BBC news to cover fewer stories and centralise programme-making in bid to save £80m
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BBC is to cut 450 jobs from its news operation while covering fewer stories, the corporation has told staff, as part of an effort to save £80m.
The head of news, Fran Unsworth, announced on Wednesday that journalists at the corporation would increasingly be pooled in centralised teams rather than working for specific programmes, with an increased emphasis on its online output rather than its television and radio stations.