The E.W. Scripps Company (SSP) 8-K/A With Report of Independent Auditors

EXHIBIT 99.2

The E.W. Scripps Company

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

On December 30, 2011, we acquired McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., (“McGraw-Hill”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., for $212 million in cash, plus a working capital adjustment estimated at $4.4 million. We financed the transaction with a $212 million bank term loan. The acquisition included four ABC affiliated television stations as well as five Azteca Spanish-language affiliates. The transaction sales price is subject to a final post-closing working capital adjustment.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements reflect the acquisition of McGraw-Hill. The unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, and year ended December 31, 2010, give effect to the acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2010.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined information is based upon the historical consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company and should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and the accompanying notes of the Company included in the December 31, 2011 and 2010 Form 10-K, the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine-months ended September 30, 2011, and the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The pro forma adjustments are based upon currently available information and certain estimates and assumptions, and therefore, the actual results may have differed from the pro forma results. The pro forma information does not include adjustments for efficiencies, cost reductions and synergies expected to result from the acquisition. However, management believes that the assumptions provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects of the transaction as contemplated, and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the pro forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position that would have occurred if the acquisition had been completed at the dates indicated. The information does not necessarily indicate the future operating results or financial position of the Company.

The E.W. Scripps Company

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

		September 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	Historical			McGraw-Hill (a)			Pro Forma Adjustments			E. W. Scripps Pro Forma
Operating Revenues:
Advertising	$	398,050		$	54,905		$	—		$	452,955
Circulation		89,897			—			—			89,897
Other		43,316			11,896			—			55,212
Total operating revenues		531,263			66,801			—			598,064
Costs and Expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		259,114			35,785			—			294,899
Programs and program licenses		46,131			9,722			—			55,853
Newsprint and press supplies		37,405			—			—			37,405
Other expenses		173,478			22,777			—			196,255
Restructuring costs		6,529			—			—			6,529
Total costs and expenses		522,657			68,284			—			590,941
Depreciation, Amortization, and (Gains) Losses:
Depreciation		29,549			4,322			200	(b)		34,071
Amortization of intangible assets		952			1,742			1,900	(b)		4,594
Impairment of long-lived assets		9,000			—			—			9,000
(Gains) losses, net on disposal of property, plant and equipment		(234	)		—			—			(234	)
Net depreciation, amortization, and (gains) losses		39,267			6,064			2,100			47,431
Operating loss		(30,661	)		(7,547	)		(2,100	)		(40,308	)
Interest expense		(1,167	)		—			(7,400	) (c)		(8,567	)
Miscellaneous, net		(622	)		1,172			—			550
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes		(32,450	)		(6,375	)		(9,500	)		(48,325	)
Benefit for income taxes		(10,621	)		(2,534	)		(3,600	) (d)		(16,755	)
Loss from continuing operations	$	(21,829	)	$	(3,841	)	$	(5,900	)	$	(31,570	)
Loss from continuing operations per share of common stock:
Basic	$	(0.38	)							$	(0.54	)
Diluted	$	(0.38	)							$	(0.54	)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		58,071									58,071
Diluted		58,071									58,071

See notes to unaudited Pro Forma condensed combined financial statements.

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The E.W. Scripps Company

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2010

		September 30,			September 30,		September 30,			September 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	Historical			McGraw-Hill (a)		Pro Forma Adjustments			E. W. Scripps Pro Forma
Operating Revenues:
Advertising	$	601,411		$	88,111	$	—		$	689,522
Circulation		121,283			—		—			121,283
Other		54,196			8,589		—			62,785
Total operating revenues		776,890			96,700		—			873,590
Costs and Expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		347,183			48,494		—			395,677
Programs and program licenses		59,949			9,631		—			69,580
Newsprint and press supplies		47,235			—		—			47,235
Other expenses		232,155			28,708		—			260,863
Restructuring costs		12,678			—		—			12,678
Total costs and expenses		699,200			86,833		—			786,033
Depreciation, Amortization, and (Gains) Losses:
Depreciation		43,517			6,235		(100	) (b)		49,652
Amortization of intangible assets		1,377			2,323		2,500	(b)		6,200
(Gains) losses, net on disposal of property, plant and equipment		1,218			—		—			1,218
Net depreciation, amortization, and (gains) losses		46,112			8,558		2,400			57,070
Operating income		31,578			1,309		(2,400	)		30,487
Interest expense		(3,666	)		—		(10,600	) (c)		(14,266	)
Miscellaneous, net		1,798			1,264		—			3,062
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		29,710			2,573		(13,000	)		19,283
Provision for income taxes		840			1,039		(4,900	) (d)		(3,021	)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	$	28,870		$	1,534	$	(8,100	)	$	22,304
Income from continuing operations per share of common stock:
Basic	$	0.45							$	0.35
Diluted	$	0.45							$	0.35
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		56,857								56,857
Diluted		56,998								56,998

See notes to unaudited Pro Forma condensed combined financial statements.

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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements

(in thousands)

1. Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

Certain amounts in the Company’s prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation. Specifically certain costs and expenses have been reclassified to have more meaningful historical comparisons.

Pending the finalization of third-party valuation and other items, the following table summarizes the preliminary fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed:

		September 30,
( in thousands )
Assets:
Accounts receivable	$	19,485
Other current assets		816
Investments		4,558
Property, plant and equipment		37,837
Intangible assets		130,100
Goodwill		28,591
Total assets acquired		221,387
Current liabilities		5,244
Net purchase price	$	216,143

Of the $130 million allocated to intangible assets, $44 million was for FCC licenses, which we have determined to have an indefinite life and therefore will not be amortized. Of the remaining balance $74 million was allocated to television network affiliation relationships with an estimated amortization period of 20 of 25 years. The remaining balance was allocated to advertiser relationships with an estimated amortization period of 7 to 10 years.

The goodwill of $29 million arising from the transaction consists largely of the synergies and economies of scale expected from the acquisition. We allocated all of the goodwill to our television segment. We will treat the transaction as a purchase of assets for income tax purposes, resulting in a step-up in the assets acquired. The goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes.

2. Pro Forma Assumptions and Adjustments

a. Certain reclassifications have been made to the presentation of the historical McGraw-Hill Statements of Operations to conform to the presentation used in the unaudited pro forma financial information.

b. Reflects an adjustment to depreciation and amortization expense resulting from the fair value adjustments to McGraw-Hill’s property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

c. Reflects the increase in interest expense and amortization of loan fees from the Company’s assumed outstanding borrowings of $212 million beginning on January 1, 2010. Interest is payable based on LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 3.5% to 4.0%. The rate used for the pro forma adjustment is 4.3% per annum. The effect of a 1/8 percent variance in the interest rate on interest expense is $0.3 million.

d. Income tax effects of the pro forma adjustments are reflected at the Company’s best estimate of statutory income tax rates.

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