Press Standards Board of Finance
The Press Standards Board of Finance (Pressbof) was set up by the Press Council to raise a levy on the newspaper and periodical industries to finance the Council, which had previously been funded directly by newspaper proprietors. Pressbof now funds the Press Complaints Commission. This arrangement is intended to ensure secure and independent financial support for effective self-regulation.
The PCC says that "Its complete independence is at the same time guaranteed by a majority of lay members, and is a further sign of the industry's commitment to effective self-regulation."
The Press Standards Board of Finance Ltd. 21 Lansdowne Crescent Edinburgh EH12 5EH
Current membership
- Chairman: Lord Black of Brentwood, Executive Director of the Telegraph Media Group.
- Secretary & Treasurer: Jim Raeburn, director of the Scottish Newspaper Publishers Association[1] 1984-2007
- Clive Milner, Chairman, Newspaper Publishers Association
- Robin Burgess, Chief Executive, Cumbrian Newspapers Group Ltd
- David Newell, Director, The Newspaper Society
- Nicholas Coleridge, Managing Director, Conde Nast Publications (UK)
- Barry McIlheney, Chief Executive, Professional Publishers Association
- Paul Dacre, Editor in Chief, Associated Newspapers plc
- John Fry, Chief Executive, Johnston Press plc
- Paul Vickers, Secretary and Group Legal Director, Trinity Mirror plc
External links
References
- ↑ Raeburn, Jim. "Jim Raeburn, Esq, OBE". Debretts. Debrett's Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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