The BBC announced Wednesday that it was dropping one of its most popular presenters, "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson, after he verbally and physically attacked a producer.
"It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract," BBC Director-General Tony Hall said in a statement.
Clarkson's contract with "Top Gear", which draws more than 350 million viewers around the world, is thought to expire at the end of this month.
His departure will have financial implications for the broadcaster, whose commercial arms BBC World-wide earns around £50 million ($75 million, 70 million euros) each year from the show. But Hall said: "There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations."
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