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Form of Executive Officer Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.03A 
  
 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Agreement is made and entered into as of (insert date of grant) between The E. W. Scripps Company
(“Company”) and                      (“Grantee”). 
  
 In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as
follows: 
  
 1. The Company delivers to the Grantee a
Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase                      Class A Common shares (the “Shares”) of the Company (the
“Option”). The Option is subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth and to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). 
  
 2. The Option will be exercisable in equal installments on February 15, in
(one year after grant, two years after grant, and three years after grant) (the “Vesting Schedule”) until its expiration date on (insert end of eight year term), during which time the Grantee may exercise
all or part of the Option provided that each exercise is for at least 100 Shares (the “Minimum Exercise”). 
  
 3. The purchase price of the Shares shall be $xx.xx per share, the Fair Market Value on (insert date of grant), the date the
grant was authorized. 
  
 4. The Option shall expire at midnight
on (insert end of eight year term), unless sooner terminated or modified under the provision of this Agreement and the Plan. 
  
 5. The Option may not be exercised by anyone other than the Grantee or his guardian or legal representative during his lifetime. In the event of his
death, the Option may be exercised by the executor or administrator of the Grantee’s estate or, if no executor or administrator has been appointed, by the successor or successors in interest determined under the Grantee’s will or under the
applicable laws of descent and distribution. The Option may not be transferred, assigned, encumbered or alienated in any way by the Grantee and any attempt to do so shall render the Option and any unexercised portion thereof, at the discretion of
the Company, null, void and unenforceable. 
  
 6(a). Subject to
the Minimum Exercise, the Option may be exercised in whole or in part by delivering to the Company written notice of exercise specifying the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by: 1) cash or a
check in payment of the option exercise price, or; 2) delivery of previously acquired shares of unrestricted Class A Common Stock which will be valued at their Fair Market Value on the exercise date in payment of the option exercise price, or; 3) a
combination of cash or check and such shares in payment of the option exercise price. 

 6(b). Subject to the Minimum Exercise, the Option may also be exercised in whole or in part by giving an
irrevocable notice of exercise to the company’s brokerage representative. The date on which such notice is received by the broker shall be the date of the exercise of the Option, provided that within five business days of the delivery of such
notice the funds to pay for exercise of the Option are delivered to the Company by a broker acting on behalf of the Optionee either in connection with the sale of the shares underlying the Option or in connection with the making of a margin loan to
the Optionee to enable payment of the exercise price of the Option. 
  
 7. The Company shall, upon exercise of the Option pursuant to section 6(a) or 6(b), issue or cause to be issued to the Grantee (or his executor or administrator or other person entitled thereto), a stock certificate for the number of Shares
purchased thereby and/or to any broker acting on behalf of the Optionee a stock certificate for the number of shares sold by such broker for the Optionee. 
  
 8. The Company may require, as a condition of the exercise of the Option, that the Grantee sign such further documents as it reasonably determines to be
necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with federal and applicable state securities laws. 
  
 9. The Grantee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any of the Shares until such Shares are issued to the Grantee. 
  
 10. The terms and conditions contained in the Plan, as it may be amended from
time to time hereafter are incorporated into and made a part of the Agreement by reference, as if the same were set forth herein in full and all provisions of the Option are made subject to any and all terms of the Plan, as so amended. 

 
 11. Each capitalized term used, but not defined herein, shall have the
meaning assigned to it in the Plan. 
  
 12. This Agreement shall
be governed by Ohio law. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
hereunto affixed their signatures as of the dated noted above.Form of Independent Director Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.03B 
  
 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Agreement is made and entered into as of (insert date of grant) between The E. W. Scripps Company
(“Company”) and                      (“Grantee”). 
  
 In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as
follows: 
  
 1. The Company delivers to the Grantee a
Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase                      Class A Common shares (the “Shares”) of the Company (the
“Option”). The Option is subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth and to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). 
  
 2. The Option will be exercisable on the (insert first anniversary of
grant date), (the “Vesting Schedule”) until its expiration date on (insert end of 10 year term), during which time the Grantee may exercise all or part of the Option provided that each exercise is for at least
100 Shares (the “Minimum Exercise”). 
  
 3. The purchase
price of the Shares shall be $xx.xx per share, the Fair Market Value on (insert date of grant), the date the grant was authorized. 
  
 4. The Option shall expire at midnight on (insert end of 10 year term), unless sooner terminated or modified under the provision of this
Agreement and the Plan. 
  
 5. The Option may not be exercised by
anyone other than the Grantee or his guardian or legal representative during his lifetime. In the event of his death, the Option may be exercised by the executor or administrator of the Grantee’s estate or, if no executor or administrator has
been appointed, by the successor or successors in interest determined under the Grantee’s will or under the applicable laws of descent and distribution. The Option may not be transferred, assigned, encumbered or alienated in any way by the
Grantee and any attempt to do so shall render the Option and any unexercised portion thereof, at the discretion of the Company, null, void and unenforceable. 
  
 6(a). Subject to the Minimum Exercise, the Option may be exercised in whole or in part by delivering to the Company written notice of exercise specifying
the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by: 1) cash or a check in payment of the option exercise price, or; 2) delivery of previously acquired shares of unrestricted Class A Common Stock which
will be valued at their Fair Market Value on the exercise date in payment of the option exercise price, or; 3) a combination of cash or check and such shares in payment of the option exercise price. 

 6(b). Subject to the Minimum Exercise, the Option may also be exercised in whole or in part by giving an
irrevocable notice of exercise to the company’s brokerage representative. The date on which such notice is received by the broker shall be the date of the exercise of the Option, provided that within five business days of the delivery of such
notice the funds to pay for exercise of the Option are delivered to the Company by a broker acting on behalf of the Grantee either in connection with the sale of the shares underlying the Option or in connection with the making of a margin loan to
the Grantee to enable payment of the exercise price of the Option. 
  
 7. The Company shall, upon exercise of the Option pursuant to section 6(a) or 6(b), issue or cause to be issued to the Grantee (or his executor or administrator or other person entitled thereto), a stock certificate for the number of Shares
purchased thereby and/or to any broker acting on behalf of the Grantee a stock certificate for the number of shares sold by such broker for the Grantee. 
  
 8. The Company may require, as a condition of the exercise of the Option, that the Grantee sign such further documents as it reasonably determines to be
necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with federal and applicable state securities laws. 
  
 9. The Grantee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any of the Shares until such Shares are issued to the Grantee. 
  
 10. The terms and conditions contained in the Plan, as it may be amended from
time to time hereafter are incorporated into and made a part of the Agreement by reference, as if the same were set forth herein in full and all provisions of the Option are made subject to any and all terms of the Plan, as so amended. 

 
 11. Each capitalized term used, but not defined herein, shall have the
meaning assigned to it in the Plan. 
  
 12. This Agreement shall
be governed by Ohio law. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
hereunto affixed their signatures as of the dated noted above.Form of Performance-Based Restricted Share Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.03C 
  
 PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED SHARE AGREEMENT 
  
 This Agreement is made and entered into on (insert date of grant), between The E.W. Scripps Company
(“Company”) and              (“Grantee”).  
  
 The parties agree as follows: 
  
 1. The Company hereby delivers to Grantee a performance-based award of Class A Common Shares of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and of the Company’s 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings provided therefore in the Plan. 
  
 2. The maximum number of shares Grantee may earn pursuant to this Agreement
is             . The performance measure is Cash Flow of the Company for (insert current fiscal year) (“insert current fiscal year Cash Flow”)
compared to the Cash Flow budgeted for (insert current fiscal year). Cash Flow means operating cash flow. The Cash Flow budgeted for (insert current fiscal year) is
$             (“Budgeted Cash Flow”). Shares will be earned under this award if (insert current fiscal year) Cash Flow is at least eighty percent (80%) of
Budgeted Cash Flow. No shares will be earned if (insert current fiscal year) Cash Flow is less than 80% of Budgeted Cash Flow. The number of shares Grantee may earn hereunder if (insert current fiscal year) Cash Flow
equals Budgeted Cash Flow is              (the “Target Award”). The actual number of shares to be earned hereunder shall be determined in accordance with Appendix
I attached hereto. 
  
 3. During (insert current fiscal
year), Grantee shall have no rights, as a shareholder or otherwise, with respect to shares that may be earned under this Agreement. 
  
 4. Any shares earned under this Agreement (“Earned Shares”) will vest in three installments, 25% on February 15, (one year after
grant), 25% on February 15, (two years after grant), and 50% on February 15, (three years after grant). Grantee shall have the rights of a shareholder with respect to Earned Shares, whether vested or not, subject,
with respect to unvested Earned Shares, to the Plan and the restriction on transfer and risk of forfeiture described herein. 
  
 5. If Grantee ceases to be an employee of the Company or any subsidiary thereof due to death, Disability or Retirement prior to the end of (insert
current fiscal year), or if there is a Change in Control of the Company or the subsidiary employing Grantee prior to the end of (insert current fiscal year), Grantee (or his representative) shall receive, on or about February
15, (one year after grant), a certificate for such number of shares (if any) as he would have earned under this Agreement had he remained employed by the Company or such subsidiary for all of (insert current fiscal year).
Any shares issued pursuant to this Section 5 shall be fully vested when issued. 

 6. All Earned Shares shall become fully vested upon the death, Disability or Retirement of Grantee or a
Change in Control of the Company or the subsidiary employing Grantee. 
  
 7. Earned Shares that do not vest in accordance with this Agreement will be forfeited. 
  
 8. Earned Shares may not be sold, assigned, or transferred prior to vesting. 
  
 9. A bookkeeping account will be maintained by the transfer agent of the Company until such shares vest. 
  
 10. A certificate for Earned Shares will be delivered to Grantee immediately
following vesting. The Company may require, as a condition of the delivery of the certificate, that Grantee sign such further documents as the Company reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate to assure compliance with the requirements of
federal and state securities laws. 
  
 11. The Company may require
as a condition to the delivery of certificates for Earned Shares under this Agreement, that Grantee pay to the Company, in cash, any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to delivery of such
certificates. Grantee, at his discretion, may elect to pay such taxes with vested shares previously acquired by Grantee or Earned Shares which are deliverable to Grantee in connection with this award. The fair market value of Class A Common Shares
withheld by the Company from this award or tendered to the Company for the satisfaction of such tax withholding obligations will be determined on the date such shares are withheld or tendered. 
  
 12. The terms and conditions contained in the Plan, as it may be amended from
time to time in the future, are incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Agreement. All provisions of this Agreement are made subject to the terms of the Plan, as amended. In the event there is any conflict between the terms of this
Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control. 
  
 13. This Agreement is governed by Ohio law. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date noted above. 

 Appendix I 
  
 Performance-based Executive Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award 
  
 If 80% or more of Budgeted Cash Flow is achieved, the following percentages

 will be applied to the Target Award. 
  

			
	 % Goal
             Attained            

	 	 % of Target
         Award Earned        

	 120% or more
	 	150%
	 119%
	 	146%
	 118%
	 	143%
	 117%
	 	140%
	 116%
	 	137%
	 115%
	 	134%
	 114%
	 	131%
	 113%
	 	128%
	 112%
	 	125%
	 111%
	 	122%
	 110%
	 	119%
	 109%
	 	117%
	 108%
	 	115%
	 107%
	 	113%
	 106%
	 	111%
	 105%
	 	109%
	 104%
	 	107%
	 103%
	 	105%
	 102%
	 	103%
	 101%
	 	101%
	 100%
	 	100%
	 99%
	 	95%
	 98%
	 	90%
	 97%
	 	85%
	 96%
	 	80%
	 95%
	 	75%
	 94%
	 	70%
	 93%
	 	65%
	 92%
	 	60%
	 91%
	 	55%
	 90%
	 	50%
	 89%
	 	47%
	 88%
	 	44%
	 87%
	 	41%
	 86%
	 	38%
	 85%
	 	35%
	 84%
	 	32%
	 83%
	 	29%
	 82%
	 	26%
	 81%
	 	23%
	 80%
	 	20%

  
 Appropriate
proration will be made between brackets.

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