The principle

Cultural Heritage Online is funded in part by venues and institutions that pay for a presence in the archive. That revenue keeps a 28-year archive online. It does not buy influence over what the publication writes. Editorial decisions — what is covered, how it is described, what is corrected — are made by the editorial desk under the editor & publisher, and by no one else.

What partners get, and what they do not

• Paying partners receive the services described in their programme: a profile in the catalogue, labelled guest articles, listing of their events.
• Partners do not review, approve or veto editorial articles before publication.
• Partners cannot require favourable framing in editorial coverage that mentions them, and cannot prevent coverage they would rather avoid.
• A partner’s page is subject to the same Corrections Policy as every other page; a correction note cannot be removed at a partner’s request.
• Ending a commercial relationship has no effect on editorial coverage, past or future.

Labelling

Content that exists because of a commercial relationship — partner profiles, guest articles — is labelled where it appears. Editorial articles are not sponsored and are not available for purchase.

Enforcement

The editor & publisher is responsible for this policy. Suspected breaches can be reported to CONTACT; reports are reviewed under the same process as corrections.