Scripps Pursues Round of Buyouts, Layoffs

The E. W. Scripps Company initiated a new round of layoffs and buyout offers on Tuesday in an effort to reduce debt, The Desk reports. The job reductions are affecting nearly all Scripps-owned stations throughout the country. Layoffs are hitting some non-union workers in the information technology and broadcast engineering units. Union reporters, photographers and graphic designers have received buyout offers. Many Scripps stations are using a new production technique called “Stacker,” where newsroom managers assemble 30- or 60-minute newscasts out of recorded segments.