{"id":838076,"date":"2025-03-31T16:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/scripps-hit-by-layoffs-at-local-stations-as-media-cuts-continue\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:13:08","slug":"scripps-hit-by-layoffs-at-local-stations-as-media-cuts-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/scripps-hit-by-layoffs-at-local-stations-as-media-cuts-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripps Hit by Layoffs at Local Stations as Media Cuts Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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E.W. Scripps has started laying off employees at a number of its local TV stations this week, adding to a growing list of media jobs that have been cut in 2025. <\/p>\n

The exact number of people being laid off is unclear. A rep for Scripps did not immediately respond to TheWrap\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Scripps owns 61 stations in 41 markets and is one of the largest local TV station operators in the country. In 2023, the last time for which full-year data is available, Scripps was ranked ninth overall<\/a> among national TV operators in terms of annual revenue, with $1.38 billion.<\/p>\n

A person familiar with Scripps told TheWrap that some employees were notified of the layoffs on Monday. <\/p>\n

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The layoffs at Scripps come a month after Tegna announced it would be cutting jobs and, at the end of 2024, both Nexstar<\/a> and Gray Television announced layoffs as well; Scripps\u2019 layoffs also follow the company\u2019s decision to cut more than 200 jobs<\/a> and wind down its national news programming in September; the national news network ended its over-the-air broadcasts in Nov., but remains on major streaming and connected TV platforms. <\/p>\n

More details about the layoffs could be shared next week, when Scripps reports its fourth quarter earnings on March 11.<\/p>\n

These new layoffs add to a brutal start to the year for the media industry. Indiewire let go of three top editors last month, Forbes cut 5% of its staff in late January and Vox was recently hit by its\u00a0third round of job cuts<\/a>\u00a0in just two months;\u00a0The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Huffington Post<\/a>\u00a0also laid off employees last month.<\/p>\n

This recent stretch follows an ugly 2024 in which\u00a0nearly 15,000 media jobs were eliminated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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