This chapter focuses on media accountability. Because of the fundamental role that news media play in a democratic society, it is of high relevance for citizens that the performance of the news media is scrutinised, which is the overall goal of the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) research project. In this chapter, we investigate whether there are institutional mechanisms in place that hold the news media accountable to standards of performance. Following two MDM indicators, we look for the existence of content monitoring instruments and institutionalised mechanisms to control the performance of news media. We find that the use of content monitoring instruments is weak in many countries, while the use of institutionalised mechanisms fares better in most.