The bonuses of the two senior BBC executives responsible for its TV and radio services have been cut by up to 40% because of last year's string of deception scandals. BBC director general Mark Thompson revealed today that the bonuses of BBC Vision director Jana Bennett and director of audio and music Jenny Abramsky had been cut because of the deception issues. However, Thompson today defended big pay rises and bonuses for his executive team, despite a year of continuing job cuts and trust scandals. These included a botched phone-in competition to name a new Blue Peter cat and problems with phone-ins for TV shows including Children In Need, Sport Relief, and Comic Relief, and radio programmes hosted by Liz Kershaw, Russell Brand, Claire McDonnell and Jo Whiley. The wage bill for the top BBC executives rose by £708,000 - nearly...
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