Scripps Revenues Up in January

February 12, 2003

Scripps Networks’ revenues were up 37% in January to $36 million, with the networks’ advertising revenues up 39% and affiliate fee revenues up 27%. Scripps Networks, a division of E.W. Scripps Co., include Home & Garden Television, The Food Network, Fine Living and DIY – The Do It Yourself Network. Distribution of HGTV reached 80.4 million television households during January, up 4.4% from the year before. Food Network distribution is up 7.9% to 78.1 million TV households. Fine Living and DIY can be seen in about 13 million households each. At E.W. Scripps’ 10 broadcast television stations, revenues for the month were $25.2 million, up 28% from the same period a year ago. The Scripps TV station group benefited from the ABC network's broadcast of the Super Bowl on Jan. 26. The Scripps broadcast group includes six ABC and three NBC affiliated stations. The company owns and operates the ABC affiliated station in Tampa, which is home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team that won the Super Bowl. Total January revenues at the company's newspapers were up 1.7% year-over-year to $57.4 million. Newspaper advertising revenues for the month, broken down by category, were:

-- Local, up 0.5% to $13.2 million.

-- Classified, down 0.3% to $16.2 million.

-- National, up 16% to $2.8 million.

-- Preprints and other, up 12% to $8.6 million.

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