CINCINNATI, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The E. W. Scripps Company
will report second quarter 2008 operating results before trading on the New
York Stock Exchange begins Thursday, July 24. A telephone conference call with
members of the company's senior management team will follow at 10 a.m. EDT.
Two of the company's divisions -- Scripps Networks and Interactive Media
-- were separated into a publicly traded company (Scripps Networks
Interactive) at the start of the third quarter. The performance of those
divisions will be included in The E. W. Scripps Company's second-quarter
results, and executives of Scripps Networks Interactive will participate in
the conference call for a discussion of those operations.
Scripps will offer a live webcast of the conference call. To access the
webcast, visit www.scripps.com and follow the 'investor relations' link at the
top of the page. The webcast link can be found under the 'upcoming events'
heading on the 'investor relations' landing page.
To access the conference call by telephone, dial 1-800-230-1766 (U.S.) or
1-612-332-0418 (international) approximately 10 minutes before the start of
the call. Callers will need the name of the call ('second quarter earnings
report') to be granted access. Callers also will be asked to provide their
name and company affiliation. The media and general public are provided access
to the conference call on a listen-only basis.
A replay line will be open from 12:00 p.m. EDT July 24 until 11:59 p.m.
EDT July 31. The domestic number to access the replay is 1-800-475-6701 and
the international number is 1-320-365-3844. The access code for both numbers
is 953825.
A replay of the conference call will be archived and available online for
an extended period of time following the call. To access the audio replay,
visit www.scripps.com approximately four hours after the call, choose
'investor relations,' then follow the 'audio archives' link on the left side
of the page.
On July 1, 2008, the operations that previously had comprised the Scripps
Networks and Interactive Media divisions were spun off into a separate,
publicly traded company, Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI).
Shareholders of The E. W. Scripps Company received as a tax-free dividend one
share of SNI for every share of Scripps stock they owned as of June 16, 2008.
In future periods, the operating results of the SNI businesses through the
second quarter of 2008 will be reported in The E. W. Scripps Company's
financial statements as discontinued operations. Scripps Networks
Interactive's brands include television networks HGTV, Food Network, DIY - Do
It Yourself Network, Fine Living Network and Great American Country, and their
associated Internet businesses; and online comparison shopping services
Shopzilla and uSwitch.
About Scripps
The E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) is a diverse, 130-year-old media
enterprise with interests in broadcast television stations, newspaper
publishing, and licensing and syndication. The company's portfolio of locally
focused media properties includes: 10 broadcast TV stations, with six
ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent; daily and
community newspapers in 15 markets and the Washington, D.C.-based Scripps
Media Center, home of the Scripps Howard News Service; and United Media, the
licensor and syndicator of Peanuts, Dilbert and approximately 150 other
features and comics.
SOURCE The E. W. Scripps Company
