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The broadcaster said the pay bump provides 'a fair deal to licence fee payers and to staff'

Broadcaster criticised for finding more cash for staff but not passing on savings to licence fee payers

BBC Breakfast host pulled in £20,000 in one day appearing at two events, while newsreader Huw Edwards cashes in with four events in a month

If the corporation wants to survive, it should at least try to understand the country it supposedly represents

Breakfast presenter announces that he is leaving £295,000-a-year role to become lead anchor on 5 News

Instead of listening to criticism, the institution has become more arrogant and aggressive. It is not "our BBC" but theirs

Ousting England’s Brian Moore is just one of the craven steps that the Beeb has taken to appease nationalist moaning

Streaming services are responding to an influx of older viewers who had signed up as an alternative to traditional broadcasters

Simon Mayo Credit: Marco Vittur/Scala “I knew the Mood Mums would come up,” laughs Simon Mayo. “I haven’t heard the concept mentioned for three years and I’m very happy about that.” I’ve just asked the former Radio 1 and Radio 2 DJ what he makes of the BBC’s drive to win listeners among “family-oriented women aged 35 to 44”, who are big fans of commercial stations with familiar, reassuring playlists like Heart, Smooth and Magic FM. “Look, marketing executives and all those...

Jeremy Paxman claims any fool could be a newsreader in tirade against the BBC The University Challenge presenter has belittled the roles of some of the highest-paid figures at the BBC The presenter has criticised the corporation Huw Edwards and the BBC’s roster of newsreaders regularly feature on the broadcaster’s list of top earners. But Jeremy Paxman has suggested they aren’t worth the money, claiming in a tirade against BBC colleagues that “any fool” can read the news because the w...