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ABCi Launches New Audit Service for Widgets, Ad-Serving Technology (July 2, 2008)Digital technology companies have been given yet another way to appear more transparent and accountable to advertisers with the launch of ABC Interactive’s new audit service for widget platforms, ad-serving technology, e-newsletter delivery systems, gaming platforms and other digital ad-based technology. (Circulation Management) Read the full story
ABC Begins Audits on Emerging Platforms (June 26, 2008)The Audit Bureau of Circulations has launched a digital technology accredidation program, an auditing service for emerging platforms, through its interactive unit ABCi. (Media in Canada) Read the full story
A Step in the right direction: Widget company Clearspring passes audit (June 24, 2008)Widget companies may get hundreds of millions of page views and visitors, but measuring their traffic has been tricky. Comscore and other third party services are still refining their methodologies, and have been criticized for undercounting some companies. (Venture Beat) Read the full story
Widget Network Clearspring Gets ABCi Clearance (June 24, 2008)Clearspring Technologies Inc. is the first widget network to be accredited under a new program by the Audit Bureau of Circulations' interactive unit. (MediaPost) Read the full story
Buyers Want Faster Update Of Rapid Report Stats (June 9, 2008)Frustrated that publishers have made scant progress in quicker posting of their circulation numbers to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Rapid Report, some print buyers are considering measures to prod magazines. (MediaWeek) Read the full story
ABC to launch new e-Data centre (June 6, 2008)The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is launching a newly designed e-Data centre, complete with a suite of media analysis tools, June 9. (Media in Canada) Read the full story
SBT Back on the Table with ABC (June 4, 2008)Scan-based trading has been gaining more prominence as a cost-saving sales and distribution solution recently, and, at the request of two member publishers, its viability will be brought back into discussion with ABC’s Magazine Director’s Advisory Committee later this month. (Folio:) Read the full story
ABC offers improved media analysis tools (June 4, 2008)The Audit Bureau of Circulations said it will relaunch its e-Data center next Monday. (BtoB Magaine) Read the full story
ABC to Re-launch its Data Center, Improve Search (June 3, 2008)The Audit Bureau of Circulations is preparing to re-launch its data center on June 9, making it easier to search and navigate reports. (Editor and Publisher) Read the full story
Publishers, Buyers Brace for Gains in Verified Circ (May 26, 2008)Two years ago, the Audit Bureau of Circulations cast a spotlight on magazines’ use of public-place copies when it created the new category of verified circ. (MediaWeek) Read the full story
Something good to say about papers (May 1, 2008)The news would seem more depressing than ever for America's newspapers, with the latest circulation data revealing accelerating declines for the most recent six-month reporting period: 3.6 percent on weekdays and 4.6 percent for Sunday papers. (Media Life Newspapers) Read the full story
Surprise FAS-FAX Finding: Smaller Papers Declined More Than Big Ones (May 1, 2008)The big metro papers usually get blamed for the overall plunge in circulation. But a new analysis from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that the circulation of smaller papers declined more than their big city peers. (Editor and Publisher) Read the full story
Exclusive: Top 10 Papers in Combined Print/Web 'Uniques' (April 29, 2008)This spring marks the second appearance of the Audience FAX, the Audit Bureau of Circulations' new initiative that looks at print and online readership, including a net combined audience number. (Editor and Publisher) Read the full story
Rogers chooses ABC to audit all its titles (April 29, 2008)Yesterday, Rogers Publishing clearly showed which side it's on in the controversy that began on April 16, when three major Canadian publishers left the Audit Bureau of Circulations in favour of the Canadian Circulation Audit Bureau. (Media in Canada) Read the full story
Rogers shifts audit of magazines to ABC; Move follows major defections by newspapers (April 29, 2008)In a move that stokes a brewing battle over credibility in the publishing world, Rogers Communications Inc., the biggest magazine publisher in Canada, has shifted all its titles to an auditing service that was abandoned this month by three major newspaper publishers pulled out of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) en masse, and shifted to the Canadian Circulation Audit Board (CCAB), citing the desire for a "made-in-Canada" system of auditing distribution of such publications as the Toronto Star and Sun newspaper chain. (National Post) Read the full story
Papers' circulation declines continue (April 29, 2008)The Chicago Sun-Times' paid circulation averaged 312,274 copies weekdays and 247,469 Sundays for the half-year that ended in March, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations' first reliable, up-to-date figures in years for Chicago's No. 2 paper. (chicagotribune.com) Read the full story
E-editions help Times, P-I boost circulation (April 29, 2008)Both Seattle daily newspapers reported circulation increases Monday, but the growth came from a little-known quarter. (The Seattle Times) Read the full story
Post, News Web Traffic Balances Print Reductions (April 28, 2008)New six-month statistics, released today, show The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News continuing to maintain sizeable cumulative audience share despite the impact of planned cutbacks in promotional programs and the migration of traditional print customers to the newspapers' websites. (PR Newswire) Read the full story
The Dallas Morning News Releases Latest Figures on Audience Growth and Circulation (April 28, 2008)The Dallas Morning News announced today the release of new readership figures, as provided by Scarborough Research, for the twelve-month period ending February 2008, showing weekly readership of the printed newspaper in the four-county area combined with non-duplicated audiences of dallasnews.com and supplemental targeted products Al Dia and Quick, has risen to 1,756,089, representing a 4% increase compared with the prior year, and a market penetration of more than 65%. (PR Newswire) Read the full story
Weekday Circulation At Top Papers Slides 3.2% In Last 6 Months (April 28, 2008)Average weekday circulation at the country's biggest newspapers fell 3.2% in the latest six months, a continuing indication of readers turning away from the printed page. (Dow Jones) Read the full story
Times, P-I daily circulations increase, contrary to national industry trends (April 28, 2008)Bucking industry trends, both Seattle daily newspapers reported small increases in weekday circulation today. (The Seattle Times) Read the full story
U.S. newspaper circulation falls 3.6 percent (April 28, 2008)U.S. newspaper circulation fell 3.6 percent in the latest set of figures released by an industry group on Monday, reflecting a migration of readers to the Internet and publishers' efforts to streamline their businesses. (Reuters) Read the full story
New FAS-FAX: Steep Decline at 'NYT' While 'WSJ' Gains (April 28, 2008)Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies for the six-month period ending March 31, 2008. (Editor and Publisher) Read the full story
Cosmo, Seventeen Among Magazines to Adopt New Multimedia Publisher’s Statements (April 17, 2008)Eight consumer magazines, including Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, have adopted the Audit Bureau of Circulations new multimedia publisher’s statements, reports that include Web traffic as well as print circulation. (Folio) Read the full story
Media leaders deplore resignations from ABC by Canadian newspapers (April 16, 2008)A trio of media industry leaders expressed dismay at this afternoon's news that Star Media Group, Sun Media and Transcontinental Media have resigned from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, choosing instead to have future measurement done by the Canadian Circulation Audit Board. (Media in Canada) Read the full story
Pink Sheet Changes? Not so Fast, Says ABC (April 11, 2008)ABC’s Magazine Directors Advisory Committee met late last week and among the usual deliberation on rules and reports, changes to the pink sheet were discussed. (Circulation Management) Read the full story