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| Thousands of recipes 'to be removed from BBC website' | Thousands of recipes 'to be removed from BBC website' |
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| More than 11,000 archived recipes will be removed from the BBC website as part of a review of the corporation's online output, it has been reported. | |
| The move is understood to form part of a plan to cut £15m from the corporation's online budget and focus on distinctive public service content. | The move is understood to form part of a plan to cut £15m from the corporation's online budget and focus on distinctive public service content. |
| TV show recipes will be posted online but only made available for 30 days. | |
| A BBC source said online services had to be "high-quality, distinctive, and offer genuine public value". | A BBC source said online services had to be "high-quality, distinctive, and offer genuine public value". |
| It follows the publication of the government's White Paper on the future of the BBC last week. | It follows the publication of the government's White Paper on the future of the BBC last week. |
| What is the BBC White Paper about? | What is the BBC White Paper about? |
| What is the government proposing? | What is the government proposing? |
| James Harding, director of BBC news and current affairs, is expected to brief staff later about the future of online services and the BBC television channels. | James Harding, director of BBC news and current affairs, is expected to brief staff later about the future of online services and the BBC television channels. |
| A BBC source said: "What we do has to be high quality, distinctive, and offer genuine public value. | A BBC source said: "What we do has to be high quality, distinctive, and offer genuine public value. |
| "While our audiences expect us to be online, we have never sought to be all things to all people and the changes being announced will ensure that we are not." | "While our audiences expect us to be online, we have never sought to be all things to all people and the changes being announced will ensure that we are not." |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| BBC reporter, Catriona Renton | BBC reporter, Catriona Renton |
| The BBC food website has recipes ranging from how to bake bread, to mastering the perfect lobster thermidor. | The BBC food website has recipes ranging from how to bake bread, to mastering the perfect lobster thermidor. |
| There are more than 500 ideas for salads and 3,628 recipes for pies alone. | There are more than 500 ideas for salads and 3,628 recipes for pies alone. |
| But as part of the BBC's aim to offer a slimmed-down, distinctive online service, these are set to be taken off the menu. | But as part of the BBC's aim to offer a slimmed-down, distinctive online service, these are set to be taken off the menu. |
| Archived menus, many from BBC cookery shows, will be removed and in future recipes from programmes will only be available for a 30-day period. | Archived menus, many from BBC cookery shows, will be removed and in future recipes from programmes will only be available for a 30-day period. |
| 'Distinctive content' | 'Distinctive content' |
| Last year, Chancellor George Osborne said the BBC website was becoming "a bit more imperial in its ambitions". | Last year, Chancellor George Osborne said the BBC website was becoming "a bit more imperial in its ambitions". |
| "If you've got a website that's got features and cooking recipes - effectively the BBC website becomes the national newspaper as well as the national broadcaster. | "If you've got a website that's got features and cooking recipes - effectively the BBC website becomes the national newspaper as well as the national broadcaster. |
| "There are those sorts of issues we need to look at very carefully," he said. | "There are those sorts of issues we need to look at very carefully," he said. |
| Outlining the White Paper, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said the BBC must put "distinctive content" at its heart. | Outlining the White Paper, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said the BBC must put "distinctive content" at its heart. |
| He announced the licence fee will continue for at least 11 years and will be linked to inflation - and viewers will need to pay it to use BBC iPlayer at the same time. | He announced the licence fee will continue for at least 11 years and will be linked to inflation - and viewers will need to pay it to use BBC iPlayer at the same time. |
| He also announced a requirement for all employees and freelancers who earn more than £450,000 to be named. | He also announced a requirement for all employees and freelancers who earn more than £450,000 to be named. |