BBC to cut 1,800 jobs as it confronts digital age
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Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC,  announced plans on Thursday to cut 1,800 jobs and integrate its  TV, radio and Internet news operations to confront the  digital-age shift away from traditional media.
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The BBC is to take a restructuring charge of more than Â£100m for the biggest shake-up at the publicly-funded broadcaster in a decade.
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The BBC today confirmed plans to axe 2,900 jobs over the next three years under moves to make savings of Â£320 million. In a special message to staff, director general Mark Thompson said
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LOS ANGELES  In some of the harshest cutbacks in the public broadcaster&#39;s 89-year history, the BBC announced plans on Tuesday (Dec. 7) to cut roughly 10 percent of its workforce over the next three years.
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Stepping up an overhaul of its big technology services business, high-tech conglomerate IBM Corp. yesterday notified 1,570 employees worldwide that their jobs are being eliminated.
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Radio presenter John Humphrys urges the BBC to consider axing its digital TV channels.
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LONDON The British Broadcasting Corporation has announced a major cost-cutting move, eliminating about 29-hundred jobs or more than a-tenth of its work force.
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BBC staff are bracing themselves for possible mass redundancies as a radical restructuring plan is due to be announced by the corporation.
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CABLE &amp; Wireless has unveiled another round of job cuts, with the announcement that it plans to reduce its head count in the UK and Continental Europe by 600.
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The BBC has announced one of the biggest shake-ups in its history, with plans to axe at least 10 percent of its workforce and trim 320 million pounds in costs.
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UK firm BAE Systems plans to cut 1,396 jobs in the UK, citing a shortage of orders.
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Company plans to cut up to 7000 jobs this year as it transitions to digital technologies.
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9.15am: The BBC has closed a Â£2bn deal with Siemens Business Services for the contracting out of its technology wing. The ten-year Technology Framework Contract, approved by the government, will see the corporation save an estimated Â£30m a year.
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The BBC's plans for the next six years include more TV repeats, and 1,800 redundancies.
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News International, the UK newspaper arm of News Corp, says it will cut its 1,000 person production staff by two-thirds and move its London printing facilities from Wapping to Enfield.
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Dismayed BBC staff sat stonyfaced in newsrooms and offices across the country as the news of today&#39;s savage job cuts hit their computer screens.
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The hundreds of digital TV channels will pale into insignificance alongside the vast number that will become available over the internet, a West Midlands expert has said.