BBC cuts 90 jobs in news; TELLY 2.BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. News announced yesterday it will axe nearly 90 jobs in the next year. The bulk of the cuts - to be in newsgathering news·gath·er·ing adj. Of, relating to, or involving the research and reportage of news: a worldwide newsgathering operation. news - will save around pounds 155million. Big names, such as news anchorman Huw Edwards, will remain unaffected. The cuts will be complete by the start of April 2010. The BBC plans to plough over pounds 70million into areas such as foreign coverage and on-demand news. A spokesman said: "The BBC is working hard to minimise compulsory redundancies. It is a tough, but necessary process." CAPTION(S): UNAFFECTED Huw Edwards |
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