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BBC unveils shake-up of online services including recipes website | |
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The BBC has announced that a number of websites, including BBC Food and Newsbeat, are to close as part of plans to save £15m. | |
The online News Magazine will also close but "long-form journalism" will continue under a current affairs banner. | |
Local news indexes for more than 40 geographical areas around the country will close. | |
The BBC's Travel website will also be axed. | |
Separately, plans are being considered to merge the News Channel with the BBC's international 24-hour television news service. | |
The proposals were announced on Tuesday by head of BBC news and current affairs James Harding. | |
Mr Harding said the internet required "the BBC to redefine itself, but not its mission". | Mr Harding said the internet required "the BBC to redefine itself, but not its mission". |
He said: "The BBC must also be clear about what it will not do online. It cannot be all things to all people." | |
The online creative review, revealed on Tuesday, sets out savings of more than £15 million, around 15% of the editorial budget. | |
The proposals, subject to approval, include: | The proposals, subject to approval, include: |
• Close the iWonder service, redeploying its formats across BBC Online | • Close the iWonder service, redeploying its formats across BBC Online |
• Integrate Newsbeat output into BBC News Online, but close the separate Newsbeat site and app | • Integrate Newsbeat output into BBC News Online, but close the separate Newsbeat site and app |
• Stop running local news index web pages, offering instead an open stream on the rolling Local Live service | |
• Remove ring-fenced funding for iPlayer-only commissions | • Remove ring-fenced funding for iPlayer-only commissions |
• Reduce digital radio and music social media activity and additional programme content that is not core to services | • Reduce digital radio and music social media activity and additional programme content that is not core to services |
Food petition | |
All existing recipes on The BBC Food website - more than 11,000 of them - will be archived, although the commercial BBC Good Food website will remain. | |
Recipes from TV programmes will remain online for 30 days, but the planned end to the BBC's Food website has had a strong reaction. | Recipes from TV programmes will remain online for 30 days, but the planned end to the BBC's Food website has had a strong reaction. |
An online petition to save the recipe archive has attracted more than 30,000 supporters. | An online petition to save the recipe archive has attracted more than 30,000 supporters. |
Dan Lepard, a chef whose recipes appear on BBC Food, said the website was an "extraordinary, world-class archive" and asked where were "our rights" to preserve such a "library". | Dan Lepard, a chef whose recipes appear on BBC Food, said the website was an "extraordinary, world-class archive" and asked where were "our rights" to preserve such a "library". |
"With the BBC recipes, you know they work. I can tell you that loads of recipes out there, don't work, will fail. The BBC ones work," he told BBC Radio 4's Today. | "With the BBC recipes, you know they work. I can tell you that loads of recipes out there, don't work, will fail. The BBC ones work," he told BBC Radio 4's Today. |
What's cooking? | What's cooking? |
Mr Harding said on Tuesday "no decision" had been made on the future of the BBC News Channel, but that the closure of the rolling channel was not an option. | |
Among six options on the table, to be decided on by the executive board in July, were a single news channel offering "a global agenda from London". | |
He also said the BBC News sought to reduce spending on on-air talent by 10% over the next five years. | |
The online proposals announced on Tuesday follow the publication of the government's White Paper on the future of the BBC last week. | The online proposals announced on Tuesday follow 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? |
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. |