14-10-2023, 01:02 PM
(11-10-2023, 08:56 PM)thePineapple Wrote: bosses might decide to steer the show away from investigative journalism by slashing its budget.It looks like that's the way the program is going
Quote:While the show – whose viewing figures, like those of most news programmes on traditional television, have been falling – is expected to continue, insiders say its format is likely to change drastically. Its team of eight dedicated reporters is likely to be reduced, and reported films may make way for a debate and interview-style programme.And of course the whole reason the BBC is needing to make enormous cuts to it's budgets is because of 13+ years of a government that's actively hostile to the very idea of a publicly funded broadcaster........
Quote:Newsnight’s travails come against a backdrop of successive Conservative cuts that have left its funding for UK services 30% lower in real terms than a decade ago. In January last year, the then culture secretary, Nadine Dorries – who barely disguised her dislike for the broadcaster – froze the licence fee at £159 until April 2024, forcing it to make cuts of £285m a year.
The fee will then increase in line with inflation, and the BBC’s royal charter – which sets out the corporation’s mission, purpose and funding model – will be up for renewal at the end of 2027.
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