Via Digital Spy

BBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed that BBC 6 Music and Asian Network are facing closure as part of a radical overhaul of the corporation.

During a briefing today, Thompson also pledged to shut down youth brands BBC Switch and Blast!, claiming that Channel 4 should be leading the way with teenage audiences.

Thompson told BBC employees that he wants the corporation to spend 25% less on its online operation by 2013, with the BBC website to be halved in scale. Continue Reading….

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