How many jobs ?

The internal BBC feed of Director General Tim Davie's speech at the Royal Television Society yesterday went phut just at the moment staffers thought he was about outline more job cuts. He didn't.  But the staff can do sums. If cuts of £500m reduced headcount by 1,800, simple ratios suggest the hunt for an additional £200m might threaten 720 jobs. 

Multi-media competitors from the UK newspaper heritage will foam at the detail of Tim's plans. 

We will develop three online news brands to enhance our digital news services: in verification (BBC Verify), investigations (BBC Investigate) and in-depth analysis.

(Incidentally, the BBC Verify brand was deployed last night on coverage of the Baltimore Bridge. I hadn't noticed much misinformation around that needed sorting; this looked like basic reporting.)

Publishers of weekend and weekly news magazines, from The Economist, through the Big Issue to The Oldie, will raise eyebrows at this....

We will launch a new in-depth digital magazine – a destination for the best of our analysis and thought-provoking journalism online.

There looks to be one future saving the name of 'integration'. It seems the 'BBC' homepage, already very newsy, will merge with the BBC News landing page, increasingly showcasing other BBC content.