Managing director David Anderson says change is due to audience feedback, while another service, program or staff may be targeted for savings
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The ABC has backflipped on its plan to abolish eight local 7pm Sunday news bulletins in favour of a national one after a public outcry, its managing director, David Anderson, has told staff.
The reduction of eight state-based bulletins to a single national one was the centrepiece of the ABC’s plan to transform the public broadcaster into a digital-first media organisation and would have generated significant savings.
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