120 likes | 267 Views
ABC Update. Agenda. Verified Circulation Digital Editions Review Total Customer Accounts Branded Editions Consolidated Media Reports NAA/ABC Circulation Sub Committee Review Free Distribution Audits Coupon Distribution Verification Service. Verified Circulation.
E N D
ABC Update America East Conference March 2012
Agenda • Verified Circulation • Digital Editions Review • Total Customer Accounts • Branded Editions • Consolidated Media Reports • NAA/ABC Circulation Sub Committee Review • Free Distribution Audits • Coupon Distribution Verification Service America East Conference March 2012
Verified Circulation • Coming up to third reporting period where verified is reported • Most newspapers have some form of verified. • Can be print, digital replica, digital non-replica, and branded • Categories • Home Delivery Requested • Home Delivery Targeted • Educational Copies • University Copies • Employee Copies • Retail/Business America East Conference March 2012
Digital Editions • Reporting Categories • Paid Circulation • Subscriptions • Single Copy Sales • Group • Verified • Educational • Classroom • University • Employee • Library Copies • Requested/Targeted America East Conference March 2012
Digital Editions • Guide to US Newspaper Digital Editions • Brings clarity to the morass of rules • Case Studies • Starting Point • Replica vs. Non-Replica • Tablet vs. eReader • Bundle vs. Hybrid • Bundle Pricing • Registration, Activation, Access • Incremental Pricing • Apps • Free vs. Paid • No Term • 1st 30 Days America East Conference March 2012
Digital Editions • Do’s • Obtain ABC Approval • Review tracking/access process with ABC • Be creative and include links, video, dynamic content • Donot’s • Avoid any language meaning ‘FREE’ • No back copy service permitted • Access to archives OK but cannot claim • Offer of premium to encourage registration/access • Cannot claim free public access website America East Conference March 2012
Total Customer Accounts • Relationship of claimed subscription and number of unique • transactions. • Weekly and CNA program newspapers exempt • Effective with March 12 reporting • Beginning with Sep 12 reporting FASFAX will include TCA • One weekday and one Sunday analysis per PS period • Includes • All paid and verified individual subscriptions • All platforms – print, digital and branded • Applies to both bundled and incrementally priced offers • Does not apply to separate transactions KEEP WATCH FOR ‘IN THE KNOW’ SERIES ON TCA America East Conference March 2012
Branded Editions • Guide to Branded Editions published mid February • Webinar to follow • September 11 FASFAX • About 70 pubs reported Branded Editions • Sunday Select, editions of…, accounted for several • To Qualify • Published at least weekly • Must be a newspaper, not magazine or newsletter • Contain Editorial or Requested by Consumer • Identified as ‘edition of (ABC Member) • Printed on newspaper stock • Can be Paid, Verified or Digital • For CNA participants included with primary members’ circulation. America East Conference March 2012
Consolidated Media Report (CMR) WILL THE FUTURE BE REPORTED THRU A CMR? • Allows a newspaper to report their total audience in one ABC report • Newspaper may customize their own report • All data must be audited • Format flexible • Currently , as a supplement to Pub Stmt and Audit Report • Buyer/Seller Task Force reviewing next generation CMR • Currently 18 Newspapers report a CMR • Task Force trying to figure out how to mainstream. America East Conference March 2012
NAA/ABC Circulation Sub Committee Review • Free Distribution Audits • Ongoing discussion of quantitative vs. qualitative audits • Development of Best Practices Guide • Some audits have not produced expected results • Development of minimum guidelines/controls • Coupon Distribution Service vs. Insert Verification Program • CDVS nearing 32nd year with no substantive changes • Should CDVS and IVS be combined? • Development of best practices for retailers America East Conference March 2012
THE END America East Conference March 2012