ABC CUTS Key points: Federal Government cutting $254 million over 5 years from the ABC budget; More than 400 ABC staff - close to 10 per cent - could lose their jobs; Adelaide TV production studios to close; State-based 7.30 programs on Friday to be scrapped and replaced with national 7.30 program; Lateline moved to a new timeslot on ABC News 24; Foreign bureaux will be restructured to create multiplatform hubs in London, Washington, Jakarta and Beijing; The Auckland bureau will close down and a new Beirut post will be opened; Regional radio posts in Wagin, Morwell, Gladstone, Port Augusta and Nowra to close; ABC Local, Radio National and ABC Classic FM programming changed, with some programs scrapped; State-based local sports coverage scrapped; New regional division and ABC Digital Network, to begin in mid-2015, and a $20 million digital investment fund.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 07:07:21 +0000
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