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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jim Waterson Media editor

Top BBC radio presenters’ pay could be hidden in bid to retain talent

Sopel and Maitlis
Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis left the BBC earlier this year to front a new podcast for the media group Global. Photograph: Global/PA

The salaries of some of the BBC’s top radio presenters could be hidden from public view, as part of a plan that would allow the corporation to pay more money to the stars of its leading podcasts.

BBC bosses are reviewing whether to transfer the employees who make many of its public service radio programmes and podcasts into the BBC’s for-profit commercial division.

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