{"id":395443,"date":"2018-01-26T13:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395443"},"modified":"2018-01-26T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T13:19:07","slug":"bbc-male-presenters-agree-pay-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/bbc-male-presenters-agree-pay-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Some BBC male presenters agree to pay cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some of the BBC’s leading male presenters have agreed to take a pay cut after revelations over equal pay.<\/p>\n
Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys and Huw Edwards have agreed to reductions, either formally or in principle, the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan said.<\/p>\n
It follows Carrie Gracie’s\u00a0resignation from her post as BBC China editor\u00a0in protest at unequal pay between male and female international editors.<\/p>\n
5 live presenter Nicky Campbell told listeners he had also taken a cut.<\/p>\n
And North America editor Jon Sopel is believed to be in discussions with the corporation.<\/p>\n
The corporation said: “The BBC has agreed pay cuts with a number of leading\u00a0BBC News\u00a0presenters and others have agreed in principle.”<\/p>\n