SPH Media Group has filed a police report after potential offences were flagged in an investigation into the overstating of circulation numbers. The media company, which publishes The Straits Times, said in a statement on Wednesday that it will cooperate fully with the...
The report which is available on SPH Media’s website also determined that there was no evidence found that the journalism and editorial departments were involved in the overstatement of circulation numbers.
In the 14-page report presented to the SMT board on Tuesday, the committee said Allen & Gledhill had found the actions taken against the employees and former employees in January to be “reasonably justified in the circumstances” and in compliance with SMT’s policies. The probe found that there were several matters that could potentially constitute offences, citing similar cases in Hong Kong and the United States.
Leaders should also set the tone for a quality and risk-oriented culture that balances commercial considerations with risk management. “The only thing I can say is that if we saw this, and we are doing something about it, I hope that those who are reasonable and fair out there will believe that we all want to do what’s right and what’s responsible,” she said.
“There has been no evidence sighted to suggest that the Board or its senior management were involved in this,” it said. The legal advisers who assisted SPH Media’s audit and risk committee with investigating the firm’s overstated circulation numbers cited two examples in Hong Kong and the United States where employees of news outlets were taken to task for having inflated circulation figures.
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