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Six male BBC presenters agree to pay cuts

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Left-right: Nicky Campbell, Huw Edwards, Jon Sopel, Jeremy Vine, Nick Robinson and John Humphrys

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Left-right: Nicky Campbell, Huw Edwards, Jon Sopel, Jeremy Vine, Nick Robinson and John Humphrys

Six of the BBC's leading male presenters have agreed to take pay cuts after revelations over equal
salaries.

The BBC said Huw Edwards, Nicky Campbell, John Humphrys, Jon Sopel, Nick Robinson and Jeremy Vine
had all accepted reduced wages.

The move follows Carrie Gracie's resignation as BBC China editor in protest at unequal pay between
male and female international editors.

Vine said: "It needs to be sorted out and I support my female colleagues."

The Radio 2 and Eggheads presenter was the best-paid of the group, earning between £700,000-
£749,999 in 2016/17. The new salaries haven't been revealed.

Of the six, Jon Sopel, the BBC's North America editor, earned the least, in the £200,000-£249,999
bracket - compared to Carrie Gracie's £135,000-a-year salary.

Media captionJeremy Vine: Taking a pay cut is 'a no-brainer'

The BBC revealed the pay of on-air talent earning over £150,000 in July, with two-thirds of stars on the
list being men.
A BBC statement said: "We are very grateful to Huw Edwards, Nicky Campbell, John Humphrys, Jon
Sopel, Nick Robinson and Jeremy Vine, who have agreed that their pay will now be reduced.

"These are great journalists and presenters, who have a real connection with the audience. We are
proud to have them working at the BBC.

"The final details of some of these changes are still being discussed, and there are further conversations
that the BBC will have with others in due course."

BBC stars taking a pay cut

John Humphrys, who presents Radio 4's Today programme and Mastermind, said it was his decision to
earn less.

"It's the third [pay cut] and they have been volunteered in each case," he said, explaining that things
were very different from the years when presenters were "having money pretty much thrust upon us".

"There was no shortage of cash," he said. "There is a shortage of cash. And it seems to me, and I thought
this before the salary disclosures last year, but the salary disclosures reinforced the idea that some of us
were earning much more than others."

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