The Audit Bureau of Circulation, the First Circulation Auditing Organization, is Founded

In 1914 advertisers, advertising agencies, and newspapers founded the Audit Bureau of Circulations to combat false and misleading claims for circulation. This was the world's first circulation auditing organization.

On November 15, 2012, ABC in North America rebranded its organization as the Alliance for Audited Media to reflect the new media environment and its members' evolving business models