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BBC cutting 360 jobs in online department, hundreds of cuts in World Service to come

With an aim towards cutting its online department budget 25% by 2013, the BBC is shutting down several sites in order to streamline its editorial focus, including online doc short portal Video Nation.
January 24, 2011

With an aim towards cutting its online department budget 25% by 2013, the BBC is shutting down several sites in order to streamline its editorial focus, including online doc short portal Video Nation.

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Barry Walsh is editor-in-chief and content director for Realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to Realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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