BBC cuts
BBC World Service cuts to cost broadcaster 30m listeners
Global news director Peter Horrocks has confirmed that the cuts will result in around 650 job cuts and the loss of 30m listeners worldwide
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 26/01/11BBC World Service to axe up to 650 jobs following cuts
Five language services will be closed as the service seeks to make savings of £67m over the next four years
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 26/01/11BBC World Service journalists plan protest for cuts announcement tomorrow
Members of the National Union of Journalists working at the World Service will protest against job losses expected after cuts of around £67 million over four years
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25/01/11BBC Journalism division tops newly-published senior management salary list
Licence fee-funded senior managers within the division earn a combined salary of almost £17 million, with 40 of those earning more than £100,000
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 20/01/11Strike plans at BBC Arabic condemned by broadcaster
The dispute arises from changes to work rotas, which the National Union of Journalists claims have been 'imposed by management'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 17/01/11BBC director general targets 20% cuts over next four years
Director general Mark Thompson has increased the corporation's savings target from 16% to 20% - around $400m
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 13/01/11BBC Trust confirms 25% cut to broadcaster's online budget
Launching the trust's new strategy guidelines this morning, chairman Sir Michael Lyons said he was aware of 'a very high level of anxiety about the BBC's online activities'
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 14/12/10BBC World Service delays announcement on job losses
Job cuts stemming from spending review agreement will not be announced until January 2011
Posted by Laura Oliver on 24/11/10New BBC strikes set as NUJ members reject pension offer
Members of the NUJ who work at the BBC have voted to reject the broadcaster's proposals, but all other unions settle
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28/10/10NUJ chief predicts BBC members will reject new pensions offer
Fresh strike ballot opens tomorrow and union general secretary Jeremy Dear says action is 'inevitable' unless the broadcaster reviews its position
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 12/10/10BBC strikes called off after improved offer on pensions
Staff unions NUJ, BECTU and Unite have announced strikes planned for next week's Tory Party conference will not go ahead after 'significantly improved' offer on pensions
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 01/10/10BBC pension dispute: NUJ calls for co-ordinated action from trade unions
Speaking at the Trades Union Congress 2010, NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear said it was important for the TUC to support the union in its action against BBC proposals
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 15/09/10BBC unions set strike dates over pension dispute
BECTU, NUJ and Unite serve broadcaster with strike notice for Tory party conference dates as talks continue with members
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13/09/10BBC staff vote to strike over pensions
More than 90 per cent of members across three unions vote in favour of strike action over proposed changes to broadcaster's pension scheme
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 01/09/10NUJ submits 1,100-signature petition to BBC over pension proposals
Petition calls on BBC trustees to meet with staff over controversial pension scheme changes
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 24/08/10Staff unions accuse BBC of double standards over pension pot
NUJ and BECTU criticise broadcaster following pension top-up allegations. BBC claims they are 'contractual arrangements which are declining in real terms'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 28/07/10Unions to ballot for strike action as BBC refuses to drop pension plans
NUJ, Bectu and Unite will ballot for strike action after broadcaster refuses to withdraw 90-day consultation period
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/07/10Unions warn of strikes as BBC pay and pensions talks collapse
Broadcaster's proposals include closing their final salary scheme to newcomers and capping the growth of pensionable salaries of existing members to one per cent
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'There's no fat to cut away here': BBC Sussex staff join nationwide strikes
BBC journalists in Brighton manned a picket line from 4am as part of nation-wide strikes by NUJ members at the broadcaster
Posted by Joel Gunter on 1 August 2011BBC to close down Religion and Ethics messageboards
'Relatively few' users results in the closure of BBC Religion and Ethics message boards, but a blog will rise from the ashes
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 June 2011Guardian: BBC proposal to 'pool' journalists across Today, Newsnight and Panorama
BBC News director Helen Boaden outlined the idea of a pooled team of journalists to staff on Tuesday, the Guardian reports
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 May 2011Switched off: Two more BBC World Service languages have ceased broadcasting
BBC Caribbean Service and the BBC Russian Service have broadcast their final programmes after seven decades of service
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 28 March 2011BBC announces special swansong for Russian-language broadcasts
A week of special programmes sees the end of the BBC Russian service in March, with a live weekend programme titled Pyatiy Etazh
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 24 March 2011Independent: BBC savings have to come from somewhere
BBC Delivering Quality First review attempts to find ways of coping with no increase in the licence fee for the next five years through cuts
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 23 March 2011'Hope will be denied to millions of our listeners': World Service staff protest against cuts
Rachel McAthy reports from the NUJ protest against cuts outside the BBC World Service offices
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 26 January 2011BBC Internet Blog: Domains earmarked for closure by the end of the year
The BBC Trust has revealed up to 360 posts within BBC Online are to be cut by 2013 and there are plans to halve the number of 'top level domains'
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25 January 2011Guardian: Cuts will see World Service merged with BBC News, says Thompson
BBC Director general Mark Thompson said in an interview with the Media Guardian he aims to save half a billion pounds a year by slashing overheads
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 6 December 2010#bbcstrike: What's going on at the BBC today?
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Posted by Laura Oliver on 5 November 2010Guardian: Hundreds of jobs at risk at BBC World Service
Government funding cuts in BBC World Service funding will result in job losses at the 'staff-heavy' organisation, says Peter Horrocks, director of BBC Global News
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 4 November 2010BECTU members apply to NUJ in order to join BBC strikes
Activists from the media and entertainment union Bectu are applying to join the National Union of Journalists so they can take part in planned strike action at the BBC over pensions
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 3 November 2010Details of BBC funding cuts leaked ahead of spending review
George Osbourne's comprehensive spending review outlining the changes the government has made to BBC funding is formally announced after leaks
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 20 October 2010BBC staff unions to hold meetings on scheduled strike dates
The NUJ, BECTU and Unite hold meetings to allow members to put further questions to union officials about the BBC pensions row
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 October 2010BBC unions prepare staff for strike action
The NUJ and BECTU have published a Q&A for members about the strikes over pension proposals at the BBC
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 29 September 2010BBC pensions update - strike ballot result expected today
BBC staff unions are expected to announce the result of a ballot for strike action following pension proposals which could see the introduction of a one per cent cap on increases in pensionable salary and the closure of the final-salary scheme to new joiners
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 1 September 2010NUJ Release: Thousands of BBC journalists to strike over compulsory redundancy risk
The focus of industrial action will be the World Service's South Asian section where up to 20 positions are at risk of being cut
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Foreign Affairs Committee announces inquiry into World Service cuts
The committee will take oral evidence from representatives of World Service staff, management, and the government
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 27/01/11