Bloodletting at the BBC

1. 2500 jobs to be cut, program output to decline by 10% [New York Times]
   
2. Further 1800 redundancies to be implemented [The Press Association]
   
3. Factual programmes to be merged with BBC News, integrating the telly, radio and online operations into a single department [Straight from the horse's mouth @ the BBC's website]
   
4. BECTU and NUJ polling for near-instant strike action after BBC DG Mark Thompson notifies key presenters that cuts will be 'as fast as possible'[Media Guardian]
   
5. The BBC Trust unanimously approves plans to sell off the Beeb's West London headquarters [Another Guardian Media article]