Meanwhile, the Telegraph blows hot and cold over the World Service - sometimes protecting, and sometimes kicking firmly in the guts. The latest offering gave the BBC World Service Trust a going over, with mock outrage at the charity's 600 staff and various training and broadcast projects in the third world. This came days after a hint that the Government might look at using some DFID money to ease the cuts that the World Service "proper" is facing.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Back to black
Mixed financial news over the week for the BBC's international news services. It's hard to pick details from BBC Worldwide's figures, but, semi-officially, BBC World (on tv) is reported to have made a profit of £5m this year - the first time it has ever been in the black since inception in 1991. In some years, the losses stretched to £14m, and even last year, the only public comment in the annual report was of a "difficult first half" with some recovery in ad sales after that. It would be interesting to discover what BBC.com ltd contributes to the Worldwide income, and how it is re-distributed.
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If you have time on your hands this summer, you might want to delve into the logic that turbo-drives BBC Monitoring's so-called Marketing Dept i.e. how much do they cost to run, and how much revenue do they generate - and - er... - why did it usually take 2 delectable and glam BBC Monitoring Marketing ladies to attend conferences abroad in The Hell With It Spend Like Accountability Hasn't Been Invented Yet Noughties? Best answer: One to mind the stall, while the Boss went shopping for a bigger handbag.
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