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Posted on March 2, 2010 | tags

 
 

Biz: The BBC gets criticized for overreach, then scales back big time

  • 25% the amount the broadcasting company, which is subsidized by the British government, plans to cut its spending over the next few years
  • half of its Web pages will go bye-bye in the shake-up, along with BBC 6 Music, an alternative music radio station, and one other radio station
  • why? the broadcaster got a lot of criticism for moving away from its original purpose and competing with commercial networks source
 
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