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LONDON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- British Broadcasting Corp. has announced plans to slash 2,000 jobs in an effort to cut its budget by 20 percent over the next five years.
Details of the Delivering Quality First plan were presented to staffers Thursday morning.
BBC Director General Mark Thompson said the changes are necessary to create "a smaller, radically reshaped BBC."
In addition to the elimination of 2,000 jobs across the BBC, another 1,000 employees will relocate from London to Salford where BBC Three is set to move in 2016, the broadcasting giant said on its Web site.
The technicians' union Bectu blasted the plan and said Thompson is "destroying jobs and destroying the BBC."
The National Union of Journalists also remarked, "The BBC will not be the same organization if these cuts go ahead."
Despite the cutbacks, no channels or radio stations are expected to close, the BBC said.
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