{"id":42113,"date":"2020-02-22T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42113"},"modified":"2020-02-21T12:49:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:49:59","slug":"sky-news-bbc-could-be-forced-to-sell-radio-stations-in-massive-pruning-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/sky-news-bbc-could-be-forced-to-sell-radio-stations-in-massive-pruning-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky News: “BBC could be forced to sell radio stations in ‘massive pruning back'”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Sky News<\/a> via Dan Van Hoy)<\/p>\n

The number of TV channels could also be reduced, the website scaled back and stars banned from taking well-paid second jobs.<\/p>\n

[…]The Sunday Times quoted a senior Downing Street source as saying that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “really strident” on the need for serious reform at the national broadcaster.<\/p>\n

The number of TV channels could be reduced, the website scaled back and stars banned from taking well-paid second jobs, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n

There will also be a consultation on replacing the licence fee with a subscription model, the source said, adding: “We are not bluffing on the licence fee.<\/p>\n

“We are having a consultation and we will whack it. It has got to be a subscription model.<\/p>\n

“They’ve got hundreds of radio stations, they’ve got all these TV stations and a massive website. The whole thing needs massive pruning back.<\/p>\n

“They should have a few TV stations, a couple of radio stations and massively curtailed online presence and put more money and effort into the World Service which is part of its core job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at Sky News.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Sky News via Dan Van Hoy) The number of TV channels could also be reduced, the website scaled back and stars banned from taking well-paid second jobs. 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