Where will the emerging merged BBC World News/BBC News channel sit in terms of salary transparency ? Will the presenters all be paid via the Global News element of the commercial BBC Studios, or will they be listed alongside the rest of BBC News ? Or am I asking a silly question ?
Last year, two 'stars' of the BBC News channel appeared in the list of presenters paid above £150k. Joanna Gosling (£155k+) has left; Ben Brown (£170k+) presumably is on a little more because of appearances on BBC1 bulletins - we have yet to learn his next move. Another presenter who straddles the current networks is Stephen Sackur, from HardTalk, who is on a declared £175k+. But there's no sign of Christian Fraser, Matthew Amroliwala and the other three recently-appointed 'chief presenters', and it's hard to believe that they haven't previously made a fair pay case to bust £150k.
If there is 'commercial money' going into the new merged channel, I'm sure the BBC will want to share the balance sheet with its competitors.
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