The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced radical changes that will see over 380 journalists lose jobs worldwide.
In an internal email seen by Nairobileo.co.ke on Thursday, September 29, BBC announced proposals that would lead to the digital structural transformation of the World Service with aim of serving global audiences better.
"We need to immediately reduce our spend on international news content and services by £28.5m, and prioritise budget and resources on the content and platforms that will provide us with the best foundations for the future in each language service as we continue to evolve and develop our digital offer just as our audiences and markets evolve.
“We expect there will be reduction of around 380 roles in total around the world, including the UK. This total number also includes roles in news Content and News output, as well as Operations,” BBC World Service Director Liliane Landor said.
The proposals will see the British broadcaster slash a section of their programmes in different regions.
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The international broadcaster proposed to stop a number of word services among them Africa genre TV which offers programmes in English that include Business, Sport, Health, Children’s, She Word, The Breakdown, and Kenya Connects.
However, Lilane noted that the BBC would create new roles for digital output to serve the needs of their audience across the world.
“We are also proposing to create new roles, targeting more content creation for digital output as well as investing in training,” Liliane added
