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NewsWeb and radio face BBC cuts, but extra £600m for content
The BBC’s Putting Quality First review will see it invest an extra £600m into programme-making after ringfencing 90p of every £1 of the licence fee for content.
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NewsBlog: BBC message is confused and confusing
I’m sure I’m not the only one sitting here scratching my head and wondering just what Mark Thompson’s strategy for the BBC is.
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NewsDyke ramps up pressure on Thompson
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has claimed Mark Thompson is paid too much and that BBC staff are failing to buy in to his vision for the corporation.
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NewsBBC daytime presenter dies at 32
To Buy or Not to Buy host Kristian Digby has been found dead at his home.
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NewsBBC to confirm "size and scope" cuts tomorrow
The BBC is to publish its size and scope review tomorrow morning, following Friday’s leak.
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NewsCommercial radio unmoved by potential BBC cuts
Commercial radio executives believe the possible closure of the BBC’s Asian Network and 6Music will have only negligible impact on the market.
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NewsBradshaw questions future of the licence fee
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has raised the possibility that the licence fee could be scrapped if Labour remain in power.
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News600 jobs at risk as BBC breaks silence
More than 600 BBC staff could lose their jobs under the size and scope review according to Bectu, which has just come out of tense discussions with BBC management.
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NewsNo word from DG on “tactical” cuts
Plans for sweeping cuts across the BBC have met with mixed reactions among employees – and online staff are furious that director general Mark Thompson has not been in touch about the changes.
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NewsRadio and web to bear brunt of BBC review
The BBC plans to axe digital radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network, halve the BBC website and cut spending on sport and imported shows, according to leaks from its size and scope review.
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BBC’s Samra: ‘There is no cash flow issue’
BBC business chief Bal Samra has denied the BBC is experiencing cash flow problems and assured producers that they can raise concerns with him without fear of losing business.
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NewsBBC slammed for £100m refurb overspend
The BBC’s refurbishment of Broadcasting House is running more than £100m over budget and four years late because of poor management, the National Audit Office has found.
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NewsDelia show crew owed £150,000
Freelancers who worked on BBC2’s Delia Through The Decades are owed a total of £150,000 - and the cooking superstar is herself about £50,000 out of pocket.
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NewsBBC3’s Cohen: ‘I haven’t had contact with C4’
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has quashed speculation that he is discussing a move to Channel 4.
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NewsBhaskar to star as immigrant doctor for BBC1 daytime series
Sanjeev Bhaskar is to star in the next BBC1 daytime drama, as a high-flying immigrant doctor who finds himself working in 1960s Wales.
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NewsBBC to apologise for "distorted" facts on Panorama
The BBC Trust has ordered an on-air apology from the BBC after en episode of Panorama “distorted known facts” and breached its own impartiality rules.
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NewsJamie Cullum gets R2 show
Jazz musician Jamie Cullum will present a new Tuesday night show on BBC Radio 2 from 6 April bumping Desmond Carrington’s programme to Friday nights.
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NewsR1 and 1Xtra swap top talent for fresh faces
The BBC is making two high profile changes to its DJ line-ups on Radio 1 and 1Xtra.
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NewsBBCW signs Universal Music TV deal
BBC Worldwide is to distribute all of Universal Music UK’s new television output after signing a long-term deal.
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NewsAnger at BBC over assisted dying
A Liberal Democrat peer and lawyer wants talks with BBC chiefs after complaining that the corporation’s coverage of the assisted dying issue is biased in favour of allowing the killing of badly ill relatives.