Inside Gary Lineker's lucrative podcast empire that will keep paying star after his Match of the Day exit - as experts reveal says he'll also cash in from bumper BBC deal

Gary Lineker is quitting as Match of the Day presenter at the end of the season, but he is likely to continue enjoying a bumper pay day, despite walking away from a reported salary of £1.35million. Gary Lineker is quitting as Match of the Day presenter at the end of the season, but he is likely to continue enjoying a bumper pay day Lineker himself presents the hugely successful The Rest is Football podcast with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards The money he makes will be far less than the income from commercial podcast outlets, but advertisers pay Goalhanger £45 for every 1,000 listens to an advert. The Rest is History podcast, presented by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook has become the most popular history podcast in the world, generating 11 million downloads per month, 1.2 million monthly YouTube views as well as enjoying 45,000 paying subscribers. The Rest is History podcast, presented by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook has become the most popular history podcast in the world The Rest is Politics, presented by Alastair Campbell and former Conservative minister Rory Stewart has been the UK's top political podcast during this year The Rest is Politics, presented by Alastair Campbell and former Conservative minister Rory Stewart has been the UK's top political podcast during this year, receiving more than 700,000 downloads per episode during the general election campaign. Spoken promotions by presenters cost around £45 per 1,000 listeners while standard So, using listening figures already provided a podcast like The Rest is History, which receives 11 million downloads a month could earn a staggering £500,000 per month for spoken promotions by presenters.