The BBC is cutting 185 jobs in a cost-saving measure, with the majority of those cuts coming from its news division, according to an internal memo.
BBC chief executive Deborah Turness made the announcement in a Tuesday email to staff, saying the cuts were part of an overall effort to trim costs. The cuts — which the publicly funded broadcaster said it plans on offsetting, at least a bit, by opening 55 new roles — will save the BBC £24 million, or about $31.2 million.
“We have worked hard to find savings that don’t require us to close roles,” Turness said in her email, which was obtained by the Press Gazette.