BBC staff strike as new director general warns of âtough choicesâ on his first day
Matt Brittin begins task of finding budget cuts as World Service and Radio 4 journalists protest against plan to increase workloadsMatt Brittin, the BBCâs new director general, has warned staff that âtough choices are unavoidableâ under his tenure, as his first day coincided with a strike by a group of the corporationâs journalists.Brittin, formerly Googleâs most senior executive in Europe, arrived at the corporationâs New Broadcasting House while a group of journalists from the World Serviceâs flagship show Newshour and Radio 4âs The World Tonight were picketing in response to a plan to increase their workloads. Continue reading...
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