Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2011

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed

The table below summarizes the final fair values:

(in thousands)	2012
Assets:
Accounts receivable	$	19,768
Other current assets	891
Investments	4,558
Property, plant and equipment	37,837
Intangible assets	130,100
Goodwill	27,966
Total assets acquired	221,120
Current liabilities	4,712
Net purchase price	$	216,408

Pro forma results of operations

Pro forma results of operations, assuming the transaction had taken place at the beginning of 2010, is included in the following table. The pro forma information includes the historical results of operations of Scripps and McGraw-Hill and adjustments for interest expense that would have been incurred to finance the acquisition, additional depreciation and amortization of the assets acquired and excludes the pre-acquisition transaction related expenses incurred by the acquired companies. The pro forma information does not include efficiencies, costs reductions and synergies expected to result from the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisition been completed at the beginning of the period.

	For the year ended December 31,
(in thousands, except per share data) (unaudited)	2011
Operating revenues	$	822,516
Loss attributable to the shareholders of The E.W. Scripps Company	(24,310		)
Loss per share attributable to the shareholders of The E.W. Scripps Company:
Basic	$	(0.42	)
Diluted	$	(0.42	)