U.S. Newspaper Qualification and Reporting Support Center

Proposed Rule Revisions

At its March and April 2008 meetings, the ABC board of directors gave initial passage to a set of strategic U.S. newspaper rule revisions. The actual rule language that received initial passage at the meeting is now available on ABC’s Web site.

Members are encouraged to review the proposed rule language and provide feedback to ABC regarding the readability and functionality of the rules. If you would like your comments included on the board's agenda at its July meeting, please submit your feedback to ABC no later than July 2, 2008.

Choose a chapter below to view its proposed revisions.

• Bylaws
• Chapter A
• Chapter B Article 2 - Audits
• Chapter B Article 3 - Publisher's Statements
• Chapter C Article 1 - Paid Circulation
• Chapter C Article 2 - Circulation Reporting
• Chapter C Article 3 - Other Paid Circulation, Subscriptions or Copies Paid for by Other than Recipient
• Chapter C Article 4 - Time of Making Audits
• Chapter C Article 5 - Circulation Incentives and Other Qualification Standards
• Chapter C Article 7 - Analysis by Reporting Areas and Delivery Methods
• Chapter C Article 11 - Optional Analysis