The ABC is imposing a new round of cuts at Radio National with eight staff and several programs to be slashed from the 2017 schedule. Sources told Guardian Australia all but one of RN’s music programs will be cancelled as the network becomes a talk-only station. First Dog’s Sunday morning slot Guide to Modern Living has also been dropped, the cartoonist for Guardian Australia has revealed. The redundancies come just weeks after the managing director, Michelle Guthrie, told a Senate estimates committee there would be no redundancies at RN. “In 2017, RN will embody digital content creation from the beginning, through to the end, with all our content,” a confidential briefing document said.

Source: The Guardian November 15, 2016 20:45 UTC