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BBC pays top male star five times more than top woman
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, pays its top male star five times more than its best-paid female presenter, it revealed on Wednesday after bowing to the government's demand to publish the salaries of its highest earners.
Reaching 95 percent of British adults every week and a global audience of 372 million, the BBC is a prized national asset but faces intense scrutiny over spending as its funding comes from a fee levied on TV viewers.
Its list of on-air employees earning at least 150,000 pounds numbered 96 people, two-thirds of them men, most earning more than women doing similar work.
Highest paid was Chris Evans, the presenter of Britain's most popular breakfast radio show who also hosted motoring programme "Top Gear" for one series, receiving up to 2.25 million pounds in 2016/17.
The highest paid woman was entertainment presenter Claudia Winkleman, who earned less than half a million pounds for her work on "Strictly Come Dancing" and other shows.
Salaries paid to the BBC's top journalists showed a similar disparity, with a male news anchor earning around 200,000 pounds a year more than his female counterpart.
The BBC, which had not wanted to disclose information which it said would make it easier for rival broadcasters to poach talent, said it would close the gender gap by 2020...
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