The BBC is to cut as many as 2,000 jobs, affecting 10% of its 21,500 employees, in what is being described as the biggest scaling back in 15 years.
According to The Guardian, staff at the broadcaster were to be informed of the cuts on Wednesday afternoon in an all-staff meeting, with interim director general Rhodri Talfan Davies expected to announce the redundancies.
News of the cuts — representing the biggest job cuts at the BBC since 2011 — come before top Google
Tiny network? You might be confusing them with something else. They have about a dozen TV stations and about 50 radio stations which, more crucially, produce almost all original programming. They're also one of the few larger news organisations still doing investigative journalism. 20k people seems more than reasonable when you look at everything they do. I don't think the US even has a media company which produces even remotely as much original content.
This has been going on for decades. AI is just the next excuse to put more work and longer hours on those that survive layoffs.
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The BBC is to cut as many as 2,000 jobs, affecting 10% of its 21,500 employees, in what is being described as the biggest scaling back in 15 years.
According to The Guardian, staff at the broadcaster were to be informed of the cuts on Wednesday afternoon in an all-staff meeting, with interim director general Rhodri Talfan Davies expected to announce the redundancies.
News of the cuts — representing the biggest job cuts at the BBC since 2011 — come before top Google