Jon Snow Earnings And Expenses Since 1989

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Dear Channel Four Television Corporation,

1. Can you please provide the earnings of Jon Snow from Channel 4 since 1989? Please provide the earnings for each year in raw figures and also the figures including inflation.

2. Can you please provide the expenses claimed by Jon Snow from Channel 4 since 1989? Please provide the earnings for each year in raw figures and also the figures including inflation.

Yours faithfully,

Sean Moran

# FOI Admin, Channel Four Television Corporation

Our Ref: FOI/2019/68

 

Dear Mr Moran,

 

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, which we received on 6^th October 2019. Your request
was set out as follows:

 

“1. Can you please provide the earnings of Jon Snow from Channel 4 since
1989? Please provide the earnings for each year in raw figures and also
the figures including inflation.

 

2. Can you please provide the expenses claimed by Jon Snow from Channel 4
since 1989? Please provide the earnings for each year in raw figures and
also the figures including inflation.”

 

We are dealing with your request under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will reply to you within 20 working days of
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Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Admin Team

 

Channel 4

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# FOI Admin, Channel Four Television Corporation

Our Ref: FOI/2019/68

Dear Mr Moran,

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (“the Act”), which we received on 6th October 2019.
Your request was set out as follows:

“1. Can you please provide the earnings of Jon Snow from Channel 4 since
1989? Please provide the earnings for each year in raw figures and also
the figures including inflation.

2. Can you please provide the expenses claimed by Jon Snow from Channel 4
since 1989? Please provide the earnings for each year in raw figures and
also the figures including inflation.”

As you may be aware, the Act gives the public a right of access to certain
types of recorded information held by public authorities. However, it also
sets out various exemptions from that right where, for example, the
information is commercially sensitive or confidential. Further, the Act
does not apply to Channel 4 in the same way as most other public
authorities because Channel 4 is not required to make available
information held for purposes of journalism, art or literature (known as
the journalistic “designation”). This means that the Act does not apply to
information concerning, relating to, or closely associated with Channel
4’s creative output (e.g. TV, film, online etc.).

For more information about how the Act applies to Channel 4, you may find
it helpful to visit our Freedom of Information website at
http://www.channel4.com/info/corporate/l....

The issue of whether details of talent payments fall within the scope of
the creative output designation was most recently considered by the
Information Commissioners Office in a case involving the BBC in February
of this year. In their decision the ICO recognised that information about
talent payments is used by the BBC to make budgetary decisions about the
allocation of resources for output and other talent. The ICO concluded
that details of such payments were held by the BBC directly and
significantly for the purposes of journalism and for informing the
creative and editorial decision making process:
[1]https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-tak...

Accordingly, for the avoidance of doubt, we consider that the
programme-related information you have requested, is covered by the
journalistic “designation” (set out in Schedule I, Part VI of the Act) and
we are not required to disclose such information to the general public.

Channel 4 does not offer internal reviews for requests handled outside the
scope of the Act. However, you can apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Many thanks for your interest in Channel 4.

If you have any queries about this email, please contact us.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Admin Team

Channel 4
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www.channel4.com

 

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