BBC Internal Review Finds News Channel Presenters Were Not Promised Jobs Before Recruitment Process
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: A BBC internal investigation has found that the star presenters of its relaunched news channel were not promised their jobs before an open recruitment process.
Matthew Amroliwala, Christian Fraser, Yalda Hakim, Lucy Hockings, and Maryam Moshiri were announced in February as the chief presenters of BBC News, but unsuccessful candidates complained that managers decided on the line-up last year before allowing people to apply.
Daryl Maitland, head of HR at production arm BBC Studios, was brought in to investigate the recruitment process. He delivered his report this week, concluding that the BBC was fair to the 15 presenters who applied for the five roles, which command salaries of up to £230,000 ($280,000).
He did not support claims that the five successful presenters were pre-selected because they were already familiar to international audiences on BBC World News.
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