BBC announces 550 job cuts as first part of £500m savings plan
In an email to staff, the corporation laid out proposals for the initial 200 job losses in the news division.
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Notable Quotes
"The scale of savings requires tough choices, careful work and won't all be ready at once."
— Matt Brittin , Executive
"I'm not sure how you can make informed decisions about the long-term future of the organisation when it will be in a substantially diminished place at the end of the process than the beginning."
— Philippa Childs , Activist
"Previous cuts have meant that our members are already being asked to do more with less, and are at serious risk of burnout."
— John Sailing , Activist
"I was very sad to hear the news of the cuts."
— Robin Lustig , Celebrity
Key People
National organiser for the broadcasting sector at the National Union of Journalists.
Interim CEO of BBC News who outlined the job cut proposals.
Director-general of the BBC, previously a Google executive.
Head of media and entertainment union Bectu.
Former presenter of Radio 4's The World Tonight.
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In an email to staff, the corporation laid out proposals for the initial 200 job losses in the news division.
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