Sources: BBC
Microsoft Inc. abruptly lays off 6,000 people, 3% of its global workforce, citing workforce productivity. 2025-05-13
British oil and gas company BP announces that it will lay off 4,700 employees and 3,000 contractors globally to reduce costs. 2025-01-17
NPR announces that it will no longer use Twitter after the social media site labeled it and the BBC as "government-funded media". Shortly thereafter, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announces that the labelling of the BBC will be changed to "publicly-funded media". 2023-04-12
The BBC receives a record 110,994 complaints over their coverage of Prince Philip's death, mostly due to the extent of the coverage. 2021-04-12
Two Saudi journalists, one of whom worked for CNN and the BBC, are outed as gay, which prompts them to flee and seek asylum in Australia. 2019-11-18
The Indian government censors the documentary "India's Daughter" depicting a December 2012 gang rape and murder due to perceived incitement to violence that the outrage about the film might cause. Nevertheless, the BBC telecasts the film. 2015-03-5
The BBC's "Panorama" alleges that a company owned by News Corporation recruited a pay-TV "pirate" to hack a rival's secret codes then post the details online. 2012-03-26
Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe states in an interview on the BBC that the "News of the World" tabloid told lies to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), an alteration in opinion. 2011-07-5
The BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its "Top Gear" television programme but defends the original remarks as well. 2011-02-4
A BBC investigation claims millions of dollars in Western aid donated to the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia was stolen by rebels who used it to purchase weapons. 2010-03-3