26-01-2023, 05:51 PM
(26-01-2023, 05:24 PM)ginnyfan Wrote: They might as well close down the news division if they ditch Newsnight. It's a historic BBC News program and should stay, no matter the damn ratings. If that's gonna be the focus they should start airing ads and solve all of their financials problems.
I'm completely with you on the importance of Newsnight, I just suspect the key part to your answer is the 'historic' bit. Management are fundamentally re-imagining how the BBC works. Will there always be a place for a Newsnight type programme? Almost certainly. Will that look and feel like a Newsnight programme in a studio with guests and a features wall? Possibly not.
I really can't emphasise enough how profound some of these changes are to the culture and character of News programme as we know it. I quite agree that some of the coverage/comments around the news channels merger has a tendency towards hyperbole but the behind the scenes restructuring of teams--often not talked about at all--will have an effect.
As for airing ads, broadly conceived, that's exactly why World News isn't closing and the UK based operation is.