Seven West Media plays chicken with press self regulation

Tim Burrowes

April 4, 2012 1:34

I hope I’m wrong, but I think that press self regulation in Australia died at 12.28 this afternoon.

That was the time that Seven West Media announced it was withdrawing from the Australian Press Council for its own “alternative independent complaints-resolution body”.

Self regulation was already on the critical list following the publication of the independent inquiry in to the media and its call for a new government-funded News Media Council.

The main hope for the press to continue to manage its own affairs was to act with one voice, including finding a way to regulate online news offerings. behind the scenes, an all new structure for the APC has been taking shape.

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Tim Burrowes

I write about the world's media and marketing industry from an Australian perspective Australian lens. I've worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia. I founded Mumbrella, which we sold in 2017.