PA mediaThe former match of day presenter Gary Linekar has emerged as the top payments of the BBC for the eighth year, showing the annual report of the corporation.
Linekar earned between £ 1,350,000 – £ 1,354,99 in the last financial year, followed by £ 515,000 – East Radio 2 Breakfast Host Zo Ball at £ 515,000 – £ 519,999.
Linekar signed a hot seat after 26 years in May after 26 years in May after 26 years. He was due to the men’s FA Cup and the World Cup to remain in front of coverage with the BBC, but finally, after apologizing, left the corporation completely after apologizing. Refill social media posts About zionism that included a depiction that is considered antisemitic.
The report said that the BBC confirmed that many members of the employees have been rejected. After a review in the corporation’s culture Which was published in April.
BBC President Sameer Shah admitted that in the last one year, there was a “revelation string” about the misuse of power in the workplace.
These comments came after a report on Monday, in which 45 allegations were upheld about the behavior of TV presenter Greg Walece on BBC show MasterShef.
Later on Monday, Walce’s co-manbon John Torod said that a separate allegation against him of using racist language was also retained as part of the same investigation.
In an Instagram post on Monday, Torod said The allegation was that he had commented in 2018 or 2019 and apologized immediately after.
However, the TV chef said that he had “no remembrance”, saying: “I don’t believe it happened.”
He said that it has been said in the allegation that “the person I was speaking did not believe that it was malicious and I immediately apologized later”.
Star pay
As usual, the BBC’s annual report does not portray the entire picture of star presenters in the BBC.
A large number are not listed because the corporation does not need to make public the salaries of stars that are paid through its commercial hand through BBC Studio or through independent production companies.
Linekar’s salary remained the same as last year, while Zo Ball fell from last year’s £ 950,000- £ 954,999, which reflects his departure from the Radio 2 Breakfast Show to play a new role on Saturday at the station.
Linekar’s salary is still included in the latest annual report of BBC as it is only left, but next year he will no longer join.
Zo Ball hosted his last radio 2 breakfast show in December after six years in the slot, and played the role of Saturday afternoon earlier this year.
Somewhere else, the salary of Director General Tim Davi has increased from £ 20K (£ 527) to £ 547k from the previous year, which represents 3.8% salary increase.
The BBC’s license fee has been determined by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandi.
This year’s income generated by license fee increased from £ 3.7 to £ 3.8bn after inflation.
The report stated that the number of families paying for the license fee declined, from 23,131,000 to 22,772,000 in 2024 to 22,772,000 – a drop of 359,000.
This represents a decline of 1.56%compared to the figure of last year’s 1.26%.
This number is catching quite well, there has been a minimum decline compared to expectations, given the competition from streaming services.
The report also showed that 50% of UK adults feel that BBC is effective in providing news and current affairs that are fair, an increase of 5% in the last year’s 45% survey.
Another 63% of the UK adults feel that BBC is effective in providing news and current cases are accurate, compared to 59% of the previous year.
The number of adults using BBC services declined weekly from 75% to 74% last year, although 70% Under 16s used BBC services including TV, iPlay, radio and online materials on a weekly basis.
Of those platforms, the iPlayer is the fastest growing platform for long-term content.
The report also revealed that 10 of the 10 tops of Christmas day were from the BBC – but it includes the Kings Speech that is also broadcast on other channels.
The annual report of the BBC comes in view of a series of disputes faced by the corporation. Along with MasterShef, they include glancebury and broadcast decisions Bob Vikal set.
Earlier this year, a documentary, Gaza: How to Surviv A Warzone, was pulled from the iPlayer, as it was the son of a Hamas officer after the 13 -year -old narrator emerged.
On Monday, the documentary on accuracy in a report violated the editorial guidelines.
It stated that “some responsibility” for “some responsibility” some responsibility “in the early stages of the project, some responsibility”, and “unanswered or partially replied with important inspection of questions” – however – the most responsible party for this failure.
