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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION:

CUSIP NUMBER

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

E.W. Scripps Company

(b) IRS IDENT.NO.

31-1223339

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

0-16914

WORK LOCATION

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

AREA CODE

NUMBER

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD

Scripps Family Revocable Trust UA 6/9/92

(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER

Affiliate

(c) ADDRESS STREETCITYSTATEZIP CODE

c/o Lido Advisors

9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350 West, Beverly Hills, CA 90212

3 (a)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

(b)

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the

Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker

who is Acquiring the Securities  

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

Number of Shares

Or Other Units

To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

(d)

Aggregate

Market

Value

(See instr. 3(d))

(e)

Number of Shares

Or Other Units

Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

(f)

Approximate

Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))

(MO. DAY YR.)

(g)

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

Broker-Dealer

File Number

Class A Common Stock

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

100 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02110

163,300

$3,760,799

(as of March 13, 2017) 

70,021,010

(As of January 31, 2017)

March 14, 2017

NYSE

1.

(a)

Name of issuer

3.

(a)

Title of the class of securities to be sold

(b)

Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number

(b)

Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

(c)

Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any

(c)

Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

(d)

Issuer’s address, including zip code

(d)

Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice

(e)

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

(e)

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

2.

(a)

Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

(f)

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

(b)

Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

(g)

Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

(c)

Such person’s address, including zip code

Title of

the Class

Date you Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of

Securities Acquired

Date of

Payment

Nature of Payment

Common Stock

09/26/2013

Gift from Trust Settlor

William H. Scripps

653,204

N/A

N/A

INSTRUCTIONS:

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale

Amount of

Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

INSTRUCTIONS:

ATTENTION:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

03/13/2017

/s/ William H. Scripps Trustee     

DATE OF NOTICE

/s/ Kathryn A. Scripps Trustee     

(SIGNATURE)

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)