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EXHIBIT 24
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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We, the undersigned directors and officers of The E.W. Scripps Company, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitute and appoint Daniel J.
Castellini, M. Denise Kuprionis and William Appleton as our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for us and in our stead, in any and all capacities to execute
and file a registration statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933 in order to register shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock under
such Act for issuance to non-employee directors of the Company elected by the
holders of Class A Common Stock under the Company's 1994 Non-Employee
Directors' Stock Option Plan as it may be amended now or from time to time, and
all amendments to such registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this power on May 12, 1995 in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
/s/ Lawrence A. Leser /s/ Daniel J. Meyer
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Lawrence A. Leser, Chairman and Daniel J. Meyer, Director
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Charles E. Scripps /s/ Nicholas B. Paumgarten
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Charles E. Scripps, Director Nicholas B. Paumgarten, Director
/s/ William R. Burleigh /s/ John H. Burlingame
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William R. Burleigh, Director John H. Burlingame, Director
/s/ Robert P. Scripps /s/ David R. Huhn
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Robert P. Scripps, Director David R. Huhn, Director
/s/ Paul K. Scripps /s/ Daniel J. Castellini
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Paul K. Scripps, Director Daniel J. Castellini, Senior Vice
President, Finance & Administration
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EXHIBIT 24
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The E.W. Scripps Company, a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, a registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to
the Company's Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value, reserved for issuance under
the Company's 1994 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, hereby
constitutes and appoints Daniel J. Castellini, M. Denise Kuprionis and William
Appleton, and each of them, as the attorney of the Company, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the
Company, to sign and file the proposed registration statement and any and all
amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
such securities or such registration, with full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite to be done in the
premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of such attorney or any such
substitute.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The E.W. Scripps Company has caused this power of
attorney to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in Cincinnati, Ohio, on
May 12, 1995.
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THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
By: /s/ Lawrence A. Leser
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Lawrence A. Leser, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
And: /s/ M. Denise Kuprionis
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M. Denise Kuprionis, Secretary