The BBC is set to publish a strategy which could see its website scaled back and digital radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network closed.
Director General Mark Thompson will set out the plans, which could see an extra £600m ($893m) diverted into programmes.
Media commentator Steve Hewlett told the Today programme that he could not think of another time in history "where the BBC has voluntarily decided to stop doing anything".
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