The BBC's News department is to axe 415 jobs as cost-cutting measures continue, the BBC's director of news James Harding has announced.
The move is part of £800m efficiency savings required after the licence fee was frozen in 2010.
The latest cuts are expected to save £48m per year.
BBC News currently employs around 8,400 people, including around 5,000 journalists, based in London, around the UK and overseas.
He also set out plans to substantially restructure the news division and put the BBC at the forefront of producing news for the digital age using new technologies.
A total of 195 new posts will be created to fulfil this plan, meaning a net reduction of 220 full-time jobs overall.
Around 70% of the annual running costs of BBC News are staff-related, meaning there would inevitably be an impact in this area, Mr Harding said.
"It will be a testing time of uncertainty and change," he told staff.
BBC NEWS JOB CUTS
- 105 in World Service
- 79 newsroom posts
- 56 posts in newsgathering
- 5 jobs from programmes
- 2 posts from political programming
The department made cuts of 140 posts in 2012-13 and another 75 last year, with around 200 jobs going from the BBC's English regions, which also forms part of the division.
The latest announcement will fuel discontent among staff, who have already called a 12-hour strike for next week in a dispute over pay.
If it goes ahead, the industrial action could affect coverage of the opening of the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday, 23 July.
The NUJ says BBC journalists have seen a 10% pay cut in real terms over the past five years and that too much is being spent on salaries and perks for managers.
The union says 77% of its members voted for strike action, while 79% of Bectu staff came out in favour.
The BBC is meeting with the unions later this week to discuss the latest pay offer.
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