Our papers are audited by Circulation Verification Council and have a combined receivership score of 97%.  Our combined readership score reveals that 78.2% of those who receive our papers, read them.  In addition, 79.3% of our readers report that they purchase products and services from the ads published in our papers.  It is hard to argue with numbers like these.

Wisconsin Community Papers are audited by an independent auditing company, Circulation Verification Council.  An integral part of the audit is a readership study.  CVC interviewed 33,241 residents in the primary market areas indicated in the CVC audit report.  The following statistics are the result of those interviews.
 

    Group Receivership    97%
     Group Readership     78.2%
 

    Frequently purchase products or services from ads in a
Wisconsin Community paper  
79.3%
 
 

    Combined annual household income   
73% of those interviewed earned between $25,000 and $99,000
 
 

    Insert Readership       
 78% of those interviewed always or sometimes read the separate flyers or inserts in Wisconsin Community Papers (2007 audit period)
 
 
    Age Demographics   

18-24 years     5%

 
25-34            15%
 
 
35-44            24%
 
 
45-54            25%
 
 
55 or older    31%
 
 
To request a copy of our statewide audit results please contact Circulation Verification Council  800-262-6392
or the WCP Office 800-727-8745
 

 

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