Peirce Named Trustee of The Edward W. Scripps Trust

CINCINNATI, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Edward W. Scripps
Trust, the controlling shareholder of The E. W. Scripps Company, has selected
Mary McCabe Peirce as a trustee. She succeeds Edward W. Scripps Jr., who last
month announced his retirement from the Trust and the company's board of
directors.
Peirce, 59, will serve as a trustee with John Burlingame and Nackey
Scagliotti effective immediately. At the company's annual shareholder meeting
in June, she will stand for election to the board of directors. Her nomination
will be voted upon by holders of Common Voting Shares, more than 87 percent of
which are held by the Trust.
The company announced in October 2007 that management was authorized to
pursue a separation of Scripps into two publicly traded companies, one -- The
E. W. Scripps Company -- focused on local media, and the other -- Scripps
Networks Interactive -- focused on national brands. The transaction is
expected to be completed by July 1. If elected to The E. W. Scripps Company's
board of directors in June, Peirce also will eventually serve on the board of
Scripps Networks Interactive.
She has held prominent leadership roles in Scripps family affairs,
including past chairmanship of the family's annual business meeting and
current service on the family's media relations and ethics committees.
Peirce is a long-time advocate of health -- and youth-related community
services. In Sarasota, Fla., where she currently resides with her husband,
David, she has served on the board of Project Rebound, a program designed to
provide an education for disadvantaged and court-remanded youth. She
previously served on the board of Visiting Nurse Services of Long Island,
N.Y., during the period when that organization established the Hospice of
North Shore.
She is the daughter of Margaret Scripps Buzzelli, a granddaughter of the
company founder, and Charles McCabe, who was a noted columnist for The San
Francisco Chronicle.
About Scripps
The E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) is a diverse and growing media
enterprise with interests in national cable networks, newspaper publishing,
broadcast television stations, interactive media, and licensing and
syndication.
The company's portfolio of media properties includes: Scripps Networks,
with such brands as HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living and Great
American Country; daily and community newspapers in 15 markets and the
Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News
Service; 10 broadcast TV stations, including six ABC-affiliated stations,
three NBC affiliates and one independent; Scripps Interactive Media, including
leading online search and comparison shopping services, Shopzilla and uSwitch;
and United Media, a leading worldwide licensing and syndication company that
is the home of PEANUTS, DILBERT and approximately 150 other features and
comics.
SOURCE The E. W. Scripps Company

Tim Stautberg of The E. W. Scripps Company, +1-513-977-3826,
stautberg@scripps.com