BBC says it faces 'unprecedented' funding challenge

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LONDON: The BBC said Monday (Mar 31) its real income has fallen by US$1.3 billion a year compared to 2010 as it warned of “unprecedented” challenges to funding its content.  “Without intervention, it will be difficult to maintain the current ambition and volume of UK content,” the BBC said in its strategic plan for the year ahead.Continue Reading

Trump administration begins mass layoffs at Voice of America

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SWEEPING CUTS Trump signed an executive order on Friday targeting VOA’s parent US Agency for Global Media in his latest sweeping cuts to the federal government. The agency had 3,384 employees in the 2023 fiscal year. It had requested US$950 million for the current fiscal year. The sweeping cuts alsoContinue Reading