Circulation Verification Council

{{Infobox company

| type = Private

| industry = Auditing

| founded = 1992

| founder = Timothy Bingaman

| website = {{URL|www.cvcaudit.com/}}

}}

Circulation Verification Council (CVC) is an American company which acts as an independent, third-party auditor to create circulation data for various online and print periodicals. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Corporate history

In May 1992, Tim Bingaman founded the Circulation Verification Council as a for-profit company in St. Louis, Missouri.{{Cite web |title=Circulation Verification Council |url=https://citymag.org/vendors/circulation-verification-council/ |access-date=June 10, 2025 |website=City and Regional Magazine Association}}{{Cite web |title=Publication Auditing Services Across the U.S. |url=https://www.cvcaudit.com/about |access-date=June 9, 2025 |website=Circulation Verification Council}} The company has partnered with other trade associations like the City and Regional Magazine Association and the Association of Community Publishers.{{Cite web |title=Circulation Audits |url=https://www.communitypublishers.com/about-2 |access-date=June 10, 2025 |website=Association of Community Publishers |language=en}}

Auditing

CVC serves as a third-party auditor for circulation data for newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals. The CVC uses a three-tier system, where companies report their print, distribution, and digital data for each quarter. Audits are conducted quarterly.

It conducted the first nationwide audit of Black and Hispanic newspapers in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Brown-Hinds |first=Paulette |date=October 31, 2004 |title=First Nationwide Audit of Black Newspapers Announced |url=http://blackvoicenews.com/2004/10/31/first-nationwide-audit-of-black-newspapers-announced/ |access-date=June 10, 2025 |website=Black Voice News |language=en-US}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.cvcaudit.com/}}

Category:Newspapers circulation audit