BBC star Gary Lineker takes pay cut as new boss doubles down on impartiality


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FA Cup - Quarter Final - Newcastle United v Manchester City - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - June 28, 2020 Former player and England legend Gary Lineker, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Owen Humphreys/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC's top earner Gary Lineker has agreed to use social media responsibly and taken a pay-cut as the British broadcaster's new boss seeks to maintain trust in the body, whose publicly-funded model has been questioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

New BBC Director-General Tim Davie told staff not to air political views on social media when he started the job earlier this month, and on Tuesday said new guidelines on social media would be published in the coming weeks.

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