All corporation staff to be bound by strict new
Social Media guidelines within weeks
Gary Lineker has taken a £400,000 pay cut to remain as host of Match of the Day for the next five years, along with an agreement to be more careful in his use of
Twitter to push political causes.
Tim Davie, the new
BBC director general, announced the deal at the launch of the corporation’s annual report, emphasising that all BBC staff would be bound by strict new social media guidelines within weeks.