Closing down Newsbeat leads to the disappearance of approximately 11.000 cooking recipes. Links of cooking tutorials will exist in a few months after the shut down. However, according to BBC, those contents would be stored and available for users to access. Additionally, social media activities on digital radio and music radio’s frequency will be reduced.
BBC also stopped providing tourism online consulting. In 2017, the company will close their tourism site as well as stop developing travel applications. However, information about travelling and tourism continue to be updated on BBC News.
As planned, News Magazine and iWonder will be closed but Newsbeat by Radio One will be merged with homepage. Travel information is continually updated, however, BBC Travel and its application get deactivated. Besides, BBC Food is shut down but BBC Worldwide Good Food is still in active.
According to Mr. James Harding, Head of BBC News, Internet urged BBC to consolidate themselves. The aim of BBC online is to provide special public services, such as news, education and entertainment.
