The BBC is back in the news with more talks of cuts and savings. The Guardian reports that BBC director general is looking for additional cost savings of 20% – about £400m – over the next six years. One of the ways Thompson plans to cut costs is by reducing the amount spent on online services by 25%. This might sound like a drastic saving. But it masks the fact that

The BBC strategic review (PDF) of its services has been widely covered in the media, with much of the focus on the scrapping of 6 Music and cuts to BBC Online. Buried in the document is a phrase that is reminiscent of how big media used to talk about the Internet a decade ago. In a discussion of public space in the digital age, the review talks about the “vast

News staff at the BBC are gearing up for a tough week, with wide-ranging job cuts expected to be announced on Wednesday. That’s when BBC director general, Mark Thompson, meets the BBC Trust to gain final approval for his plan to save 3% a year and plug an estimated £2bn funding gap. There has been acres of coverage in the media about the expected cuts. As the fateful day draws