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Whilst yesterday was time for nostalgic farewells to Bush House, today brings news of "the future". The BBC is planning to bring together BBC World News and bbc.com/news to form a new company - BBC Global News Ltd. 

And from April 2014, the World Service is to be funded from the licence-fee. Will it form part of this new commercial venture in some way at that stage? If not why not?

The BBC says the two commercial international news services will share one management structure "which may result in job losses where overlap occurs. It is hoped that a single organisation will promote simple and effective decision making".

The element of this jigsaw that is still missing is a re-stated set of goals for a licence-fee funded World Service, that UK Licence-fee payers, international audiences and World Service staff can understand and respond to...