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2005-02-04T11:43:00.000-08:00

FROM MR.LARRY AZUKA . THE ACCOUNTANT .STANDARD TRUST BANK
PLC (STB) LAGOS-NIGERIA.
PLEASE REPLY TO ASSISTANCT, SIR/MADAM,
STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I AM MR.LARRY AZUKA, THE ACCOUNTANT STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.
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AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY AND MIND OUR SHARE. IT
IS
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THE FUND. TO COMMENCE THIS TRANSACTION, WE REQUIRE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY
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NATURE. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR PROMPT
RESPONSE.
REGARDS,
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Welcome to the O+F Advisor!

Tech Sector Takes a Turn for the Better, Says Annual CIO Survey

Laggards Lose Out in Transportation Management

Longer-Term Logistical Limits in China

Zooming In On Tactics

Getting a Handle on Material Handling Equipment

Is It Time To Replace Your WMS? Early Warning Signs

RFID IOU: Be Prepared to Pay, and Pay, and Pay

Tip of the Week

Upcoming Events

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Tech Sector Takes a Turn for the Better, Says Annual CIO Survey
By Rama Ramaswami
Down in the dumps about the state of IT? Cheer up! While the high-tech sector may lack the pizzazz it once had, things are beginning to improve, according to CIO magazine's annual State of the CIO survey. The good news is that top management no longer considers IT a mere support function. Sixty-nine percent of the 544 senior IT execs surveyed think the information technology division should play a proactive role in identifying and applying technology to take advantage of business opportunities. Last year, just 42% of survey respondents took this view. In keeping with businesses' growing focus on generating maximum ROI, technology has gained greater visibility in the finance suite. In 2003, 47% of CIOs reported to the chief executive officer; this year, only 40% do so. More CIOs -- 30% versus last year's 22% -- now report directly to the chief financial officer.

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Laggards Lose Out in Transportation Management
By Barbara Arnn
If your company is still using spreadsheets and manual shipment aggregation as its transportation management system, it's lagging behind the industry norm and about to be left in the dust by the best-in-class companies. Those are the ones that manage transportation online both internally and for external partners, stakeholders, and clients; and that count on commercial optimization and execution systems to give them an edge in snagging carrier services.

For the rest of the story, visit www.opsandfulfillment.com/advisor/transportation-management-Aberdeen-Group-survey

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Longer-Term Logistical Limits in China
By Barbara Arnn
Even in the context of the amazingly long parade of Chinese history, the country's current rate of economic growth seems remarkable. This growth, according to a report summary recently released by Stoughton, WI-based 3PL consulting firm Armstrong and Associates, encompasses logistics outsourcing, and will extend into the near future. Citing a compound annual growth rate of 33% until 2007, the summary also warns that "major structural problems" exist, and those logistics firms that want to "grab market share" in the immediate economic boom would do well to plan for the middle and long term, when serious readjustments will be needed.

Endemic issues of energy supply, bureaucracy, communications infrastructure, and a poorly educated workforce, aside, China's half-century history as a Communist state means that many state-owned enterprises must be restructured into the private sector, while rising labor costs will pressure public sector companies, all in competition with foreign companies. Result: an almost-certain economic "hard landing" in the medium term. Logistics companies investing in China now will ignore this possibility at their peril.

A list of ten challenges for the Chinese logistics industry includes: poor infrastructure, regulation, bureaucracy and culture, poor training, information and communications technology, undeveloped domestic industry, high transport costs, poor warehousing and storage, regional imbalances, and domestic trade barriers.

An electronic version of "China Logistics Report 2004" is available in its entirety from Armstrong & Associates for $995 at www.3PLogistics.com

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Zooming In On Tactics

Getting a Handle on Material Handling Equipment
By Jeff Morris
If economic cycles are an accurate indicator, things are looking upbeat for 2005. That's one conclusion of an analysis of Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (MHEM) prepared by the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA). According to a portion of the report, "Industrial Sector by Phase of Cycle" (prepared by the Manufacturing Alliance--MAPI) that illustrates the phases of a model business cycle, MHEM is currently in the "accelerating growth" phase. Indications are that MHEM is expected to remain in that phase through 2005.

MHEM includes conveyors and conveying equipment; overhead traveling cranes, hoists, and monorail systems; industrial truck, tractors, trailers and stacker machinery; and other material handling equipment. The Industrial Sector by Phase of Cycle chart indicates the position within the cycle for 28 different industrial sectors, based on the year-over-year change in the three month moving average of new orders.

MHIA's MHEM Market Overview shows that for the full year 2003, new orders grew 2.7% to close at $16.2 billion, with shipments growing 0.8% to also close at $16.2 billion. Unfilled orders declined 0.6% to close at $4.7 billion, representing the equivalent of 3.4 months' shipments. Meanwhile, imports grew at an annual rate of 7.9% to $3.2 billion; exports grew 2.6% to $2.0 billion, for a net import value of $1.1 billion. And total U.S. consumption closed at $17.4 billion, growing 1.9% for the twelve months ending in December 2003.

The MHEM Forecast is available at a discount of $40.00 to members of MHIA through the MHIA Web site at www.mhia.org/membersonly/ValidateUser/index.cfm.
Non-members may purchase the forecast for $195.00 by placing an order through the Material Handling Online Bookstore. For more information, go to MHEM Forecast at www.mhia.org/articles/mhemforecastdisclaimer_article.cfm.

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Is It Time To Replace Your WMS? Early Warning Signs
By Rama Ramaswami
Of course, a warehouse management system is a long-term investment. But in today's DCs, which are pressured to meet ever-higher performance standards, technology becomes outdated far more quickly than it used to. What, then, do you do with your ailing WMS? How do you know when it's time to replace it rather than add yet another upgrade module? Distribution Digest newsletter suggests looking for certain red flags. To read more, visit www.opsandfulfillment.com/advisor/Replace-WMS

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RFID IOU: Be Prepared to Pay, and Pay, and Pay
By Jeff Morris
Think you'll be able to get away with paying for RFID chips or tags and then be done with the cost of implementing this new technology? Think again. That's the message of a report by Larry Shutzberg, CIO of consumer packaging, promotional display and recycled paperboard manufacturer Rock-Tenn Co., that appears in InformationWeek. While there's been a lot of talk about the purchase of chips or tags as the chief cost of an RFID system, Shutzberg points out that implementing a fully functional system will mean multiple ongoing expenses.
Read more at www.opsandfulfillment.com/advisor/RFID-IOU

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Tip of the Week
If you plan to implement RFID, be prepared to pony up a ton of money. A report by the consulting firm A.T. Kearney says retailers can expect to spend $400,000 per DC and $100,000 per store, plus $35 million to $40 million on systems integration across the business.

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Upcoming Events
Date: November 10, 2004, 12:15 PM
Event: Addressing Supply Chain Security Updates, Legislation, and Impact: Using benchmarks to build the most comprehensive, yet cost effective security program (New York City CLM Meeting; lunch & discussion to follow)
Location: The New York Helmsley Hotel
Information: www.clmnyc.com
Date: January 10-13, 2005
Event: Promat 2005
Location: McCormick Place South, Chicago
Information: www.ProMat2005.org
Date: January 24-25, 2005
Event: The Council of Logistics Management presents Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management -- An Introductory Level Workshop
Location: Newark, NJ
Information: www.clm1.org/Education/Seminar/Default.asp
Date:April 4-6, 2005
Event: National Conference on Operations and Fulfillment/NCOF
Location: Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Grapevine, TX
Information: www.ncof.com
Date: May 1-5, 2005
Event: Warehousing Education and Research Council's 28th Annual Conference
Location: Adam's Mark Hotel, Dallas
Information: (630) 990-0001; www.werc.org

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The Circulator - November 10

2004-11-10T12:12:00.000-08:00
:: Circulation Management : : November 10th - THE CIRCULATOR ::

A Weekly E-Newsletter from Circulation Management

November 10, 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

News Features:

Dan Capell's Best Audits List

NatMag and ACP Joint UK Venture

Action Hero to Front AMI Mag

News Briefs:

Need for SPEED

Shop 'Til You Exceed

Home has Game

Time Titles Off the Clock

Trend Features:

A Voice For Me

PReSS Results

Newly Available Lists

NEWS

Dan Capell's Best Audits List

By Kristina Joukhadar

Dan Capell celebrated the "Best Audits of the Decade" in his Circulation Report this week. Pouring over audit reports for the circa 300 ABC-audited titles that make an advertising rate base claim, Capell reviewed ten years' worth of data on the top 40 titles.

"A full 12 percent missed their rate base claim," said Capell, "but thatï¿½s better than what it used to be. 15 years ago about 35 percent missed their claimï¿½over the last 10 years or so, the percentage has come way down."

Here are some highlights of the best audits: Archaeology, rate base up 30%, only four issues missed in ten years and double-digit bonus circ for advertisers; Cosmopolitan, 250,000 average bonus over rate base for advertisers; Bon Appetit, rate base up 25%, one isssue missed and a 110,000 average bonus for ten years.

Capell has cited Time Inc. with eight titles and Conde Nast with seven titles on the best Audit Performers list.

In addressing the question of why only 50% of ABC-audited magazines claim a rate base at all, Capell said that although the largest, major publications do declare, in the case of smaller circulation special interest publications--for example art or boating--you have "endemic advertisers who don't care what the rate base is." They simply have to advertise, no matter what.

When a magazine promises a rate base, it gets printed on the ABC statement. Newspapers don't declare an advertising rate base, and considering the circulation shortfalls that have been turning up in their audit reports lately, thatï¿½s probably just as well.

NatMag and ACP--Joint UK Venture

By Meghan Hamill

The National Magazine Company (NatMag), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hearst Corporation in a major joint venture with Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) will publish weekly consumer magazines in the UK.

The new company, ACP-NatMag will be a 50/50 partnership between two of the world's leading magazine publishers including starting with the weekly, 402,000 circulation, magazine Best.

Colin Morrison, the former ACP Chief Executive Officer will be CEO of the new London-based joint and Jessica Burley, currently Group Publishing Director, Women's Home and Lifestyle Group at NatMag, will become Chief Operating Officer.

NatMag will provide a range of publishing and administrative services to the new company. ACP-NatMag aims to be a leading weekly publisher and is expected to be fully operational by January 1, 2005.

Another Action Hero to Front AMI Mag

By Kristina Joukhadar

American Media Inc. has announced it will partner with "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone to launch a new monthly fitness-focused magazine. The monthly Sly will be aimed at men ages 35 to 54.

Its debut at newsstands in early January will coincide with Stallone's reality TV show about young boxers, The Contender, that will run on NBC.

"I am a firm believer that the best time of your life is right now--if you know how to live it," said Stallone, 58. "I am in better shape today than I was at 35 and it's my intention to have Sly magazine show its readers how to do the same."

American Media spokesman Stuart Zakim has said that Stallone will be very involved with the content of the magazine.

Earlier this year, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Mr. Universe turned Hollywood action hero, was named executive editor of bodybuilding titles Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines.

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Need for SPEED

Road & Track publishers Hachette Filipacchi launched SPEED magazine on the newsstands in March with a cover date of April, distribution of 200,000 and a cover price of $4.99. The new title is geared to a younger automotive enthusiast audience who are devoted to the highperformance auto market. These readers customize their cars for speed and fun. The second issue appeared on newsstands on October 26. The title will begin publishing bimonthly with the May/June 2005 issue.

Shop 'Til You Exceed

Shop, Etc., Hearst Magazines' new shopping magazine for women has an initial rate base of 400,000. The shopping title has sold more than 280,000 copies on the newsstand since its debut in August.

Rival Lucky launched in 2001 and broke the 200,000-copy newsstand sales figure after five issues--putting Shop, Etc. months ahead in exceeding expectations. However, Lucky will go to a 1 million rate base in January.

Home has Game

Domino, a shopping magazine for the home, debuts in April 2005 and will have a rate base of 400,000. The new title will appear monthly in September, October, November and December and go to 10 times a year in 2006. A prototype has been shown to selective advertisers as well.

Time Titles Off the Clock

Two titles published by Time Inc.'s Time4Media are no longer in print as of November 1 due to a less than desirable audience size in order for the magazine to be viable.

Staffers from TransWorld BMX (circ less than 50,000) will be shifted to another as-yet-titled magazine about all-terrain-vehicles and will launch in the spring.

Ride BMX (circ 51,000) and Freeze (circ 54,000) will shut its doors in January.

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A Voice For Me

By Meghan Hamill

For Me, Hachette Filipacchi's new women's service magazine for young women aged 25 to 35 targets a special and untapped demographic that many titles have not focused on--women who have recently graduated from college. The magazine launched with a rate base of 300,000, a cover price of $1.45 and will initially be sold on the newsstand only.

The title offers practical advice about growing up and buying a house, hosting dinner parties, purchasing big ticket items, getting your first real job and saving money. Tackling financial, technology and home issues all in one title is meant to save the reader from having to consult several specialized magazines or mom and dad to get the answers.

Practical but fun advice is evident in the cover lines of the December issue: Broke? Save $200 this Month, 25 Ways to Organize, 5-Ingredient Recipes and Hey! Jelly Belly--Lose that Jiggle. Editorial also covers the usual suspects: beauty, fashion and health.

The December issue currently on stands has 64-pages of editorial and 6-pages of ads. The test issue will be researched during the gap in service until they build their editorial staff and put For Me back on the stands in April '05. Subscriptions will be available in April when they move to monthly frequency.

Internally they looked at the age of existing brands and found that women right out of college would fill a niche age group that Hachette currently does not serve. From start to finish, in-house brainstorming and production by existing Woman's Day editors took six months.

"We wanted to bring the title to market as quickly as possible to see if the format will succeed", said David Leckey, VP, Circulation, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. In order to research the viability of the magazine in the market, the launch issue will have an in-book survey to gather feedback. Hachette will also use focus groups to tweak the look and feel of the April issue over the next few months.

The goal over the next five years is to raise circ from 300,000 to 700,000, said Leckey.

Positive Results in the PReSS

By Meghan Hamill

The highly anticipated 2004 Publication Readership Satisfaction Survey (PReSS) results are currently being reviewed by Monroe Mendelsohn Research (MMR), and will be released to PReSS subscribers on November 16.

The research is especially valuable for circulators because it can help to demonstrate a magazine's competitive advantage as an advertising vehicle.

It can also demonstrate a magazine's superior performance compared with the competition; how a specific category is performing from the reader's perspective such as overall title ratings differ by gender; assess how various titles are performing on a wide variety of brand characteristics, better list selections to solicit potential subs from reader interests and reading preference results; and retaining existing subs and attracting new subs, said Bob Schullman, a Senior VP at MMR.

"We have created what many in the industry perceive to be the equivalent of a JD Power-type satisfaction and product quality survey for consumer magazines and the major national newspapers," he said.

Magazines have personalities and their customers, their readers, do differentiate them based on the distinct benefits that each title provides its readers. PReSS will provide reader-based profiles for 199 individual titles and will provide critical information that no one ever possessed on such a scale before.

"The PReSS presentation I gave to selected circulation and ad sales management during the past year that focused on the PReSS Pilot Survey's results is very indicative of the fully scale study's results," said Schullman.

The PReSS presentation explains to circulators that despite the results of a recent syndicated survey conducted by the Association of National Advertisers' Print's Issues & Opportunities--The Client's Perspective, what the ANA survey doesn't cover in any meaningful manner is the three categories ranked as the top three considerations in an advertiser's decision to use magazines in the media mix: editorial environment, targeting capabilities and reader connection.

The survey measured 211 publications and rated magazines on attributes such as "I have read in past 6 months", "How I usually obtain the copy", "Contains attention-getting ads" and "Is cutting edge". Some of the measured titles include Business Week, Entertainment Weekly, National Geographic, Technology Review and Sports Illustrated.

On the print planning side, all of the Publicis agencies (Starcom, Mediavest, GM Planworks and, Zenithmedia, Optimedia, etc), Mediacom, MPG, Universal McCann, Carat Insights, and Mullen have subscribed to PReSS. On the publisher side, two of the three national newspapers, The NY Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as titles from Hearst, American Express Publishing, Bauer, Taunton Press (among others) have subscribed to PReSS.

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Everything Golf (388,256 names, $80/M)

Catalog buyers of golf-related products who spent between $60 and $500 per order.

Selects by high/low-ticket merchandise, quarterly hotline, gender, income, age, presence of children, state/SCF/zip.

Contact: List Experts Inc. (727) 669-2500

Out Of Office Business Professionals (2,750,000 names, $100/M)

Reach business contacts in a specific industry and title by sporting interest and readership, presence of children and many other choices and combinations.

Selects by age, income, gender, small office/home office and many interests. The list also includes all business selections such as, SIC/Industry, title, company size, year business started and telephone.

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Association for Conflict Resolution (5,729 names, $250/M)

Mediators, arbitrators and educators involved in conflict resolution are found on the membership roster of the Association for Conflict Resolution. ACR members include lawyers, social workers, human resources professionals, psychologists and clergy.

Selects by professional interest, state/SCF/zip.

Contact: Infocus Marketing Inc. (800) 708-5478

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Consumers who responded to direct mail offers to tour time-share resorts or who were contacted by telephone after checking in a hotel are listed on the Time-Share Resorts Time for Fun file. Selects by monthly hotline, type of resort, age, credit card buyers, demographic, ethnicity, income, lifestyle, marital status, telephone numbers, presence of children, state/SCF/zip.

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Circulation and other publishing professionals: Do you have circulation related New Year's resolutions? We'd love to hear from you. Please email them to mhamill@red7media.com

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Circulation Manager

Red 7 Media (publisher of FOLIO, Circulation Management, and Event Marketer Magazine) is seeking a circulation manager to manage the circulation of our stable of trade magazine titles. Must have at least 3 yrs. of magazine circulation experience, including BPA audits and audience development skills. Must also be ready to roll up your sleeves and dive in a fast-paced, fun, entrepreneurial environment. Position is located in our South Norwalk, CT offices. Benefits: Health, dental, 401k.

Fax resume to KS, (203) 854-6735 or email ksmith@red7media.com

Contact us:
Red 7 Media, Inc.
33 South Main Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Tel: (203) 854-6730
Fax: (203) 854-6735

Editors:
Tony Silber
Kristina Joukhadar
Meghan Hamill

INHERITTANCE CLAIMS/NEXT OF KIN

2004-11-10T05:45:00.000-08:00
INHERITTANCE CLAIMS/NEXT OF KIN

FRED CHUKWUMA & CHAMBERS
NO 15 ATTORNEY AVE,VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.
PRIVATE EMAIL:
ATTN: SIR/MADAM ,

It is with heartfelt hope that I write to seek your co-operation and
assistance in the context stated below, I am BARRISTER FRED CHUKWUMA .
I am the personal Attorney to the late MR.& MRS.ROBERT RICE, of La Mesa,
California,A national of Califonia , My late client was and his wife was
involved in {AIR CRASH} that occurred on the {31ST OCTOBER 1999} With an
{ EGYPTIAN AIRLINE PLAN 1990 } into the Atlantic Ocean,on his way to a conference

and other passengers were involved as you can confirm from the website below:
{ www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html }
I got your contact through the help of my sister-in-law that works with
the American Chambers of Commerce and Tourism, due I did not disclose
to her my humble intention for an honest foreigner like you,Having noted

the confidence reposed on your person by the sponsor of the recommendation,
My late client was as well a one time secret Agent in transferring of
money overseas for the late head of state of Nigeria. Before his death On
the
31ST OCTOBER 1999, My client Deposited the total sum of US$10,000,000.00)TEN
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS } In {ECO BANK PLC} hoping of transferring
the fund to his country as soon as she comes back from conference.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his name
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to assist in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my
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this huge deposit were lodged.Particularly, the {ECO BANK PLC} Where the

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next10 official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating

the relatives,I seek your consent to present you as the {NEXT OF KIN} of

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A Week after he came back from Abidjan, he was attacked with my mother by unknown assassins, which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital on that faithful afternoon. I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He my father, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE he disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of 15,800,000,00 US Dollars (FIFTEEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in a bank here in Abidjan- CÃ´te d'ivoire.That the money was meant for his cocoa and Gold company he wanted to establish in Abidjan - CÃ´te d'Ivoire though, according to my father he deposited the money in a confident account of the bank and he handed to me all the relievant documents of the deposited fund and instructed me to seek for a reliable
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Thanks for your kind attention.

Yours sincerely,

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The Circulator - November 3, 2004

2004-11-05T09:33:00.000-08:00
:: Circulation Management : : November 3rd - THE CIRCULATOR ::

A Weekly E-Newsletter from Circulation Management

November 3, 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

On the Auditing Front:

--BPA Furthers its Worldwide Presence

--ABC's Fas-Fax on Newspaper Circ

Readers Flipping Over Digital?

Content Takes First Place in Internet Survey

News Briefs

Record Revenues for Cooking Light

Home--Where the Money Is

More Gets a Facelift

Life & Style on Sale

Trend Features:

Kick-Start Partnership Marketing

Newly Available Lists

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BPA Furthers its Worldwide Presence

By Kristina Joukhadar

While the Audit Bureau of Circulations has been working on perfecting the accuracy of Publisher Statements in the U.S., BPA Worldwide has been working on building up its auditing organization in the rest of the world. BPA's list of member and applicant titles now includes 2000 U.S., 550 Canadian and 400--450 in other countries.

It was announced this week that Opthomology Times/India, an Indian edition of OT due to be published by Advanstar Medical Economics and ILX Media as of the first quarter of 2005, will be audited by BPA. This will be the first BPA audited title to be published there.

Also beginning in 2005, Canadian company Metro International, publisher of 35 daily newspaper editions in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, will have its three U.S. daily newspaper titles--Metro New York, Metro Boston and Metro Philadelphia--audited by BPA on a weekly schedule as of January.

In Beijing, executives from Nokia and Procter & Gamble China have recently joined BPA's Asia/Pacific Advisory Board. The audit bureau opened the Beijing office in June of this year, slated to handle all audit scheduling, sales and customer service for BPA's Asia/Pacific operations, including titles published in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan.

In Central America, back in March 2004, the BPA announced the formation of a cooperative venture with the Instituto Nacional de la Publicidad, the official professional industry body that oversees Costa Rican advertising, to provide exclusive circulation auditing services for the country's newspapers, consumer and B-to-B magazines.

In the Middle East, the Dubai Consultancy Research and Media Centre (United Arab Emirates) said in August 2004 that it will "work to enhance and support BPA Worldwide's growing media membership in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries comprising the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."

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ABC's Fas-Fax Shows Newspaper Circ

By Meghan Hamill

According to Monday's ABC Fas-Fax report (for the six-month period ending September 30), more than 70% of the newspapers measured by the ABC lost circulation in the past six months. Overall daily circulation dropped .9% and Sunday circulation decreased 1.5%.

On the same day the ABC Fas-Fax report was released, newspaper circ again was under suspicion, as Federal investigators subpoenaed the New York Daily News for information about its circulation reporting practices. Home-delivery distributors have allegedly sued the paper for $12.5 million because of claims they were forced to deliver to non-paying customers.

"We are aware of an investigation and we look forward to cooperating fully," said Daily News spokeswoman Eileen Murphy in regard to the subpoena.

In the Fas-Fax report, among the top-20 papers, the New York Post logged the largest percentage increase in circulation, with its daily sales climbing by 5% or 33,781 papers. That increase narrowed the gap between the Post and the Daily News from 74,320 papers to 28,845.

Several of the top-20 papers that should have been included in Monday's report and their numbers omitted had replaced by an x, due to ABC censure.

When the ABC Board met this past July, it refined the definition of the "censure" provision of its bylaws, stating that it would censure any newspapers whose circulation was adjusted at least five percent during the audit process. In Monday's Fas-Fax report, the circulation figures for Hoy, Newsday, Chicago Sun Times and Dallas Morning News were completely omitted from the report.

Some of the major newspapers that saw daily circulation declines of more than 3% include the San Francisco Chronicle (-6.09%), the Buffalo News and the Los Angeles Times (both -5.55%) and the Arizona Republic (-4.40%).

"It is not all doom and gloom," according to the Newspaper Association of America: 281 of 841 papers with reported figures gained circulation.

Fas-Fax noted the following circ increases: The New York Times (+.22% daily and Sunday), The Wall Street Journal (+.75%) and the Miami Herald (+2,148 daily). The New York Post gained the largest percentage circulation, with an increase of 33,781 papers.

The ABC Fas-Fax report also found that for 17 of the top-20 papers, the average daily paid circulation declined a half percent when compared with the same period last year, while Sunday circulation declined 1.7%. The same papers also reported a 3.4% increase in the share of sales that came from bulk or deeply discounted copies.

Readers Flipping Over Digital?

By Kristina Joukhadar

University Business, a controlled circ business magazine aimed at the top management of two- and four-year colleges and universities in the U.S., published by Professional Media Group LLC, announced this week that it has selected E-Book Systems to produce the digital editions of its magazine.

Digital flip editions are available free of charge on the publicationï¿½s Web site.

E-Book utilizes a patented "3-D Digital Flip" technology, creating a page-turning digital "flip-book." Readers who download the flip-viewer--available at present only on a PC, but soon to be available in Mac version--simply click on the image of the magazine to turn its pages online.

UB chose E-Book for its digital editions because they were so helpful and willing to accommodate the company's needs, said Fales. Price was definitely not the most important consideration for the company, which did not want to add staff to bring the project to fruition.

Fales said UB's editors and advertisers are impressed with the reporting capabilities of the product, which records the number of readers who view each edition, the pages they view, time spent with each page and the clicks per page (including "zooms"). It tells you exactly what each reader was looking at and for how long.

At this point, the number of digital readers is only in the hundreds, according to Fales, but advertisers are happy, because they do not pay extra for the digital circ. Also, ad responses can be very specificï¿½-unlike the print ads, URL's can be as long as necessary to get readers back to a specific part of their Web site, to a special offer or white paper, etc.

Hopefully as UB starts to promote its digital editions over the next year, the number of digital readers will number in the thousands. But Fales said he doesn't see digital replacing the print version. Rather, he believes readers' exposure to the digital edition should serve to increase the number of print subscribers.

After all, he said, most people still prefer print. "It's the ultimate wireless, no battery-required, random access" product out there!

Content Takes First Place in Internet Activity

By Kristina Joukhadar

The Online Publishers Association (OPA) announced this week that as of the month of September, the viewing of Internet content became the leading online activity as measured by the Internet Activity Index of time spent online.

The index tracks Internet usage in four distinct categories--content, communications, commerce and search. It was developed in conjunction with Nielsen NetRatings and is published monthly by the OPA.

The September index found that content was the only category of the four to register an increase in the percentage of time spent online. Content's share rose from 38.3 percent in August 2004 to 41 percent in September, causing the areas of commerce, communications (i.e. email correspondence) and search to decline by 5.8 percent, 4 percent and 3.1 percent respectively.

Michael Zimbalist, president of OPA, said the year-over-year gains in content "suggest that we are witnessing a shift in how consumers are using the Web as broadband households continue to grow. Clearly, it is much more than a tool; it is a primary source of information, entertainment and fun."

Publishers and advertising agencies alike have been waiting for the use of broadband to increase to enable wider viewing of rich media content, which is thought to be the next growth opportunity for Internet publishing.

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Kick-Start Your Partnership Marketing

By Meghan Hamill

In an interview with The Circulator, Bridgett Wells, Director of Partnership Marketing, Agency and ABC Reporting at Hearst Magazines says that if you have limited resources, you might want to work with a consultant to help kick-start partnership programs.

Consumer marketing consultants do work on commission, but what they offer is their time and invaluable expertise. They can find a marketer (i.e. a retailer) who is interested in working with magazines and tell them about 3-4 magazines that they would have brand affiliation with; they can then go to the publisher or circ director with the project idea; they can help work out the partnership details, which could include paid subs, upsells, etc.; and they can push the ABC approval forward.

For large circ magazines, creating partnerships is relatively easy. For a small circ publication that has cache, this can also work really well.

According to Harold Buckley, Partner, Consumer Marketing Solutions, because consultants work off commission, it isn't always viable for them to work with a publication with little cache and a small circ. In this case, contacting your advertisers to partner with them is ideal.

Ask yourself: Can we do a barter with a company for an ABC partnership? What about an insert? Use your ad contacts. Don't go to a CEO--go to the marketing department. You want to pitch to creative and innovative people.

Then it takes time to build the program.

Make a prospect list by first looking at the key advertisers in your market; then the smaller advertisers; and finally, the advertisers currently in the magazine for advertising credits. Next, get the publisher and editor on board and create a triangle--you can't build a partnership successfully if you are the only one involved.

The relationship must be quid pro quo. It can't be one-sided. The program must be beneficial for both the partner and the publisher. You need to get quality subs that you can put on your statement, says Wells.

Make sure that the relationship will allow you to jointly sell as well as up-sell on your Web site or at your store if you have one. Make it a multi-level program that takes you from bartering to multi-tiered marketing.

Like any relationship, it must be a good fit. If you have good synergy with the product you have good synergy with the audience.

Partnerships are hard to do and they do take a lot of time, but don't be discouraged. For smaller magazines it might be harder but this doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to be innovative. When you go out on sales calls ask if there is an opportunity to work with the advertiser. Find a partner company that will work with you and be persistent.

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NEWLY AVAILABLE LISTS

Abercombie & Fitch Retail Buyers (1 million names, $105/M)

Names of parents and grandparents from the last 12 months who spent an average of $75 per purchase for children ages 10 through 17. Selects by hotlines, dollar amount spent (ranges), gender, state/SCF/zip. Sample usage: Anthropologie Catalog, Crazy Shirts, Donney & Bourke, East Bay Running Store, Extra Mile Catalog, Genesco and Guthy Renker.

Contact: Mokrynskidirect (201) 487-8181

ACPA College Student Educators International (6,092 names, $100/M)

Two-thirds of ACPA members are men. Ninety-five percent of the records provide business addresses while the rest are home addresses. Selects by job function, business level, state/SCF/zip.

Contact: MGI Lists (800) 899-4420

Cable TV Cooking Show Enthusiasts (2.3 million names, $85/M)

Includes individuals responded to TV infomercial offers for kitchen gadgets, appliances and equipment. They completed a short telephone survey when placing orders. Other records come from online product registrations.

Selects by age, credit cards, dwelling type, gender, homeowner, income, length of residence, lifestyle, marital status, monthly hotline, state/SCF/zip.

Contact: Media Source Solutions Inc. (561) 241-3003

HELP WANTED: Circulation Software Support

Experienced Circulator needed, to fill the position of Circulation Support Representative for a leading software company serving the Publishing industry. If you have at least two years of circulation experience, like to work in a fast-paced environment, and are good at multi-tasking, solving problems, training others, and contributing as part of a team, weï¿½d like to talk to you.   Position could be based in Stamford, Ct, Santa Monica, Ca, or Toronto, Canada. Competitive Salary and bonus, good benefits, and a great work environment. Please forward your resume asap with salary requirements to: Allen Marks, amarks@msgl.com.

Circulation Manager

Red 7 Media (publisher of FOLIO, Circulation Management, and Event Marketer Magazine) is seeking a circulation manager to manage the circulation of our stable of trade magazine titles. Must have at least 3 yrs. of magazine circulation experience, including BPA audits and audience development skills. Must also be ready to roll up your sleeves and dive in a fast-paced, fun, entrepreneurial environment. Position is located in our South Norwalk, CT offices. Benefits: Health, dental, 401k.

Fax resume to KS, (203) 854-6735 or email ksmith@red7media.com

Contact us:
Red 7 Media, Inc.
33 South Main Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Tel: (203) 854-6730
Fax: (203) 854-6735

Editors:
Tony Silber
Kristina Joukhadar
Meghan Hamill

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October 27th -- The Circulator

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:: Circulation Management : : October 27th - THE CIRCULATOR::

A weekly e-newsletter from Circulation Management

October 27, 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fulfilling Digital Editions:

Fulfillment Behind the Scenes

On the Road with Blood Horse Digital

News Briefs

Trend Features:

Neodata: A Cautionary Tale

Newly Available Lists

Trend Features

Connecting Fulfillment Behind the Scenes

By Meghan Hamill

In an interview with The Circulator Stefan Beeli, vice president and Michael Jordan, director of operations for ESP Computer Services explain that "We allow circulators to operate in Internet have-it-now mode. We put people on file right away because it is all in real time," says Beeli. "What it lets them do is treat ESP as their own private fulfillment house by using our web services."

Circulators like to talk about the life time value of a subscriber, says Jordan, who was a circ director  for 12 years prior to joining ESP. What ESP offers is unique--they provide that depth of information. "They really cross all products. You're getting a snap shot that is perfect data for a circulator to have and to act on and to promote accordingly," he says.

In 1997 ESP Computer Services started offering support for online paid Web sites with the launch of Variety.com. As a paid publication they didn't want to make their print edition obsolete by giving away content on the Web site. They decided to offer the web site for free to their print subscribers or as a stand alone paid sub.

Since ESP has a real-time integrated database--they check the database to determine the subscription status and verify it with a user name and password. To do this between two separate locations, ESP uses the Internet as the connection behind the scenes. This was customized just for Variety.com.

Eventually standards were established for these systems to communicate securely via the Internet using XML Web Services. XML allows authenticated users to have read access and update access to an integrated database in real-time.

One of their biggest clients, Reed Business International (RBI) explains that they chose to work with ESP as their print fulfillment company because they determined that the primary users of their Internet product would be their print subscribers.

"From a circulation point of view, the fulfillment requirements for subscriptions to a Web site are very similar to those for print. You must monitor expiration, collect money, renew, etc. The only difference is the password requirement," says RBI, circulation director, Jim Fischer. "As a fulfillment house for a b-to-b publication they are required to do virtually every thing regarding maintaining our subscribers."

RBI uses ESP for digital and print fulfillment. The approach has been to treat digital editions as just another method of delivering their product. "The benefit we are getting is the authentication process. The ID and password that protects our product--we built it to protect revenue," says Fishcer.

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Blood Horse Publications caters to a unique kind of reader, which may explain why its subscribers are willing to pay for both print and digital versions. The owners, breeders and trainers who make up it's audience are affluent and they travel a lot. They want their weekly issues to arrive quickly, but also want them to contain commentary that goes beyond just the immediate news on Saturday's races.

With a digital edition, they get the news on the day the weekly issue goes to the printer (Monday), rather than having to wait until Thursday or Friday (or, if they are abroad, perhaps weeks) says Gene Sittenfeld, circulation director of Blood Horse Publications.

But many readers also want to be able to save the print issues, he says, which are known for their beautiful photography. Subscribing to both the print and the digital means that they can read the digital immediately while they are traveling--download it to their laptop--then come home to find the print version waiting for them.

Blood Horse offers three types of subscriptions: print only, digital only or "multi-media," which includes both print and digital, with a 15 percent discount off the combined price. For print subscriptions, there is a $10 savings for ordering with a credit card over the Web; for digital subscriptions, the order is placed through the digital supplier, Newsstand.

When asked how Blood Horse handles its subscription fulfillment for such a complex mix of products, Sittenfeld says they do virtually all of it in-house. He says there is just no way anyone else could care for the subscribers the way their own customer service people do.

Customers, says Sittenfeld, are part of the extended family, they are friends, and they want to deal with someone who knows them and can give them personal attention. The ability to offer either print or digital or print and digital subscriptions is just another way Blood Horse Publications serves its readers.

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Neodata: A Cautionary Tale

By Baird Davis

I don't think there has been a more serious consumer magazine supplier misfortune than the one foisted on Neodata back in the 1990's. It's the story of a misguided belief in the power of technology, of greed, the pervasive influence of money and an object lesson for publishers concerning the significance of protecting their precious supplier base.

Tom (Texas) Harbison, the new Director of Neodata, rode into sleepy Lewisville, Colorado in 1990 bearing wondrous gifts. We all knew that Tom represented the banking interests of Hicks Muse (a company most of us had never heard of, but would soon get to know). However, we weren't initially concerned that Neodata was now owned by leveraged investors, because the new owner/managers held out the prospect of a much brighter tomorrow.

They promised a new state-of-the-art system, replete with revolutionary parallel processing computers. Here was a supplier investing in the future without any (apparent) cost to its customers. What could have been better for the industry and for Neodata's clients?

Little did Neodata clients, or the publishing industry, know that this was the first step on Neodataï¿½s long gloomy road to extinction. But those early new era Neodata days were very heady. Clients were surveyed to help determine the system functionality that would best suit their future needs.

A huge cast of systems people were assembled.

Programmers crowded the Lewisville halls. Clients were wowed by the

spectacle. It was enough to make many of us suspend our common sense.

We naively fell under the spell of the charismatic Mr. Harbison and his band of persuasive lieutenants. As the head of Ziff Davis' circulation efforts, at the time, and a Neodata client, I was one of many that at first wholeheartedly supported new management's revolutionary plans. The prospect of being part of an industry leading process can be a powerful aphrodisiac.

Well, as we all know, the proposed macro system development project (Ncore) was suspended, only to be heard as a flushing sound as it sped down the drain. I vividly recall the relief I felt the day the project was shelved and new management was announced. This was good news I thought. Neodata could stop chasing the illusive Texas dust storm and get back to the basics that made it one of the industry's finest suppliers.

But we were soon to learn that the horrendous system development cost (I've heard it estimated at $100 million) was not, as we had thought, like Lubbock, Texas, in the industry's rear view mirror. Somebody had to pay for all those misspent system development dollars. Guess what? The 800 pound system investment gorilla re-shaped the ownership position of Neodata. It increased Plano influence and, eventually, in a nefarious deal with Hicks Muse, EDS became the majority owner.

Goodbye Mr. Hicks! Little old Neodata became a miniscule piece in Plano's enormous lexicon of products and services. What followed was a mammoth company's sometimes comical, and often misdirected attempt, to find a means to leverage their investment. This included several name changes (remember Centrobe?) that made the company appear as if it had entered the witness protection program.

In addition, there was a continually changing cast of Plano selected Neodata Directors, none of whom, of course, had magazine fulfillment or publishing experience. In 2003, 13 years after the Lewisville arrival of the man bearing the wondrous gifts, Neodata was mercifully relieved of its tenacious struggle for survival as an independent industry supplier.

The employees of Neodata, with a Herculean effort, nearly overcame the misguided efforts of their bosses. But in the end, the mountain was too high. However, for the magazine industry there are lessons to be learned from this misfortune, nine of which are shown below.

1. Never trust a Texan bearing gifts.

2. Never trust management that doesn't move to the headquarters location.

3. Never put faith in people that promise a messianic future, but have very little experience in the business.

4. Beware of service providers that are owned by leveraged financiers.

5. Don't trust country hicks or Texas (Tom) Hicks.

6. Beware of companies that Ross Perot has sold.

7. Follow the money--it always dictates where the power lays.

8. Beware of service providers whose primary business interests are not closely aligned with the service being provided.

9. Publishers can outsource services, but they shouldn't (ever) suspend responsibility for protecting their supplier base.

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Zinio Adds Up Numbers, Signs New Mags

By Kristina Joukhadar

Zinio announced today that with the signing of its new digital magazine accounts for Rodale, Institutional Investor and Hachette Filapacchi, and an expanded number of titles for Hearst, Primedia and Time Inc., it has now surpassed the 200 mark in the number of titles it handles.

Based on the company's examination of ABC and BPA Worldwide publisher statements for audited digital magazines, Zinio calculates its share to be 61% of the market for "all audited digital magazine circulation." 12 of the top 17 audited digital publications are distributed by Zinio.

"This is the first time anyone has examined the hard numbers against market share," said David Zinman, Zinio's senior VP marketing and product management. The very fact that more publishers are auditing their digital circulation means there is now enough critical mass to quantify. This is one measure of success, he said.

Global Circ Steady or Slightly Lower

The 2004-05 edition of World Magazine Trends released by ZenithOptimedia Group and the International Federation of the Periodical Press found that U.S. ad revenues rose 6 percent for consumer magazines and 2 percent for business-to-business titles.

Consumer magazine ad revenues rose 9 percent in 2003, the strongest rate of growth of the developed magazine advertising markets.

Circulation was steady or slightly lower than the previous year in most developed markets. In most developing markets, magazine circulation continued to grow, fueled by rising incomes and increasing literacy rates.

The report also illustrates that fundamentally different business models operate for publishers in some key magazine markets. In all markets except for the United States and Germany, says the report, consumer magazine publishers derive more revenue from copy sales than from advertising.

Consumer Mag Growth increases 8.5%

Consumer magazines ad pages in September saw the highest monthly growth in a year-and-a-half, increasing 8.5%, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. It is the biggest jump since March 2003. Ad revenues are up 17%, closing at $2.3 billion.

Glamour Awards Women on TV

Glamour magazine will air its "Women of the Year" awards on television for the first time ever. The 15th annual awards ceremony will be taped at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan on November 8 as a one-hour TV special.

The winners will be announced in Glamour's December issue, which hits newsstands on Nov. 8. The show will air on Dec. 11 in the New York area.

Advertising-Free New Cooking Magazine

The publishers of Cook's Illustrated launched Cook's Country, a magazine about country foods. The magazine is a celebration of food, families and communities. It carries no advertising, will be published bimonthly with a circulation of 250,000.

Spa Magazine Donates Sub Profits

Luxury Spa Finder Magazine donated all subscription profits on Monday to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, dedicated to preventing breast cancer.

The magazines parent company, Spa Finder will continue to donate a portion of its magazine subscription revenues, as well as a percentage of the proceeds generated by its spa gift certificate program the largest such program in the world through December 30th.

NEWLY AVAILABLE LISTS

CQ Press List Portfolio (13,462 to 36,843 names, $85/M)

The CQ Press division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. now offers eight postal directory lists generated by direct mail. Files include civil servants in U.S. courts, the federal executive and legislative branches and personnel in the Department of Homeland Security. Selects by recency, title, issue area, telephone numbers, state/SCF/zip.

Contact: Edith Roman Associates (845) 731-2684

Patio Pacific Pet Door (25,941 names of catalog requesters, $80/M)

List of catalog requesters and buyers from the last 12 months. These individuals are on average 50 with a $60,000 income. Selects by age, income, gender, state/SCF/zip.

Contact: Midwest Direct Marketing Inc. (913) 686-2220

NavPress Resource Buyers (26,700 names, $90/M)

Customer list of NavPress Resource Buyers of the religious periodicals publisher. Majority of the records identify individuals at home addresses, but the file does include some buyers from churches. The average unit of sale is $50. The median age of those listed is 44, with an average $64,000 income. The sources are 70% Internet and 30% direct mail. Selects by state/SCF/zip.

Contact: Bush Company Inc. (949) 752-4210

HELP WANTED: Circulation Software Support

Experienced Circulator needed, to fill the position of Circulation Support Representative for a leading software company serving the Publishing industry. If you have at least two years of circulation experience, like to work in a fast-paced environment, and are good at multi-tasking, solving problems, training others, and contributing as part of a team, weï¿½d like to talk to you.   Position could be based in Stamford, Ct, Santa Monica, Ca, or Toronto, Canada. Competitive Salary and bonus, good benefits, and a great work environment. Please forward your resume asap with salary requirements to: Allen Marks, amarks@msgl.com.

Circulation Manager

Red 7 Media (publisher of FOLIO, Circulation Management, and Event Marketer Magazine) is seeking a circulation manager to manage the circulation of our stable of trade magazine titles. Must have at least 3 yrs. of magazine circulation experience, including BPA audits and audience development skills. Must also be ready to roll up your sleeves and dive in a fast-paced, fun, entrepreneurial environment. Position is located in our South Norwalk, CT offices. Benefits: Health, dental, 401k.

Fax resume to KS, (203) 854-6735 or email ksmith@red7media.com

Contact us:
Red 7 Media, Inc.
33 South Main Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Tel: (203) 854-6730
Fax: (203) 854-6735

Editors:
Tony Silber
Kristina Joukhadar
Meghan Hamill

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