When the BBC revealed – under duress – the salaries of its stars, the management warned of an exodus of the ‘talent’. We’re still waiting...
Nearly two months have passed since the BBC was forced to reveal the salaries of its 96 so-called stars earning more than £150,000 a year. So far, at least, there has not been the exodus of ‘talent’ that an apocalyptic director-general, Tony Hall, assured us would be the inevitable result of publishing this information. ‘A poacher’s charter,’ he called it. In fact, I am not aware of a single highly-paid BBC employee having jumped ship. Hollywood has not yet tried to hire the excitable Chris Evans (pay bracket £2,200,000-£2,249,999). Bosses from rival media organisations do not appear to be scrambling for the signature of Radio Two’s Jeremy Vine (annual pay-out from Auntie between £700,000 and £749,000). The DJ Steve Wright is still bumping along on a salary of not less than £500,000 and not more than £549,999 a year. Even Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, who was said to be distraught because...
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