article_snippet: the corporation has reduced the amount the corporation spends on talent by 15 per cent over the past six financial years, and cut the corporation spend on
article_snippet: those earning £100,000 a year or more – by 29 per cent.
article_snippet: However, the corporation also slashed the number of presenters on screen or radio by around a third over the same period.
article_snippet: But the scale of the salaries
article_snippet: It is very hard to justify these sorts of sums. '
article_snippet: If somebody becomes so successful that they command a very large salary, The BBC