Not many delivery details

Caroline Thomson, the BBC's COO, made today's internal broadcast on "Delivering Quality First", and has apparently briefed the media.

We don't have much as yet.  The BBC is looking to reduce the size of its property portfolio by 30% over the years ahead - down to a target of 300,000m2. |It would be interesting if this was really a "bottom-up" idea, as the DQF boast goes. As Caroline talked, the ever-reliable BBC subtitles offered "Brixton Water" for "bricks and mortar".  Caroline floated the idea of selling off White City, which is odd, as it has just had a makeover, including technical facilities for the BBC's various Colleges and Academies (training, to you and me).  The BBC is already struggling to find real interest in TV Centre, and doesn't need another "firesale". Old buildings don't make much money; BBC Oxford Road in Manchester brought in closer to £9m than the £10m figure lighted on by the Manchester press.

On Korea structure, sorry, that's actually "career structure", there were more promises of mobility - still at odds with the Lucy Adams/Pat Younge view of the BBC's future as a short-term contract-based organisation.  Caroline talked about reducing management layers, "as a matter of principle" down to seven.  If this really means there'll only be seven grades of staff, it's a major reform.

Therese Coffey, MP, believes that local radio daytime is safe; the only pledge I can find is that no "whole services" will be closed down - which still leaves considerable room for manoeuvre.   One piece of information many will ponder is that there'll be no change to redundancy terms implemented for at least 18 months - giving a signal to many in the months ahead.

One musing "What should the future be, for example, for jazz and drama on Radio 3?" will set hares running.  Next instalment: as soon as I find out more, or June - whichever comes first.