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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * LOWE KENNETH W   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCRIPPS E W CO /DE [SSP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 312 WALNUT STREET, 28TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/23/2006 (Street) CINCINNATI, OH 45202 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share 02/23/2006   A   50,000 A (1) 50,000 (1) D   Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share               233,681 D   Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share               147,690 I Wife's Trust Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share               0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option

$ 24.5

01/24/2001

01/23/2010

Clas A Common

120,000

10

D

Option

$ 26.395

10/01/2001

09/30/2010

Class A Common

120,000

10

D

Option

$ 32.125

01/25/2002

01/24/2011

Class A Common

200,000

10

D

Option

$ 37.555

02/20/2003

02/19/2012

Class A Common

250,000

10

D

Option

$ 39.985

02/26/2004

02/25/2013

Class A Common

250,000

10

D

Option

$ 48.71

03/23/2005

03/22/2014

Class A Common

187,500

10

D

Restricted Share Units

(2)

(2)

(2)

Class A Common

40,000

10

D

Option

$ 46.46

02/15/2006

02/09/2013

Class A Common

125,000

10

D

Option

$ 48.98

02/23/2006

A

1

02/23/2007(3)

02/22/2014

Class A Common

125,000

(4)

10

D

Option

$ 48.98

02/23/2006

A

1

12/31/2006(5)

02/22/2014

Class A Common

125,000

(4)

10

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LOWE KENNETH W 312 WALNUT STREET, 28TH FLOOR CINCINNATI, OH 45202	X		President & CEO

Signatures

/s/ M. Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for Kenneth W. Lowe		02/27/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These restricted shares will time-vest, if at all, equally over 3 years on 12/31/06, 12/31/07 and 12/31/08.
(2)	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.
(3)	This option is exercisable in equal installments on 2/23/07, 2/23/08 and 2/23/09.
(4)	The exercise price of this nonqualified stock option award granted under the company's Long-Term Incentive Plan is $48.98.
(5)	This option is exercisable in equal installments, if at all, on 12/31/06, 12/31/07 and 12/31/08.

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