Bloomberg's viewpoint.
Here, they compare the BBC 'personalities' with some American and European counterparts.
"UK taxpayers might count themselves lucky"."Graham Norton hauls in less than one-tenth the pay of US talk-show host Jimmy Fallon". (15$Million in 2016 from NBC).
"For the week of June 19-23, Fallon averaged 2.66 million viewers" Source "Variety",
here.
"In the UK, Ant and Dec- hosts of 'Britain's got talent- ..... earn £5 Million each" according to "The Guardian"".
NBC News anchor Lester Holt earned about $4Million per year as of 2015.
"Across Europe, the comparisons are similar.
In France, Vivendi SA-owned Canal+ retains TV presenter and comedian Cyril Hanouna on a 50 million euros ($58 million) per year deal, well above the 350,000 to 400,000 pounds earned by newsreader and “Antiques Roadshow” BBC star Fiona Bruce.
Italy’s state broadcaster RAI reportedly pays host Fabio Fazio about 12 million euros per year, beating the 200,000 to 250,000 pounds earned by Dan Walker, who presents the BBC’s morning news program."