BBC
News to
Slash at
Least 500
Jobs: Report
The British Broadcasting Company will
Slash 500 jobs from its
News department as well as dozens from its radio division, according to a report
The cuts would represent around 6% of the entire
News force for Britain's state media outlet, a move that could escalate tensions that have already emerged between management and the union that represents BBC journalists
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Layoffs will happen slowly over the next two years, according to
the report from Forbes.
Relations between the BBC's union employees and the organization's administration have been strained. The media outlet has embarked on a multi-year effort, called
Delivering Quality First, in an attempt to cut costs
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