After director general Mark Thompson's strategic review of the corporation's scope and activities, the organisation's overall web output and staff numbers could be reduced by 25 per cent, the Guardian claimed.
A source close to the BBC Trust told the newspaper that the strategic review is still 'at the stage of discussions', with no agreement, but cuts to staff look increasingly likely as the corporation looks to make every area of the operation more profitable.
'The proposed cuts would save £600m which would be reinvested in UK-originated content and are based on the assumption that the licence fee would be frozen in 2013,' it said.
Meanwhile, media and entertainment union BECTU has announced that Siemens IT staff employed at the BBC are balloting for industrial action over pay freezes.
A source close to the BBC Trust told the newspaper that the strategic review is still 'at the stage of discussions', with no agreement, but cuts to staff look increasingly likely as the corporation looks to make every area of the operation more profitable.
'The proposed cuts would save £600m which would be reinvested in UK-originated content and are based on the assumption that the licence fee would be frozen in 2013,' it said.
Meanwhile, media and entertainment union BECTU has announced that Siemens IT staff employed at the BBC are balloting for industrial action over pay freezes.
