The ABC General Committee
The ABC elects 26 members at the Annual General Meeting, to serve on the General Committee, for a one-year term.
Representatives from the categories of membership are as follows:
5 Advertisers
5 Advertising Agencies
6 Metropolitan Newspaper Members
6 Magazines Members
4 Regional & Country Press Members
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The ABC Executive Committee
The ABC General Committee elects 5 members, annually, to serve on the Executive Committee, one from each membership category of Advertisers, Advertising Agencies and Metropolitan Newspapers, Magazines and Regional & Country Press who serve in an honorary capacity.
The Executives are elected from the General Committee at the Annual General Meeting in August/September with office bearers of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Honorary Treasurer. The Executive and General Committee are elected to one year terms and the Chairman position can only be held for a maximum of 2 years and must rotate through the three primary categories of Advertiser, Agency and Publisher.
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CAB Board of Directors
The CAB elects 13 Directors annually, 4 each from the categories of Advertisers, Advertising Agencies, Publishers and one Exhibition member who serve in an honorary capacity.
Directors are elected at the Annual General Meeting in September with an executive of President, Vice President and Honorary Treasurer elected from the Board.
Gordon Towell resigns from the ABC and CAB
6 August 2010 - Gordon Towell, CEO of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) and Circulations Audit Board (CAB) is returning to private enterprise after a productive 2-year period that saw the iconic media industry associations revitalised, rebranded and repositioned to meet the changing media landscape.
Online publishers rally behind ABA's push for measurement reform
6 August 2010 - The Audit Bureaux of Australia's (ABA's) campaign for measurement reform is showing results with an increasing number of online publishers changing their website measurement practises in order to comply with the ABA's web audit process.
Lasoo completes first ABA Web Audit
23 June 2010 - Lasoo.com.au has completed its first ABA Web Audit to independently verify its monthly traffic figures to industry-agreed audit standards. Lasoo is the largest site in the online retail category to open itself up to the scrutiny of a web audit.
Publishers Australia endorse ABA digital audit services
7 June 2010 - The Publishers Australia board of directors voted unanimously to officially endorse the Audit Bureaux of Australia’s (ABA) Digital Audit services on May 21, 2010. This follows recommendations from the Digital Leadership Group, chaired by Chris Bishops from the Beyond Digital Media Group and PA CEO, Alan Sarkissian.
CAB adds 41 new titles in latest release of audited distribution data
28th May 2010 - Over the last 6 months, the CAB has seen substantial growth in business and specialty publisher applications with 41 new titles including custom magazines such as Australia Today, Coles Magazine, BMW Magazine and Honda Magazine now achieving audited status.
Entertainment websites respond to advertisers call with ABA web audit
16th April 2010 - The addition of another 20 sites in recent weeks has boosted the number of ABA audited websites to 120 entrenching the growing importance of audited web audience data in the local industry. The catalyst for the latest increase in membership is the growing advertiser awareness of the major impact on page impressions and session duration created by auto-refresh inflation.
