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E.W. Scripps to Become an ‘AI-Powered Broadcast Journalism Company’ After Sweeping Layoffs
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Scripps has cut 12% of its workforce this year as the high-profile TV station group embraces artificial intelligence and automation in a sweeping overhaul of its news operations to become an “AI-powered broadcast journalism company.”
That includes 268 layoffs disclosed earlier this week, most of which affected employees at the company’s local television stations.
Symson said the company is moving toward a 24-hour streaming news model and aims to turn its local station group into a “technology-forward, AI-powered broadcast journalism company.”
Scripps’ overhaul comes as the economics of local television remain under pressure.
In addition to its local television stations, Scripps owns the ION broadcast network.