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BBC to cut 550 jobs in cost-saving drive

The cuts are part of cost-saving plans under its new director-general

BBC's downsizing plans are expected to result in a total of about 2,000 jobs lost to save hundreds of millions of pounds.

BBC to cut hundreds of jobs in Britain in news division downsize: report

Departments across the corporation have been ordered to cut about a tenth of their costs

The BBC is undergoing significant changes as it brings in former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director general, starting May 18.

BBC set to cut as many as 2,000 jobs as broadcaster trims costs

The company is primarily funded by UK households paying a flat annual license fee, sometimes critically described as a tax

The BBC will begin to make tailored shows for YouTube, which will subsequently be featured on the British broadcaster’s iPlayer and Sounds platforms.

BBC to strike content deal with YouTube

It will allow BBC to generate more money by showing advertising when these programmes are shown outside Britain

US President Trump’s lawyers say the BBC caused him overwhelming reputational and financial harm.

Trump sues the BBC for defamation over editing of speech, seeks up to US$10 billion in damages

Other media, including CBS and ABC, have settled with Trump in the past

Trump’s lawyers sent the BBC a letter Monday accusing it of defaming the president with the video of the speech before the 2021 US Capitol riot .

Trump says will sue BBC for up to US$5 billion over video edit

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said Friday (Nov 14) he would sue the BBC for up to US$5 billion after the British broadcaster apologised for a misleading edit of one of his speeches but said it would not p...

The BBC has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after its director general and head of news quit following criticism about its standards and accusations of bias, including over the Trump speech.

UK's Starmer tells BBC to get 'house in order' after Trump legal threat

[LONDON] British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he supported a strong and independent BBC but the public broadcaster must get its “house in order” after US President Donald Trump threatened to sue o...

US President Donald Trump’s lawyers gave the British broadcaster a deadline of Friday to fully retract the documentary containing the edit, apologise and “appropriately compensate” the president “for the harm caused.”

Trump threatens BBC with US$1 billion lawsuit over speech edit

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a US$1 billion lawsuit over the “defamatory, malicious” editing of a speech he gave just before the 2021 US Capitol riots, according to a letter o...

Tim Davie, who has led the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) since 2020, said he decided to leave after “reflecting on the very intense personal and professional demands of managing this role over many years in these febrile times”.

BBC boss and head of news quit after Trump documentary edit criticism

Trump welcomes the departures, calling the two “very dishonest people”

Presenter Gregg Wallace (R) has denied making “inappropriate” sexual jokes and comments after more than a dozen people came forward last week with allegations spanning a 17-year period.

BBC under pressure over harassment claims against star cooking presenter

The furore is the latest scandal to hit the taxpayer-funded British broadcaster