Business Magazines: Reporting Standards changes

Business Magazines

Reporting standard changes

Personal Identifier Question 2010

The new Personal Identifier Question (PIQ) has been set for 2010 and is valid from 1 January 2010.

A PIQ is used as a means of audit verification for telephone and electronic registrations (e.g. via internet or e-mail) for controlled free circulation or exhibition attendees.

It must be asked, recorded and the information retained for audit for telephone and electronic requests (e.g. via internet or e-mail) claimed as controlled free circulation , for source documents used to support non-requested controlled circulation obtained by these means or for telephone/internet exhibition registrations. Please see the relevant Reporting Standards for more information.

Publishers must use the following question from 1 January 2010

• What is the month of your birth? – recorded numerically (1 – 12).

For example: ‘August’ would be ‘8’. It is suggested that if asking the question on an internet form a drop down menu/box could be used.

This Personal Identifier Question must be used from 1 January 2010. To view the 2009 questions click the heading below.

For more information or if you have any queries on this please contact your Account Manager or Jan Pitt, Director of Magazines and Exhibitions: email jan.pitt@abc.org.uk

Personal Identifier Questions 2009

The Personal Identifier Questions (PIQ) for 2009 which are valid from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 are shown below.

Publishers may use any one of the following questions from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.

The town or city of your birth (or the first two letters of the town or city of your birth). [For example, London or LO]

OR

Last Secondary/High School attended [The full name, for example: St Paul’s]

The new Personal identifier Question, valid from 1 January 2010, has now been set. Click the heading above to view the Personal Identifier Question that you must use from 1 January 2010.

For more information or if you have any queries on this please contact your Account Manager or Jan Pitt, Director of Magazines and Exhibitions: email jan.pitt@abc.org.uk

Business Magazines reporting standards change and new PIQ for 2010 – issued October 2009

Newstrade and single copy sales/paid subscriptions: Clarification that subscriptions taken out for a period less than the minimum required for inclusion in the single copy subscriptions category can be reported in the newstrade and single copy sales category.

Business Magazines reporting standards changes for 2009 periods and new Reporting Standards Document for periods ending 2010 – issued June 2009

Paid subscriptions: Effective periods ending Dec 2009 onwards, a minimum term for paid subscriptions has been introduced which is three months or three issues, whichever is the greater
Digital editions: The on-going audit process in relation to free digital edition copies including timings and notifications has been clarified, with immediate effect
Back issues: With effect from periods ending 1 January 2010 onwards back issues will only be allowed to be claimed in the period in which the issue itself is reported (i.e. not in subsequent reporting periods)
Digital editions: With effect from periods ending 1 January 2010 onwards the definition of bouncebacks has been revised to clarify that all hard bouncebacks for free digital editions copies must be excluded, not just SMTP550 errors
Various: A newly rewritten reporting standards document that is effective from periods ending 1 January 2010 onwards has been issued. As well as the design changes, there are a variety of minor changes and clarifications to rules. These are summarised in the letter in the link above.

Business Magazines reporting standards change – June 2008

Bulk sales: To be removed from the headline ABC average figure and audit issue figure from December 2009 audit period. From this point an optional facility will be available to report bulk sales in separate stand-alone category along with free bulk distribution.

Business to Business Magazines Standard rule change – October 2007

Bulk sales: issue by issue reporting

Business to Business Magazines Standard rule changes - December 2006

Multiple copy subscription - sales definition
Bulk distributed copies - reporting copies not included in the average or audit issue figure
Digital editions - registration to commence auditing

Business to Business Magazines Standard rule changes - June 2006

Reporting of digital editions: integration on ABC B2B certificates
Controlled circulation: change of description of requested by internet
Issue identifier for ABC purposes: clarification

Business to Business Magazines Standard rule changes - February 2006

Controlled circulation: additional age of requests analysis
Controlled circulation: optional validation service for un-dated website sources
Controlled circulation: optional advance systems audit for internet forms and enquiries

Business to Business Magazine Standard rule changes - June 2005