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07/01/2010
Ross Leaving BBC
Jonathan Ross will not renew his contract with the BBC when it expires, the presenter announced today.
The host of the self titled Friday Night With said the decision was not about money.
It had earlier been reported Mr Ross was dismayed at the BBC's decision to slash his £6m a year salary.
In addition to ending his chat show, the 49-year-old said he will also step down from his Radio 2 programme and no longer present a film review show from July.
He will continue continue to host the Baftas and other specials for the broadcaster.
Today Mr Ross said in a statement: "I signed my current contract with the BBC having turned down more lucrative offers from other channels because it was where I wanted to be and – as I have said before – would happily have stayed there for any fee they cared to offer, but there were other considerations.
"I would like to make it perfectly clear that no negotiations ever took place and that my decision is not financially motivated."
In 2008, he was suspended after making a series of phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs on Russell Brand's Radio 2 show.
(PR/BMcC)
The host of the self titled Friday Night With said the decision was not about money.
It had earlier been reported Mr Ross was dismayed at the BBC's decision to slash his £6m a year salary.
In addition to ending his chat show, the 49-year-old said he will also step down from his Radio 2 programme and no longer present a film review show from July.
He will continue continue to host the Baftas and other specials for the broadcaster.
Today Mr Ross said in a statement: "I signed my current contract with the BBC having turned down more lucrative offers from other channels because it was where I wanted to be and – as I have said before – would happily have stayed there for any fee they cared to offer, but there were other considerations.
"I would like to make it perfectly clear that no negotiations ever took place and that my decision is not financially motivated."
In 2008, he was suspended after making a series of phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs on Russell Brand's Radio 2 show.
(PR/BMcC)
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