Reported Data - Regional Publications

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Reported Data

This section sets out other data and information that is reported on the ABC Certificate.

Requirements 

1. Total Average Circulation

1. You must report the total Average Circulation per issue. Copies will be reported, broken out by print and Digital Copy (as applicable), as shown in the following summary:
   
   
   

1. We will report the percentage of the total average circulation that is ‘Paid’ by the end user (i.e. including all paid categories of circulation except Multiple Copy Sales) where this exceeds 50%; otherwise we will report the percentage as ‘Free’.

2. By default we will report a figure representing the total number of copies circulated in the period (not including excluded issues). You may opt out of reporting this figure via the Return Form.

2.    Print and digital copies circulated to the same individual 

1. You may claim a print copy and a digital copy for an issue that are circulated to the same individual in the circulation analysis and total ABC circulation. This includes the following scenarios, where the individual is known and identifiable:
   
   
   1. A sale or subscription of both a print and digital copy to the same individual (whether as a single transaction – ‘a bundled/package sale’ or separate transactions).
      
      
   2. A free print copy and a paid digital copy to the same individual.
      
      
   3. A paid print copy and a free digital copy to the same individual.
      
      
   4. A free print copy and a free digital copy to the same individual.
      
      
2. If you include print and digital copies of an issue to the same individual in your claim, as noted in (a) above, you must report the average number of individuals that received both a print and digital copy per issue in the total average circulation for the period. This will appear as a note on the certificate and in ABC data.
   
   
   1. Where the details of the individual are not known because the circulation category’s requirements do not require it, then these copies do not need to be accounted for in the note. Examples include retail sales, Free Pick Up or Free Letterbox.

3. You may choose to report a Group Certificate 

1. You may choose to report a Group Certificate that combines the circulations from 2 or more publications’ Certificates providing:

   1. Each Certificate relates to the same Reporting Standards

   2. Each Certificate is for the same Reporting Period
      
      Note:

      • You may include publications with different publishing frequencies.

      • ABC will produce Group Certificates from the data submitted for the constituent publications and will show circulation to the four primary circulation categories (i.e. Paid Single Copies, Paid Subscriptions, Paid Multiple Copies and Free Copies).

4. Optional Reporting 

1. You may request to report additional analyses, derived from (or closely connected with) data reported on the certificate. Please refer to the separate section 'Optional Reporting' for further details.

Guidance

No additional guidance.