Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of our reports dated March 7, 2012, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of The E.W. Scripps Company and subsidiaries (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding The E.W. Scripps Company’s adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income), and the effectiveness of The E.W. Scripps Company and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of The E.W. Scripps Company for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Form S-8:

333-27621

333-89824

333-125302

333-27623

333-40767

333-120185

333-151963

333-167089

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
March 7, 2012