1. Consumer Magazines

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    Website/App Activity: The Standards have been overhauled to provide a more flexible and cost-effective method of reporting Web and App activity. Email Newsletters: The Email Standards have also undergone a review, placing a greater focus on the email...

  2. Latest updates (as at 18.06.2020) on rule changes and our guidance during the pandemic

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    pages on our website. You can find these by using the search box on our website, right clicking the title in our Data Hub or via a link on the publication's normal certificate or searching for the publication. The data is not included in our Data Hub or...

  3. Building Confidence in Retail Media: A Q&A with WPP Media’s Jason Wescott

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    We sat down with Jason Wescott - Global Head of Commerce Solutions at WPP Media and Chair of IAB Europe’s Retail and Commerce Media Committee - to dig into the state of retail media today. Jason offers a candid view on where maturity is stalling, why...

  4. ABC Certified Suppliers

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    Supplier? Our Certified Suppliers include subscription fulfilment, bulk pick up, digital publishing platforms, and web analytics services (see table below). All have undergone our audit which confirms their systems can support the reporting of data to...

  5. Retail Sales (Firm Sale) - Consumer Magazines

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    Back to index Retail Sales (Firm Sale) [Print/Digital] A copy sold to a retailer, on a firm sale basis, intended for resale as a single copy to a consumer. Principles 1. Single copy made available for purchase by the consumer from the retailer 2....

  6. Issues to be included / excluded - Regional Publications

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    Back to index Issues to be included / excluded All published issues for which the majority of the distribution took place within the Reporting Period must be included except for any issues allowed to be excluded according to this section. Principles 1....

  7. Business Magazines

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    Website/App Activity: The Standards have been overhauled to provide a more flexible and cost-effective method of reporting Web and App activity. Email Newsletters: The Email Standards have also undergone a review, placing a greater focus on the email...

  8. Return Form Submission, Audit, Certification - National Newspapers

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    Back to index Return Form Submission, Audit, Certification The Return Form is a submission in which the circulation claim is reported to ABC for certification. Each circulation claim is subject to audit. Principles 1. A Return Form must be submitted...

  9. Multiple Copy Sales - National Newspapers

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    Back to index Multiple Copy Sales [Print/Digital] Copies purchased by a third party from the publisher, delivered and made available for pick up or receipt by consumers. Principles 1. There must be a contractual arrangement between the final purchaser...

  10. Issues to be included / excluded - ABC Bulk Distribution

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    BACK TO INDEX Issues to be included / excluded All published issues for which the majority of the distribution took place within the Reporting Period must be included except for any issues allowed to be excluded according to this section. Principles 1....

  11. Paid Multiple Copies - Consumer Magazines

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    Back to index Paid Multiple Copies [Print/Digital] Copies purchased by a third party from the publisher, delivered and made available for pick up or receipt by consumers. Principles 1. There must be a contractual arrangement between the final purchaser...

  12. ABC issues new industry report for online ad viewability

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    viewable impressions. Last November, following confusion over differences in results, the Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS) asked ABC to deliver its first impartial and independent report on what viewability products do. This new...

  13. Over 90 years of trust and counting…

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    and issue our first certificate. 2000 Pioneering Digital Standards We establish JICWEBS (Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards), which brings together industry representatives. They start delivering standards for online media measurement. 2005...

  14. Single Copy Sales - Consumer Magazines

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    Back to index Single Copy Sales [Print/Digital] A single copy sold to a consumer direct by the publisher. Principles 1. Single copy knowingly paid for by the consumer 2. Copies are purchased direct from the publisher 3. It must be clear that the price...

  15. ABC Bulk Distribution

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    Standards home Reporting Standards for products registered in the ABC Bulk Distribution sector. View Full Standards ( printable PDF ) Reporting Standards General Principles and Record Keeping Reported Data Free Copies Free Pick Up Free Requested Free...

  16. Multiple Copy Sales - Regional Publications

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    Back to index Multiple Copy Sales [Print/Digital] Copies purchased by a third party from the publisher, delivered and made available for pick up or receipt by consumers. Principles 1. There must be a contractual arrangement between the final purchaser...

  17. Publication Active Views - ABC Bulk Distribution

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    on the same ABC. Please refer to the Editions section. Be published and available to the end user. If accessed on a web site be restricted either by a “pay wall” or a “registration” gateway with a password requirement. This does not prevent digital...

  18. Terms and Conditions

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    Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. They govern our relationship with you in relation to our Websites and certain services offered by us. If you have any questions about them or do not wish to accept them, please contact our Operations...

  19. National Newspapers

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    Website/App Activity: The Standards have been overhauled to provide a more flexible and cost-effective method of reporting Web and App activity. Email Newsletters: The Email Standards have also undergone a review, placing a greater focus on the email...

  20. Steps for Greater Global Media Assurance Discussed at 28th IFABC General Assembly

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    14/01/2019 At the International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Certification’s 28th General Assembly, 24 media auditing executives from around the world gathered to discuss worldwide assurance solutions in the wake of global media and marketing trends....