Some 40 TV and radio personalities who appear on BBC outlets earn more than $2 million
a year, according to an independent review by Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates and
reported in today's (Tuesday) London Independent. Among the performers, the
highest paid appears to be talk-show host Jonathan Ross, who receives $12 million a
year as part of a three-year deal. The report was commissioned to determine whether
the publicly supported BBC pays its talent more than commercial broadcasters do.
It concluded: "There is no evidence that the BBC is paying more than the market price for
leading TV talent. In some cases, it may well be paying less than the market price
for that talent."
03/06/2008
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