ABC Board Revises Definition of Magazine Digital Edition

Other Key ABC Board Actions

The magazine committee of the ABC board continues to discuss scan-based trading and the implications for auditing and reporting of retail newsstand sales. Last week the board heard input from its advisory committees and a task force dedicated to the topic. The issue centers on the lack of per-issue data available from many scan-based systems and how to account for “shrink”—the difference between the number of magazines delivered to a retail outlet minus unsold copies, versus the amount identified as sold in its scan system. ABC is continuing to work toward an industry resolution it hopes to announce later this year.