SPH Media circulation numbers found to be inflated by 10-12pc; senior staff taken to task, Singapore govt probe underway

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SPH Media circulation numbers found to be inflated by 10-12pc; senior staff taken to task, Singapore govt probe underway
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SINGAPORE, Jan 9 — The daily circulation numbers of SPH Media titles, which include The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao, were found to have been inflated by between 85,000 and...

SINGAPORE, Jan 9 — The daily circulation numbers of SPH Media titles, which include, were found to have been inflated by between 85,000 and 95,000, including instances where copies were printed, counted for circulation and then destroyed.

A number of senior employees of SPH Media have left the news organisation or been “taken to task” following an internal review found problems in the reporting of its circulation data.reported that SPH Media Trust had in March 2022 initiated a review of internal processes. This included the reporting of circulation data.

”MCI will undertake our own review to determine if these inconsistencies in circulation data affect the decision to fund, and the amount the Government committed to fund SPH Media. MCI expects SPH Media to fully cooperate with our review,” said the spokesperson. “We have immediately taken steps to strengthen processes... The staff involved had been taken to task, or had left the organisation,” the spokesperson added., the data included contracts that had lapsed but had continued to be counted in its circulation numbers.

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