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BBC claims it is archiving, not deleting, 11,000 recipes as public take to Twitter

on May 17, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

The BBC has been on the receiving end of reports it is to delete its BBC Food website which contains thousands of recipes highly valued by the public, if Twitter’s reaction is anything to go by.

After a media misfire, many outlets reported that BBC Food’s 11,000 recipes were to be taken offline as part of a cost-cutting move.

A BBC source told The Drum instead that the content is to be archived online, and that no further recipes would be added to the collection.

On the move, made in response to the £15m deficit facing the company, the BBC said: “What we Read full story ›

Source: The Drum