Scripps preparing layoffs as local stations move toward automated systems

The E. W. Scripps Company is readying the issuance of pink slips at several of its local television stations across the country as the broadcaster finalizes some of its transactions and installs new automated systems at a few of its news-producing outlets. Starting last week, executives at some of the affected stations held readiness meetings with newsroom, creative services and sales workers to inform them about the changes, according to three sources who spoke with The Desk on background. Those meetings continued on Monday and are expected to conclude by the end of the week. Among the topics covered in the readiness meetings was an ongoing initiative at Scripps to incorporate more automated systems into the company’s local news and creative services processes, some of which involve artificial intelligence, the sources said. As part of the transformation, a number of … Read more