BBC Sport to axe news bulletins and cut senior journalist posts
Summarised from 4 outlets · Updated 25 Sept, 12:38 · Archive
The BBC is axing sports bulletins and cutting seven journalist posts, including four senior roles.
The BBC is cutting costs by axing sports bulletins on its news channel and eliminating seven journalism jobs in BBC Sport, including four senior posts. The cuts are part of broader cost-saving measures aimed at reducing spending by £500m and cutting as many as 2,000 staff by 2028. Staff morale is reported to be low, with some considering strike action.
How it is being reported
- ‘It’s mutiny’: Inside the ‘brutal’ BBC Sport cuts – with radio and TV nextMorale among BBC staff ‘at all-time low’ with TV channel axe and radio closures set to follow Sport cutsThe i Paper · 25 Sept, 10:30
- BBC begin 'systematic dismantling of TV sports news' in brutal new cost-slashing with top journalists told their jobs are at risk and furious staff considering strikesBBC Sport staff have been told that their jobs are at risk with seven journalists' jobs to be cut - including four senior roles - as part of cost-cutting across the corporation.Daily Mail Sport · 23 Sept, 16:16
- BBC to axe sports bulletins on its news channelCuts are part of plan to save £500m and lose as many as 2,000 staff by 2028 The BBC is to axe sports bulletins on its news channel and make more senior journalists redundant, as the corporation begins to unveil a series of painful cost-saving measures. Lunchtime and overnight bulletins that currently appear on the BBC News channel will no longer be shown, according to internal announcements made to staff. Continue reading...The Guardian · 23 Sept, 13:54
- BBC Sport confirms further cuts as furious staff left weighing up strike actionBBC Sport have confirmed more cost-cutting moves which will see their news bulletins canned with some staff having to sit exams in order to retain their jobsThe Mirror · 23 Sept, 12:15
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