Huw Edwards, Sophie Raworth & Clive Myrie among high-earning BBC newsreaders asked to consider taking redundancy – but £150,000 pay-off cap isn’t a big enough lure for top names 🔎 Analysis by adamsherwin10
, including some colleagues in presenter roles”.
Edwards, who recently signed a new three-year deal to stay at the BBC and will lead the broadcaster’s coverage of the King’s Coronation next month, will not be pursuing the offer. “We’re looking for expressions of interest in redundancy, not offering it, and it’s not the case that any or everyone who came forward would be accepted.”
Commercial rivals welcomed the move. Mike Graham, presenter on the Rupert Murdoch-owned rival TalkTV, said: “The BBC is finally listening. They shouldn’t be paying huge salaries to ‘big stars’. Let them go commercial and see how they do.”
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