June 27, 2016

IPSO has published a full set of annual statements from all publishers who were members in 2015.  The statements, which are a requirement under the terms of members’ legally binding contract with IPSO, disclose information about the publishers’ approach to editorial standards; complaints-handling procedures; training processes and records of compliance, including details of any complaints that have been upheld by IPSO’s Complaints Committee.

The 81 statements cover the full calendar year, 2015, and show the scope and variety of the publications produced by IPSO’s membership, from national titles such as The Sun, the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph, through to hundreds of local newspapers.  In the magazine and online sector, it includes highly specialised publications with subject matter ranging from cycling (Bike Biz and Cycling Weekly) to environmental management (The Recycler and Green Fleet) alongside the likes of GQ and Vogue.

The statements reflect the wide variety of membership and different approaches to editorial standards.  The statements also highlight how the system of regulation is developing, with a number of publishers outlining examples of how they have proactively taken steps to comply with the Code of Practice and learnt from complaints.

Commenting, Sir Alan Moses, Chairman of IPSO, said: “The annual statements in respect of more than 2,500 publications are now an established part of the UK press regulation calendar and a significant undertaking by both the press and IPSO.  They are a transparent demonstration of IPSO’s regulatory functions of monitoring and improving compliance with the Editors’ Code and a significant acknowledgement of the authority of IPSO to scrutinise and monitor compliance with the standards the publishers have set themselves”.  To read IPSO’s press release in full and for a link to the statements, click here.