LONDON : Gary Lineker retained his position as the best-paid presenter employed by Britain's BBC, taking home more than 1.35 million pounds ($1.74 million) in the 2022-23 financial year, according to the broadcaster's annual report published on Tuesday. The corporation, which is funded by a licence fee p
LONDON : Gary Lineker retained his position as the best-paid presenter employed by Britain's BBC, taking home more than 1.35 million pounds in the 2022-23 financial year, according to the broadcaster's annual report published on Tuesday.
Lineker, the former England soccer captain, was taken off air in March after criticising the government's immigration policy on Twitter, but he was reinstated after a public backlash and a staff near-mutiny. The BBC has been plunged into another crisis in recent days by reports in the Sun newspaper that one of its presenters had paid a young person for explicit photos over three years, beginning when the person was 17.
Total income, which also includes commercial income and grants, totalled 5.72 billion pounds, up from 5.33 billion pounds, it said.
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