X0201 42003-09-3000000832428SCRIPPS E W CO /DE SSP0001186939WRIGLEY JULIE A312 WALNUT STREET, 28TH FLOORCINCINNATIOH452021000Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share10000ITrustCommon Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share0DOption38.381998-05-122007-05-11Class A Common100007DOption48.52000-05-132009-05-12Class A Common20007DOption48.942001-05-182010-05-17Class A Common50007DOption64.322002-05-102011-05-09Class A Common50007DOption78.012003-05-092012-05-08Class A Common50007DPhantom Stock85.862003-09-304J01AClass A Common10.147DOption79.642004-04-292013-04-28Class A Common50007DPursuant to the company's 1997 Deferred Compensation and Stock Plan for Directors, directors may defer fees into a phantom stock fund. Under this plan, fees are converted quarterly into phantom shares at the fair market value of the company's Class A Common shares on the last trading day of each quarter. Upon retirement as a director, the balance may be paid in either shares or cash. The balance at 9/30/03 is 5813.44 phantom shares./s/ M. Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for Julie A. Wrigley2003-10-01