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BBC Slashes Talent Pay Bill By $2.8M As Stars Like Gary Lineker Take Salary Cuts

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The BBC has slashed its talent pay bill by around £2 million ($2.8M) after some of the UK broadcaster’s biggest names, including presenter Gary Lineker, agreed to salary cuts.The BBC will publish its annual report on Tuesday and the document will show that 10% has been knocked off the £21.7M it spent on star salaries last year.

It means the BBC’s talent pay bill for the year to the end of March 2021 was £19.6M.Match Of The Day host Lineker agreed to give up around £400,000 of his £1.75M salary last year as part of a new five-year contract, while it was reported that BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball requested that her £1.36M pay packet be reduced.The BBC has been required to publish how much its stars earn since 2017, but the disclosures do

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