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• Standard associate membership
• Enhanced associate membership
• Regional publisher associate membership
• Academic associate membership
• Newspaper supplement associate membership

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Standard Associate Membership

ABC understands how important strong client relations are to the success of your organization. ABC's associate membership is designed to help you meet your clients' objectives by giving you access to vital circulation statistics. Having this access can make your organization more effective.

Annual Dues = $500

Benefits of your membership include:

• Use of the ABC logo
• A listing of ABC's online membership roster
• News and event announcements
• Access to an entire suite of electronic and print products available at regular associate prices.*

Enhanced Associate Membership

Answering to growing industry demand, ABC is proud to offer a new category of membership tailored to your level of involvement. This enhanced membership is geared toward subscription agents who need program reviews by ABC's experienced Publisher Relations staff. This benefit is a vital element to ensure that your programs are in accordance with ABC's Bylaws & Rules.

Annual Dues = $2,500

The enhanced membership offers the same entitlements as standard associate membership plus:

• Program review by ABC's Publisher Relations staff
• Password access to:
  • Audit status listing
  • ABC Rapid Report
  • eCirc
• Access to our entire suite of electronic and print products at reduced associate rates*

Regional Publisher Associate Membership

As an association, we know how important it is to provide the highest level of service to your members. ABC's regional publisher association membership is designed to help you represent the interests of your members by providing them with essential circulation statistics. ABC membership offers you the best way to stay abreast of circulation changes that directly affect your clientele.

Annual Dues = $75

This membership offers the same entitlements as the standard associate membership plus:

• One license to eStatements
• One license to newspaper eFAS-FAX
• Access to our entire suite of electronic and print products at reduced associate rates*

Academic Associate Membership

Today's journlism, marketing and advertising students are tomorrow's publishers, media buyers and advertising agency executives. With this in mind, the Audit Bureau of Circulations invites your institution to join ABC as an academic associate member. We can provide you and your students with ABC reports and services for classroom use and research purposes.

Education is critical for the future of the media industry.
We must continue to affirm the value of accurate, verified circulation data. It continues to be the cornerstone of smart media buying and selling decisions.

Circulation is directly related to advertising rates. That is why it's important for students to know about ABC because chances are, they will work with ABC data in the future. By including media planning instruction in classes, your faculty can offer a more effective learning experience and ultimately provide students with an added advantage as they enter the workforce.

ABC audits the circulation records of most major newspapers, consumer magazines and business publications in North America. A member-regulated organization that upholds established industry-established standards, ABC offers authoritative, believable and comparable reports.

Help your students profit from this media intelligence.
Become an academic associate member and get your students up to speed by using today's leading media tools.

Annual Dues = $100

Benefits of membership include:

• One license to access ABC's eStatements
• Educational booklets that provide a better understanding of ABC reports
• Sample Publisher's Statements and Audit Reports can be provided for classroom use in addition to ZIP code and market breakout information
• Elegibility to purchase additional media tools* designed to streamline daily routines in the real world of advertising
• Newsletters
• E-mail communications
• Free access to online tutorials and top-line circulation and readership statistics

Newspaper Supplement Associate Membership

With more than 1,200 newspapers as members, the Audit Bureau of Circulations provides circulation numbers that are accurate, believable and credible. When you present a report generated by ABC, your potential advertisers receive the assurance they want. You can stake your reputation on it. We do.

Annual Dues = $1,000

Attract advertisers.
National marketers know that magazine supplements can quickly reach a large reader base. Weekend readers have a different mindset and tend to spend more time with the newspaper, hence increasing the chance of seeing the advertisements.

Boost revenue.
A circulation and distribution model that operates at considerable savings to traditional systems, is luring more and more advertisers to weekend newspaper advertising—particularly direct response advertisers.

Create awareness.
There's competition out there. Let your advertisers know you mean business. Impress them with an ABC report.

Benefits of membership include:

• Two Publisher's Statements per year will be issued for your publication. This coincides with the regular six-month ending reporting periods of member newspapers. You can be certain of getting the most up-to-date information presented in comparable formats.
• Education booklets that provide a better understanding of ABC reports.
• Eligibility to purchase ABC reports and services including media tools designed to streamline daily routines.*
• Newsletters
• Opt-in e-mail communications
• Free access to online tutorials and top-line circulation and readership statistics.