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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 11)

The E.W. Scripps Company

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common shares, $.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

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David Goldman

GAMCO Investors, Inc.

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1435

(914) 921-5000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

______________________ January 31, 2018________________________

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box .

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This Amendment No. 11 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock of The E.W. Scripps Company (the "Issuer") is being filed on behalf of the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the "Schedule 13D") which was originally filed on April 6, 2015.  Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 2 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mario Gabelli") and various entities which he

directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer.  These entities, except for LICT Corporation ("LICT), CIBL, Inc. ("CIBL") and ICTC Group, Inc. ("ICTC"), engage in various aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and individual clients, including registered investment companies and pension plans, and as general partner or the equivalent of various private investment partnerships or private funds.  Certain of these entities may also make investments for their own accounts.

The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a particular issuer.  Although several of the foregoing persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely passive.  In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.

(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of the following persons: GGCP, Inc.  ("GGCP"), GGCP Holdings LLC ("GGCP Holdings"), GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GBL"), Associated Capital Group, Inc. ("AC"), Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"), GAMCO Asset Management Inc. ("GAMCO"), Teton Advisors, Inc. ("Teton Advisors"), Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc. ("GCIA"), G.research, LLC ("G.research"), MJG Associates, Inc. ("MJG Associates"), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"), MJG-IV Limited Partnership ("MJG-IV"),  Mario Gabelli, LICT, CIBL and ICTC.  Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereinafter referred to as the "Reporting Persons".

GGCP makes investments for its own account and is the manager and a member of GGCP Holdings which is the controlling shareholder of GBL and AC.  GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those named below.  AC, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those listed below.

GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers Act").  GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations and others.

GCIA, a wholly owned subsidiary of AC, is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act and serves as a general partner or investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies and other accounts.  As a part of its business, GCIA may purchase or sell securities for its own account.  GCIA is a general partner or investment manager of a number of funds or partnerships, including Gabelli Associates Fund, L.P., Gabelli Associates Fund II, L.P., Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Limited II E, ALCE Partners, L.P., Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund LP, Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund Limited, Gabelli Intermediate Credit Fund L.P., GAMA Select Energy + L.P., GAMCO Medical Opportunities L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P.

G.research, a wholly owned subsidiary of GCIA, is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("1934 Act"), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.

Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act which provides advisory services for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The GAMCO Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., The Gabelli Value 25 Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli Global Content & Connectivity Fund, The Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Rising Income & Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, The GAMCO International Growth Fund, Inc., The GAMCO Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust, The Gabelli International Small Cap Fund, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund, The GAMCO Mathers Fund, The Gabelli Focus Five Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund, The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, The GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources, & Income Trust, The GAMCO Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust, The GDL Fund, Gabelli Enterprise Mergers & Acquisitions Fund, The Gabelli ESG Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness ^Rx Trust, The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust, Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust, Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, Bancroft Fund Ltd. and Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd. (collectively, the "Funds"), which are registered investment companies.  Gabelli Funds is also the investment adviser to the Gabelli Media Mogul NextShares, the Gabelli Food of All Nations NextShares and The GAMCO International SICAV (sub-funds GAMCO Merger Arbitrage and GAMCO All Cap Value), a UCITS III vehicle.

Teton Advisors, an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, provides discretionary advisory services to The TETON Westwood Mighty Mites^sm Fund, The TETON Westwood Income Fund, The TETON Westwood SmallCap Equity Fund, The TETON Westwood Mid-Cap Equity Fund, and The TETON Westwood Intermediate Bond Fund.

MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment partnerships and offshore funds.  Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder, director and employee of MJG Associates.   MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of Gabelli International Limited and Gabelli Fund, LDC.  Mario J. Gabelli is the general partner of Gabelli Performance Partnership, LP.

The Foundation is a private foundation.  Mario Gabelli is the Chairman, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation. Elisa M. Wilson is the President of the Foundation.

LICT is a holding company with operating subsidiaries engaged primarily in the rural telephone industry. LICT actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. LICT makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is the Chief Executive Officer, a director, and substantial shareholder of LICT.

ICTC is a holding company with subsidiaries in voice, broadband and other telecommunications services, primarily in the rural telephone industry. ICTC makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of ICTC.

CIBL is a holding company with interests in telecommunications operations, primarily in the rural telephone industry. CIBL actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. CIBL makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of CIBL.

Mario Gabelli is the controlling stockholder, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GGCP and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GBL. He is the Executive Chairman of AC.  Mario Gabelli is also a member of GGCP Holdings. Mario Gabelli is the controlling shareholder of Teton.

                             MJG-IV is a family partnership in which Mario Gabelli is the general partner.  Mario Gabelli has less than a 100% interest in MJG-IV.  MJG-IV makes investments for its own account.  Mario Gabelli disclaims ownership of the securities held by MJG-IV beyond his pecuniary interest.

The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.

GAMCO is a New York corporation and GBL, AC, GCIA, and Teton Advisors are Delaware corporations, each having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. GGCP is a Wyoming corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.   GGCP Holdings is a Delaware limited liability corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.  G.research is a Delaware limited liability company having its principal officers at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  MJG Associates is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 140 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.  The Foundation is a Nevada corporation having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.  LICT is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580. CIBL, Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 165 West Liberty Street, Suite 220, Reno, NV 89501.  ICTC Group Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 556 Main Street, Nome, North Dakota 58062.

For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"), reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) – Not applicable.

(e) – Not applicable.

Item 3 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

The Reporting Persons used an aggregate of approximately $12,790,397 to purchase the additional Securities reported as beneficially owned in Item 5 since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D.  GAMCO and Gabelli Funds used approximately $10,955,737 and $1,007,143, respectively, of funds that were provided through the accounts of certain of their investment advisory clients (and, in the case of some of such accounts at GAMCO, may be through borrowings from client margin accounts) in order to purchase the additional Securities for such clients. Mario Gabelli used approximately $362,253 of private funds to purchase the additional Securities reported by him. GCIA used approximately $211,253 of client funds to purchase the additional Securities reported by it. Foundation used approximately $14,498 of funds of a private entity to purchase the additional Securities reported by it. MJG Associates used approximately $239,513 of client funds to purchase the additional Securities reported by it.

Item 4.                   Purpose of Transaction

                Item 4 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

                              On January 31, 2018, GAMCO filed a press release regarding nominations to the Issuer's Board of Directors.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit A.

Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

 (a) The aggregate number of Securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is 11,570,745 shares, representing 16.54% of the approximately 69,937,489 Class A Common shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2017.  The Reporting Persons beneficially own those Securities as follows:

Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons.  GCIA is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by G.research.  AC, GBL and GGCP are deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Mario Gabelli and the Foundation.

(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that (i) GAMCO does not have the authority to vote 470,002 of its reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by the Funds so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in the Issuer and, in that event, the Proxy Voting Committee of each Fund shall respectively vote that Fund's shares, (iii) at any time, the Proxy Voting Committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such fund under special  circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and (iv) the power of Mario Gabelli, AC, GBL, and GGCP is indirect with respect to Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.

(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities which were effected during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 (e) Not applicable.

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: January 31, 2018

GGCP, INC.

MARIO J. GABELLI

GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.

MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.

By:/s/ David Goldman

     David Goldman

     Attorney-in-Fact

TETON ADVISORS, INC.

GABELLI FUNDS, LLC

     David Goldman

     General Counsel – Gabelli Funds, LLC

    Counsel-Teton Advisors, Inc.

  GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.

     Kevin Handwerker

                General Counsel & Secretary – GAMCO Investors, Inc.

ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

GABELLI & COMPANY INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.

     Douglas R. Jamieson

                    President & Chief Executive Officer – Associated Capital

Group, Inc.

      President – GAMCO Asset Management Inc.

      President – Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc.

SCHEDULE I

     Information with Respect to Executive

Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

                                              SCHEDULE II

                            INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO

                 TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR

                 SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)

                                   SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE

                        DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)

 COMMON STOCK-EW SCRIPPS COMPANY

          MARIO J. GABELLI

                       1/19/18            1,000            16.0800                                                              

                       1/17/18              500            15.9500

                       1/08/18            6,000            15.0948

                       1/05/18            4,000            15.3083

                       1/04/18            6,500            15.4000

                      12/20/17            3,500            15.9000

                      12/06/17            5,000-             *DO

          GABELLI & COMPANY INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.

                      12/20/17           10,000            15.9059

                      12/20/17            1,000            15.9000

            ALCE PARTNERS

                      12/20/17              500            15.9000

                      12/11/17              500-           15.1661                                                              

          MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.

             GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

                      12/20/17           15,000            15.9675

          GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

                       1/30/18            6,000-           16.6978

                       1/30/18            5,000            16.7160

                       1/29/18            1,000            16.8360

                       1/29/18            1,000-           16.8305

                       1/26/18            1,000            16.4800

                       1/26/18              483            16.7600

                       1/26/18            2,500-           16.4148

                       1/25/18              500            16.3900

                       1/25/18              500-           16.1500

                       1/24/18               28-             *DO

                       1/24/18            1,600-           15.9911

                       1/24/18            3,500            16.0000

                       1/24/18            2,000            15.9160

                       1/24/18            7,924            16.0001

                       1/24/18            2,171-             *DO

                       1/23/18            5,000            15.9657

                       1/23/18            1,000            15.9382

                       1/23/18            2,000            16.0725

                       1/23/18           13,065            16.0027

                       1/22/18           11,000            16.1230

                       1/22/18            2,930            16.0000

                       1/19/18            2,000            16.0400

                       1/18/18            4,000            15.9842

                       1/18/18            2,000            16.0966

                       1/18/18            5,000            16.0437

                       1/17/18           17,221            15.9749

                       1/16/18            6,479            15.9607

                       1/16/18           10,500            15.9298

                       1/16/18            5,000            15.9358

                       1/12/18            2,000            16.0700

                       1/12/18           10,196            16.0446

                       1/12/18              905-             *DO

                       1/11/18            7,000            16.1186

                       1/11/18            1,000            15.7440

                       1/11/18              700            16.0000

                       1/11/18            4,000-           16.2005

                       1/10/18            1,800            15.3736

                       1/09/18            4,306            15.3924

                       1/09/18              500            15.3900

                       1/08/18           15,993            15.1764

                       1/08/18              100-           15.2610

                       1/08/18           12,248            15.1799

                       1/08/18           15,000            15.1893

                       1/05/18           13,500            15.3396

                       1/05/18           22,000            15.3560

                       1/05/18           31,500            15.3410

                       1/04/18           14,783            15.3198

                       1/04/18           23,500            15.4803

                       1/04/18              500-           15.5242

                       1/03/18            2,000            15.3500

                       1/03/18            5,242            15.3600

                       1/03/18            9,103            15.3431

                       1/03/18            9,000            15.3448

                       1/02/18              200-             *DO

                       1/02/18              200-           15.6800

                      12/29/17            2,500            15.6450

                      12/29/17            1,500            15.6200

                      12/29/17            4,000            15.5800

                      12/29/17            2,512-           15.6664

                      12/29/17              506            15.6664

                      12/29/17            3,000-           15.6200

                      12/28/17            6,895            15.5826

                      12/28/17            1,500-           15.6500

                      12/28/17            4,000-           15.6016

                      12/28/17           12,284            15.5999

                      12/27/17            2,000-           15.6479

                      12/22/17           75,113            15.6808

                      12/22/17           19,860-           15.5827

                      12/22/17            5,000            15.8146

                      12/22/17           75,113            15.6808

                      12/22/17            2,000            15.8328

                      12/22/17            5,000            15.8146

                      12/22/17           15,000            15.8716

                      12/21/17           26,000            15.8588

                      12/21/17            6,000            15.9799

                      12/21/17            4,000-           15.9378

                      12/21/17            2,000-           15.9201

                      12/21/17            3,500-           15.9198

                      12/21/17            4,000            15.9357

                      12/21/17            4,000-           15.9143

                      12/21/17            4,000            15.9350

                      12/21/17            2,100            15.8990

                      12/20/17           43,500            15.9772

                      12/20/17            3,141            16.0000

                      12/19/17            2,000            16.0296

                      12/19/17            1,100-           16.0500

                      12/19/17           11,859            15.9981

                      12/18/17           24,000            16.0802

                      12/18/17            2,000            16.0788

                      12/18/17            2,900-           16.0952

                      12/18/17              500-           16.0701

                      12/18/17              700-           16.0000

                      12/18/17            5,000            16.0802

                      12/15/17            3,260-           15.6098

                      12/15/17            1,030            15.6098

                      12/15/17            3,000            15.8966

                      12/15/17            1,600-           15.6501

                      12/14/17            1,100-           15.3400

                      12/14/17            1,600-             *DO

                      12/13/17            1,000-           15.0940

                      12/13/17            1,800-           15.1400

                      12/13/17            1,000-           15.1397

                      12/13/17            1,000            15.1396

                      12/13/17            5,100            15.0205

                      12/12/17            2,500-           15.1635

                      12/11/17            1,200-           15.1132

                      12/11/17            5,307            15.2292

                      12/11/17            4,500-           15.1329

                      12/11/17            2,500-           15.2200

                      12/08/17              800-           15.3013

                      12/08/17            3,200-           15.3000

                      12/08/17              600-           15.3010

                      12/08/17            3,200-           15.2996

                      12/08/17              500-           15.2601

                      12/08/17              600            15.3009

                      12/08/17            3,200            15.2996

                      12/08/17            7,600-           15.3464

                      12/07/17            5,000-           15.4463

                      12/07/17            5,000            15.4366

                      12/06/17            1,000-           15.2500

                      12/06/17            5,748            15.3313

                      12/06/17           15,496-           15.3313

                      12/05/17            1,000-           15.6000

                      12/04/17            5,965            15.5285

                      12/04/17           10,000-           15.5045

                      12/04/17           14,118-           15.5285

          GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.

             GABELLI VALUE PLUS TRUST PLC

                       1/09/18           10,000            15.4800

                       1/09/18           12,000            15.3100

                       1/04/18            3,397            15.2963

                       1/03/18            1,603            15.3300

                      12/27/17            8,000            15.7200

             GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

                       1/08/18           10,000            15.1893

             GABELLI GLOBAL SMALL AND MIDCAP VALUE TRUST

                      12/21/17            2,377            15.8993

             GABELLI GLOBAL RISING INCOME AND DIVIDEND FUND

                       1/11/18            2,000            16.0806

                       1/05/18            4,000            15.3000

                       1/05/18            2,000            15.3900

             GABELLI ABC FUND

                       1/08/18           10,000            15.2500

(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED

    ON THE NYSE.

(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.

(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.