{"id":1003310,"date":"2026-04-16T11:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1003310"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:34:26","slug":"bbc-layoffs-up-to-2000-jobs-to-be-cut-in-biggest-downsizing-in-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/04\/16\/bbc-layoffs-up-to-2000-jobs-to-be-cut-in-biggest-downsizing-in-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC layoffs: Up to 2,000 jobs to be cut in biggest downsizing in 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC layoffs: The BBC is set to cut up to 2,000 jobs in what is expected to be its largest workforce reduction in 15 years, as part of a broader cost-cutting effort aimed at reshaping the public broadcaster for a rapidly evolving media landscape. <\/p>\n<p>Employees were informed about the planned cuts during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday, with the reductions expected to impact nearly 10 per cent of the organisation\u2019s 21,500-strong workforce. The move comes ahead of leadership changes, with Matt Brittin scheduled to take over as director general next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC layoffs: The BBC is set to cut up to 2,000 jobs in what is expected to be its largest workforce reduction in 15 years, as part of a broader cost-cutting effort aimed at reshaping the public broadcaster for a rapidly evolving media landscape. Employees were informed about the planned cuts during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday, with the reductions expected to impact nearly 10 per cent of the organisation\u2019s 21,500-strong workforce. The move comes ahead of leadership changes, with Matt Brittin scheduled to take over as director general next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}