There are more than 750 ‘editors’ and 250 ‘managers’ in BBC News, according to a Freedom of Information response from the corporation.
As of 31 October 2015, there were 764 people in BBC News – more than 10 per cent of the 7,355-strong workforce – with the word ‘editor’ in their job title.
And on the same date there were 273 staff with ‘manager ‘or ‘managing’ in their title.