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Government Backs Down On Full Disclosure Of Best-Paid Stars
- Guardian, Thursday, October 13, 2016 8:32 AM
The BBC's soon-to-be independent production arm, BBC Studios, will not have to reveal the pay of the corporation's highest-paid stars in an apparent climbdown by the government. Lord Ashton, parliamentary under secretary of state for culture media and sport, told a Lords debate on Wednesday evening that BBC Studios would not have to carry out "full named disclosure."
