The E. W. Scripps Company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "SSP" and is controlled by the Scripps family through a trust established by the founder in 1922.

Scripps has approximately 7,200 full-time and part-time employees.

Pro forma revenue in 2007 was $1.1 billion. Approximately 62 percent came from newspapers, 30 percent from local TV and Internet, and 8 percent from United Media.