripps Company, to one or more of its consolidated subsidiary companies or to all of them taken as a whole.

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

 PART II

We are involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, such as defamation actions, employment and employee relations and various governmental and administrative proceedings, none of which is expected to result in material loss.

There have been no material changes to the factors disclosed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

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There were no sales of unregistered equity securities during the quarter for which this report is filed.

The following table provides information about Company purchases of Class A shares during the quarter ended June 30, 2007:

Under a share repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on October 28, 2004, we were authorized to repurchase up to 5.0 million Class A Common shares. There is no expiration date for the program and we are under no commitment or obligation to repurchase any particular amount of Class A Common shares under the program.

There were no defaults upon senior securities during the quarter for which this report is filed.

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The following table presents information on matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the May 4, 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:

None.

Exhibits

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Exhibits at page E-1 of this Form 10-Q.

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 SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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 THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

Index to Financial Information

F-1

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 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-2

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-3

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 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)