{
  "id": 272036,
  "title": "E.W. Scripps CEO Briefs Wall Street On Major Layoffs, Touts AI “Revolution” In Local TV News",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/e-w-scripps-ceo-briefs-wall-street-on-major-layoffs-touts-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-07T16:31:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/ew-scripps-layoffs-ai-local-tv-1237028507/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "E.W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson briefed Wall Street analysts Friday on the company’s “transformation plan,” which has entailed cutting 12% of its total workforce amid an embrace of AI. The layoffs, mostly at the company’s local TV stations, come as the company adopts a 24-hour streaming news model enabled by artificial intelligence. Symson rose through […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}