Mediamark Research 
Spring 2005 Technical Guide

Special Notice Regarding Parade and USA Weekend

In conjunction with PARADE, USA WEEKEND, the ARF Print Sub-Committee and the Media Rating Council, MRI has participated in a series of studies about the readership of PARADE and USA WEEKEND, respectively. Since its inception and consistent with the accepted procedures at the time, MRI has generated an average-issue audience of the carrier newspapers of PARADE and USA WEEKEND, respectively. Since this methodology was only a direct measure of the carrier newspaper average-issue audiences and was reported in like manner, the question remained: What is the relationship between the average-issue audiences of these two supplements and those of its respective carrier newspapers? MRI, PARADE and USA WEEKEND, with the approval of the ARF and the MRC, engaged in a number of studies to answer that question. The results of these studies are published in a White Paper, on MRI's website (mediamark.com) and by request (for a printed copy). The paper addresses the issues surrounding the measurement of these supplements, provides calculated factors and offers cautionary statements about the applicability of the findings.

 

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