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Board Ruling Explanations

Last Updated
Review of Rule D 2.8 Subscriptions Sold with Other Publisher Goods/Services09/10/08
Review of Rule D 2.1 Multi-Copy Sales03/20/08
Review of Rule D 10.2 Separate Editions and new Rule D 10.3 Digital Version/Digital Edition08/21/07
Member obligations—final passage July 200708/03/07
Publisher’s Statement—filing and certification—July 2007 board meeting08/03/07
Variations from Publisher’s Statement July 2007 board meeting08/03/07
Board request rule modification04/04/07
Consolidated Media Report (CMR)04/04/07
New reporting format - multimedia reporting 03/16/07
Review of Rule D 8.2 Premium Defined03/16/07


Archived Explanations

Last Updated
Free copies of ABC documents – rule modification11/30/06
Partnership Sales Rule D 2.911/29/06
Review of Rules D 5.2 Demographic Analysis, D 5.3 Age of Source and D 5. 4 Mailing Address11/29/06
Board makes review of premium rule – archive access08/09/06
Sanction – new Bylaw Article 7.603/17/06
Collection stimulants now permitted to obtain demographic information12/21/05
'Common Expire Date' language incorporated into rule12/21/05
Regularly scheduled special edition circulation09/14/05
Listing of “Audit Status” for all ABC members on ABC Web site07/22/05
ABC legal expenses – reimbursement by involved ABC members03/29/05
Analyzed issue – elimination of May/ November requirement03/29/05
Censure provisions formalized03/29/05
Public notification of impending audit adjustment03/29/05
Publicity rule amended to expand opportunity for data comparison03/29/05
Publisher’s Statements & Audit Report cycles03/29/05
Web site activity disclosure on Publisher’s Statements03/29/05
Qualified non-paid circulation – obtained through medical industry lists12/28/04
Modification to Paragraph 5 - Price Data07/21/04
Sponsored educational multi-copy sales07/21/04
Subscription/single-copy sales in combination07/21/04
Addition to Paragraph 3B Age of Source Analysis format04/19/04
New Rule D 2.8 Subscriptions Sold with Other Publisher Goods/Services04/19/04
New Rule D 12.3 Non-Paid Multi-Copy Same Addressee Circulation11/03
Directories not considered premiums07/03
Group sales eliminated/bulk sales rules revised07/03
Publisher's Statement format updated07/03
Renewal percentage rule modified07/03