EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees are expected to be updated on the British broadcaster’s plans to save an additional £500M ($675M) over the coming years.
In an internal email, the BBC told members of staff to join a town hall meeting on Wednesday, when they will be updated on “savings plans.” Employees were informed that “everyone should attend.”
The meeting will be led by Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s interim director general; CFO Bérangère Michel; and John Curbishley, the corporation’s chief strategy and transformation officer.
The savings briefing comes after the BBC announced in February that it planned to slash its cost base by £500M over the next three years, exapanding on an existing target worth £1.5B.
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One insider said the meeting sounded “ominous,” with employees bracing for news about potential job cuts or a voluntary redundancy scheme.
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