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BBC to axe more than 100 managers

Senior management to be reduced by 18% and executive board pay frozen for another three years BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons: announced measures to save £20m on the BBC's executive pay bill. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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  1. LONDON -- The BBC is swinging the axe again with plans to slash more than 100 of its senior management positions over the coming three-and-a-half years. Full Article at Hollywood Reporter

  2. The BBC has also confirmed the "indefinite suspension of bonuses" for all its executive directors and members of the BBC Direction Group. Full Article at Brand Republic

  3. The corporation will abolish 18 per cent of the 643 senior managers and executive director posts, over the next three and a half years, and will only recruit new staff “at a discount” to the rates they can expect in the commercial sector. Full Article at The Telegraph

  4. This could potentially impact every department of the BBC, including its marketing team, which is made up of hundreds of employees. Sharon Baylay, as director of marketing will also have her pay frozen. Full Article at Brand Republic

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