Today's Music Week, a sort of electronic gossip jobbie, states this:
10:07 | Wednesday March 3, 2010
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has suggested that the Corporation could change its plans to close 6 Music and the Asian Network as well as several websites in view of public opinion.
Lyons said in an interview with The Guardian that if there was a big enough public response to the moves, he would ask management to rethink.
"If we find that... there's massive public concern that we need to take account of then we will go back to the director general to rethink the strategy before it's approved," he said.
The interview followed the news yesterday that the BBC is set to shut 6 Music and the Asian Network as part of wide-ranging cutbacks.
It was a decision that has prompted fury among the music industry, with AIM chairman and chief executive Alison Wenham saying that she is certain the BBC can be made to reverse the decision.
The public have reacted strongly too: the Save 6 Music group on Facebook has more than 100,000 members, while #savebbc6music is still the top trending topic on Twitter.
Artists including Mark Ronson and La Roux have also expressed their opposition to plans to close 6 Music.
