Within the print industry there is many legal constraints that magazines publishers have to take into consideration especially magazines that talk about celebrity news/gossip. The reason behind this is because it is very easy to represent a person in an inappropriate or negative way. Therefore there are rules that editors must follow in order to stay within the legal requirements.
The people who decide what can and can not be published is the 'Press Complaints Commissions' (IPSO) and the 'Advertisement Standards Agency' (ASA). These are both situated in the UK and are regulating bodies for publishing and advertising. The ASA control what can and can not be published on magazines along with dealing with complaints received in this subject. For example, if someone was to complain about an advertisement in a magazine, they would have to raise the issue with the ASA. The second regulating body, IPSO, have an equally important role as they decide what content in the magazine can and can not be published. In order for this to happen they set up an editors code which simply says that that editors can't distort images or stretch the truth of any stories. The editors must be as completely accurate as possible and deal with any cases of inaccuracy. Magazine companies also have to take into consideration peoples privacy such as their homes, personal life and names. Again if anyone had a problem with this they could bring it up to the ASA.
Privacy can play a huge part and is a big legal constraint that all magazine companies have to be very careful of. A lot of "gossip" magazines can be quite close to breaching this legal constraint as they constantly publish news about peoples weight loss, pregnancy or even just their personal life and some people may not want this information being exposed to the public without direct permission.
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