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BBC Cost Cutting Measures

20 Oct to 21 Oct

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Laura HardingEvening Standard
Steven McIntoshBBC
Gethin HicksDaily Mail
Ekin KarasinEvening Standard
Press AssociationThe Guardian
Craig PatonEvening Standard
Graham Grant Home AffairsDaily Mail
Graham GrantDaily Mail
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning Post

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The BBC is aiming to cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs - almost one in 10 - in an attempt to save £500m over two years as it faces "significant financial pressures".

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Television channels BBC Three and BBC Scotland are to close and the Radio 4 Extra radio station will be scrapped, as part of the corporation’s continuing drive to cut £500m in costs.

4 of 5 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from The Guardian

BBC Scotland will remain a channel on iPlayer, but will no longer be a broadcast channel on television.

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from Evening Standard

BBC Three content, which has a younger-skewing audience, will be available on BBC iPlayer and on other platforms, including YouTube.

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from Evening Standard

"While this follows media speculation, I recognise the confirmation of this news will be hard for audiences and colleagues."

3 of 5 outletsfirst reported 20 Octwording from BBC

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20 Oct
The BBC is aiming to cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs - almost one in 10 - in an attempt to save £500m over two years as it faces "significant financial pressures".
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Coverage 10 articles

21 Oct BBC slashes 100 jobs, pulls channels amid ‘immediate cost pressures’
South China Morning Post
20 Oct GRAHAM GRANT: BBC Scotland - the end of a misbegotten experiment which began life as a political fudge and quickly became a white elephant
Daily Mail
20 Oct BBC chiefs pull plug on controversial Scots channel amid £500m cuts drive
Daily Mail
20 Oct Moving BBC Scotland online ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Scottish Government
Evening Standard
20 Oct Moving BBC Scotland online risks leaving viewers behind, corporation warned
Evening Standard
20 Oct BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels to be shut down next year
The Guardian
20 Oct BBC Three and BBC Scotland channels to close in savage cost-cutting bid
Evening Standard
20 Oct BBC to axe 100 jobs in its News department and stop broadcasting BBC Three and BBC Scotland on TV as part of £500million cost-cutting drive
Daily Mail
20 Oct BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra channels to close
BBC
20 Oct BBC Three and BBC Scotland linear channels to close in cost-cutting bid
Evening Standard

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