X0202 4 2004-09-30 0 0000832428 SCRIPPS E W CO /DE SSP 0001186933 LOWE KENNETH W 312 WALNUT STREET, 28TH FLOOR CINCINNATI OH 45202 1 1 0 0 President & CEO Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share 2004-09-30 4 J 0 40000 D 395168 D Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share 147690 I Wife's trust Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share 0 D Option 17.25 1998-01-10 2007-01-09 Class A Common 47000 9 D Option 23.61 1999-01-15 2008-01-14 Class A Common 60000 9 D Option 24.50 2001-01-24 2010-01-23 Clas A Common 120000 9 D Option 26.395 2001-10-01 2010-09-30 Class A Common 120000 9 D Option 32.125 2002-01-25 2011-01-24 Class A Common 200000 9 D Option 37.555 2003-02-20 2012-02-19 Class A Common 250000 9 D Option 39.985 2004-02-26 2013-02-25 Class A Common 250000 9 D Option 48.71 2005-03-23 2014-03-22 Class A Common 187500 9 D Restricted Share Units 2004-09-30 4 J 0 1 A Class A Common 40000 9 D Pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the reporting person has exchanged 40,000 shares previously awarded to him as restricted shares under the Plan for 40,000 restricted share units (the "Units"). Each Unit shall be exchanged for one Class A Common share of the Company following the reporting person's retirement or termination of his employment under certain circumstances as set forth in a Restricted Share Unit Agreement between the Company and the reporting person. The 40,000 Units shall vest on January 2, 2007. /s/ M. Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for Kenneth W. Lowe 2004-10-01