E.W. Scripps is forging ahead with a companywide transformation that includes the elimination of 431 positions.

CEO Adam Symson announced the job cuts Tuesday, marking the second wave of layoffs this year. In August, 268 employees were let go. Most notable among that group were news anchors at some stations.

At the same time, Scripps’ WMAR-TV in Baltimore debuted newscasts without anchors. The anchorless format is part of a broader effort to cut costs and change how Scripps produces and distributes local news.

“We’re leaning into AI, automation, technology and the centralization of some roles,” Symson said during Scripps’ most recent earnings call.

The changes amount to a significant bet on a different model for local TV news: fewer traditional studio roles, more journalists reporting from the field and greater reliance on automation and centralized resources.…