BBC to axe 450 newsroom jobs in cost-cutting drive
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LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC said on Wednesday it will axe 450 jobs from its news division in a cost-saving plan that will result in cuts at the World Service and its 5Live radio station and in fewer reports being made by analysis show Newsnight.The corporation said it would reorganize its newsroom along a "story-led" model where staff will be assigned to stories and not attached to individual programmes.BBC News said it currently employs around 6,000 people, including 1,700 outside the UK, but..