Industry Voices

  • Case Study: The Economist


    14/02/2019

    When The Economist approached us to request reporting updates that would better reflect their multiplatform business model, we worked together with them and the industry to deliver a solution.

    Read our joint case study to find out how ...

    Case Study: The Economist
  • ISBA: achieving 20/20 vision for viewability standards must be a priority in 2019

    02.01.2019

    There has been much debate in our industry about what constitutes a viewable impression...

    In this piece published in The Drum, Stephen Chester, Director of Media at ISBA, explores how far we’ve come in agreeing how viewability should ...

    ISBA: achieving 20/20 vision for viewability standards must be a priority in 2019
  • Case study: agenda21

    A year after receiving their first JICWEBS Seal, media agency agenda21 shares the benefits they’ve recorded as a result of becoming verified by ABC to industry standards. Read our new joint case study to find out ...

    Case study: agenda21
  • Collaboration – more than the sum of the parts

    19/09/2018

    Simon Redlich, Chief Executive, ABC

    Standing on the shore of Lake Windermere I’d come to the conclusion this was a really silly idea. But it was too late for that. The early morning conversations had quietened down as the 100 or so ...

    Collaboration – more than the sum of the parts
  • A call to arms against ad fraud

    01/08/2018

    Andy Flint, Head of Business Development, ABC

    In 2006, when we collaborated with the IAB US to create the IAB/ABC International Spiders and Bots List, we at ABC saw that invalid traffic was inflating online figures by as much as 60%. ...

    A call to arms against ad fraud
  • The goal is now wide open for newsbrands

    27/06/2018

    Steve Goodman, Managing Director of print trading, Group M UK

    The goal is now wide open for newsbrands to regain lost market share

    Advertisers can feel confident about investing in news brands because they have trusted and ...

    The goal is now wide open for newsbrands
  • Time for change

    19/03/2018
    Jan Pitt, Commercial Director, ABC

    5 things you didn't know about our Standards updates

    Over the last ten months we’ve conducted a root and branch review of our standards for consumer magazines and regional publications. This has ...

    Time for change
  • Let's all raise a glass to transparency

    15/03/2018
    Derek Morris, Chairman, ABC

    In his latest blog published by the IPA, our Chairman Derek Morris is raising a toast to transparency - and explains why you should too!

    Read the full story ...

    Let's all raise a glass to transparency

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Larry Goldstein, Vice President,
Research Audit Services, comScore
"ABC provides us with a consistent measure of our circulation and digital reach that is credible to our advertisers. It's got the respect of everyone in the industry and is really important for us as a business."
Jamie Credland,
SVP Marketing and Strategy,
The Economist Group

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“ABC has worked closely with the industry to simplify its reporting whilst retaining the robust, gold standard that we associate with their stamp of trust.”

Adam Crow,
Head of Publishing,
MediaCom

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"Working with ABC in the past, we had confidence they would be a trusted partner to turn to for guidance, expertise and support."


Leena Vara-Patel,
Operations & Ad Tech Director, agenda21

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"Independently audited figures from ABC remain key to our business. As a joint industry currency they allow anyone who wishes to compare figures across different titles or publishers to do so on a like-for-like basis, and to be reassured that the figures are based on fact."
Albert Read, MD,
Conde Nast

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“ABC’s training session was incredibly useful... some of our attendees who’d been trained in digital ad trading were amazed this level of trusted detail exists for ABC-verified media brands.”

Craig Smith,
Trading Director, Print & Digital Display,
Mindshare 

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"At Exponential we understand the need to be open and transparent with our business practices, which is why we follow the EDAA best practice criteria for online behavioural advertising. ABC were very helpful and supportive throughout the certification process."
Tim Sleath,
VP Product Management,
Exponential

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