Sign of the Times: BBC’s news operation to cut as many as 2,000 jobs
The BBC staff has been warned that its news operation faces a 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as the corporation pushes through a cost-savings plan, states The Guardian.
The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation attempts to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years.
Last month, staff were informed that, on average across the BBC, about 10% of the corporation’s 21,500 employees would be affected as part of a cost-cutting plan, but it was not clear at the time that news operations would see even deeper cuts.
The development comes as Matt Brittin, the former top Google executive, takes over as the corporation’s new director general
Richard Burgess, the director of news and content, who is responsible for more than 800 journalists, said on a video call that the entire news division can expect to have to make cost cuts of “around 15%”, with job cuts a major focus, reports The Guardian.
